[Dixielandjazz] "Fuzzy" Knight, 1928 MGM Short

[Jazz Jerry]

For early scat singing try That Haunting Melody by Al Jolson (1911) or Gene Greene's 'King of the Bungaloos' from around the same time. There are plenty of examples from earlier that Louis Armstrong's 'Heebie Jeebies'. 

Jerry

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> On 29 Apr 2014, at 00:09, "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
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> Joan McGinnis wrote regarding Fuzzy Knight: 
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> How sad to have an unmarked grave.  No one cared enough to give him a plaque?  I recognize him from his photo.  It was amazing to hear scat in 1929!  I often wondered when and where it began!
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> Joan,
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> Scat or scat singing certainly did not start in 1929. The legend has it that it started during a recording session with Louis Armstrong when the music fell off of the music stand while he was singing. 
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> While that may have happened, I suspect musicians were scatting long before then. 
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> However, I am sure some of our learned list members can give you a more definitive answer. 
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> -Bob Ringwald
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