Scat singing

1. What is scat singing give some examples?
2. Who was a great scat singer?
3. What is an example of scat?
4. Why is it called scat?

What is scat singing give some examples?

Scat singing can be disconcerting because it involves the singer departing from the melody of a song in improvisation and abandoning traditional lyrics in favour of apparently nonsensical utterances such as “doo-yah-dah-dah-dit-dip-bah!” (to quote from Louis Armstrong's 1927 recording, Hotter than that).

Who was a great scat singer?

Ella Fitzgerald is considered to be one of the greatest scat singers in jazz history.

What is an example of scat?

The definition of scat is a type of jazz singing where meaningless sounds are improvised and added to the vocals. An example of scat singing is when a jazz singer adds vocal syllables in conjunction with the sounds from the musical instruments. To sing scat.

Why is it called scat?

"filth, dung," 1950, from Greek stem skat- "dung" (see scatology).