High Country Jazz Festival presents “Scatting: From Ella Fitzgerald to Jazzmeia Horn”
- Dates: June 7, 2024
- Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Presented By: High Country Jazz Festival
- Location: Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
- Address: 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC 28605
- Phone: (828) 295-9099
- Price: $8 General Admission; Free for BRAHM members
Todd Wright, Appalachian State University Jazz Area Coordinator, will take us on a musical journey all about scatting or scat singing. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice solely as an instrument rather than a speaking medium.
The talk will focus on two of the great scat singers: Ella Fitzgerald, regarded by many as THE greatest scat singer in Jazz history; and Jazzmeia Horn, one of scat’s mordern torchbearers.