6:37Mel Tormé - Scat Singing | 1991 | MDA Telethon
Scat singing
1990sLive
Scat singing — Live Clips
Rare live footage of Scat singing, curated from across the internet. Browse 3 clips below.
About Live Footage
Live performance footage captures the energy, spontaneity, and imperfection that studio recordings polish away. The rarest live clips are from small venues, early gigs, one-off collaborations, and performances where something unexpected happened — a song played differently, a moment of improvisation, or a connection between the artist and the audience that was never repeated.
About Scat singing
Originating in vocal jazz, scat singing or scatting is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice solely as an instrument rather than a speaking medium. This is different from vocalese, which uses recognizable lyrics that are sung to pre-existing instrumental solos.
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