Word: scat
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Then there's the singing. It's not just that Armstrong invented scat; that's merely creativity. What Louis wrought was a revolution. Before Armstrong, popular singers inhaled deeply, puffed out their chests and projected. After him, most have tried to do what he did so magnificently: find elation or sadness or humor in the song and let it issue forth as a purely human statement. Dizzy Gillespie, speaking of Armstrong's role in the development of jazz trumpet, said, "No him, no me." They're words that could be spoken just as appropriately by singers as disparate as Tony...
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