scat singing
Noun
Meaning
singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
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About this sound Play ( help · info ) The term "bebop" is derived from nonsense syllables (vocables) used in scat singing ; the first known example of "bebop" being used was in McKinney's Cotton Pickers ' "Four or Five Times", recorded in 1928.
Vocal bass Vocal bass is a form of scat singing that is intended to vocally simulate instrumental basslines that are typically performed by bass players.
His scat singing style was enriched by his matchless experience as a trumpet soloist.
In the second stanza he breaks into an almost fully improvised melody, which then evolves into a classic passage of Armstrong " scat singing ".
It is therefore more likely that scat singing evolved independently in the United States.
Over the years, as jazz music developed and grew in complexity, scat singing did as well.