| 释义 |
vocalese Jazz.|vəʊkəˈliːz|
[f. vocal a. and n. + -ese, perh. partly after vocalise.]
A style of singing in which singers put words to jazz tunes, esp. to solos previously improvised by jazz musicians. Also = scat n.6 a.
1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 248 Annie Ross, Eddie Jefferson and others imitated his idea of translating ad lib jazz into ‘vocalese’. 1963Guardian 5 July 11/1 Her unusual talent for simulating orchestral sounds (the jazz singing style called ‘vocalese’). 1978[see scat n.6 (and a.) b]. 1981Times 15 Apr. 16/8 King Pleasure, a pioneer of the style of modern jazz singing known as ‘vocalese’, has died... Vocalese is the process of putting words to improvized jazz solos. |