In the pages of "Borchert Field: Stories from Milwaukee's Legendary Ballpark" Bob Buege (President of the Milwaukee Braves Historical Association, director of the Wisconsin Old Time Ballplayers Association, and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research) tells stories of other monumental moments at Borchert as well, including a presidential visit, women ballplayers, the arrival of television broadcasting, the 1922 national balloon race, and an appearance by
scat-singing bandleader Cab Calloway.
Greta Matassa, who variously has been called as nimble and energetic at
scat-singing as Ella Fitzgerald and one of America's finest singers, will perform two shows at The Jazz Station at 124 W.
Watkiss, for whom Ella Fitzgerald has always been an inspiration, explores her virtuoso improvisation and
scat-singing, in the company of another virtuoso performer, Dame Cleo Laine.
Her impressive
scat-singing between verses was reminiscent of the late lamented Ella Fitzgerald.
Everyone is sure that the cat is going to get tap-dancing,
scat-singing Thelonious--but not even the callous kitty can resist joining in a "cuckoo duet, dum-ditty." The cartoon illustrations are as lively as the narrative's skitter-scatter beat.
Zaz the stage name of the French singer Isabelle Geffroy, had a lithely swinging trio that often harked back to Hot Club jazz as it backed her tangy voice and playful
scat-singing. The whitesuited Diogo Nogueira, from Brazil, brought a large, supple samba band but came across like a supper-club act, doing suave but conventional versions of old Brazilian hits.
The quartet quickly recovered on a fast version of George Gershwin's "Lady Be Good" that featured Pizzarelli
scat-singing in unison with the notes of his fleet guitar solo.