Good Recommendations For Scat Singing Please

Berkbob, you're going to have to do better than that ("could take Ella to school"). How so? This is an honest question and I am genuinely interested in understanding why you feel this way. There is value in all genres; particularly ethnic music. I listened to some of Khan's music and while I can't say that I was "astounded" I heard some real vocal skill. But, "take Ella to lunch?". Man, that's quite a comment. Putting aside purely technical prowess, one of the things that made Ella great was her ability to improvise (scat) over the harmonic changes of a tune with a command of harmony and the language of jazz like that of a good instrumentalist. Khan's music is harmonically very rudimentary with no changing harmony to speak of. Please explain your comment. Regards.

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I should have been clearer in my original post.

This thread only applies to jazz singers.

Mr. Khan is not a jazz singer...any discussion of him is not relevant to this thread.
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Tania Maria - 66 year old jazz bandleader, composer, pianist and vocalist from Brazil who sings in both Portuguese and English (with a very pronounced Portuguese accent). Most of her music is very high energy, lots and lots of percussion. Her music leans a little more to the instrumental side than the vocal side but not by much.

Even if you've never heard of her, trust me, Tania Maria is a true jazz master. She has recorded about 25 albums mostly on the Concord label. She does scat quite a bit on the 4 albums I have (The Lady from Brazil, Bela Vista, Come with Me, Outrageous). The Bela Vista album would be an excellent place to start with nine tracks (2 are covers and 7 are original compositions). Every one of the nine tracks involves scat singing, some a little, some a lot.

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Very familiar with Tania Maria. It has been nearly 30 years since I've heard any of her music. I have 'Made In New York' and 'Come With Me'. I think I'll create a Pandora station of her to re-familiarize myself with her other albums.
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"Mel was an outstanding musician and the most underrated jazz singer in history."

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