Bobby McFerrin - 'Round Midnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82rNj...elated&search=
This one is specifically for aberkok, who has on previously expressed to me a dislike of scat on the basis that a singer who doesn't verbalize is ignoring one of the most powerful aspects of vocals. Here we have one of the (if not the one and only) world's top jazz vocalists recreating the sound of one of jazz's most influential musicians without uttering a word.
__________________
I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
|