1. scatting - Noun
2. scatting - Verb
Derived from scat
scatting
present participle of scat
scatting (usually uncountable, plural scattings)
scat singing
Critical assessment Scat singing can allow jazz singers to have the same improvisational opportunities as jazz instrumentalists: scatting can be rhythmically and harmonically improvisational without concern about destroying the lyric. Source: Internet
Bands such as The Boswell Sisters regularly employed scatting on their records, including the high complexity of scatting at the same time, in harmony. Source: Internet
The comparison of the scatting styles of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan reveals that Fitzgerald's improvisation mimics the sounds of swing-era big bands with which she performed, while Vaughan's mimics that of her accompanying bop -era small combos. Source: Internet
Leo Watson, who performed before the canon of American popular music, frequently drew on nursery rhymes in his scatting. Source: Internet
The Big Book of Blues, Penguin Books, pg. 20, (2001); ISBN 0-14-100145-3 Ethel Waters sang '' Stormy Weather at the Cotton Club Betty Carter was known for her improvisational style and scatting. Source: Internet