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	'''Vocal jazz''' or '''jazz singing''' is an instrumental approach to jazz using the voice. Similar to ], it ~~utilises~~ vocal arrangements to create sounds forming ], rather than relying on traditional ].		'''Vocal jazz''' or '''jazz singing''' is an instrumental approach to jazz using the voice. Similar to ], it utilizes vocal arrangements to create sounds forming ], rather than relying on traditional ].

			Vocal jazz emerged in the early twentieth century, with its roots in ]. Popular blues singers such as ] and ] would later have a great deal of influence of jazz vocalists such as ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Bessie Smith Biography: Controversy \|url=https://www.sparknotes.com/biography/bessiesmith/section9/ \|access-date=2022-04-16 \|website=SparkNotes \|language=en}}</ref> Other characteristics of vocal jazz such as ] would come out of the ]. ]'s 1926 recording of "]" is often cited as the first modern song to employ scatting.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Crowther \|first=Bruce \|title=Singing Jazz \|last2=Pinfold \|first2=Mike \|publisher=] Books \|year=1997 \|isbn=0-87930-519-3}}</ref> This would later evolve into the complex vocal improvisation of the ] that would be adopted by ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Robinson \|first=J. Bradford \|title=Scat Singing \|publisher=] \|year=2007}}</ref>
	One form, vocal jazz ensembles, emerged in the United States in the early twentieth century.<ref name="Grove">{{Citation \|last=Bissett Perea \|first=Jessica \|date=31 January 2014 \|title=Vocal jazz ensemble \|publisher=Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press \|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2258661 \|access-date=2 May 2020 \|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

			Technical characteristics of vocal jazz include diction based on vernacular rather than formal speech patterns. ] and vibrato are also not constants in the articulation of vocal jazz.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Spradling \|first=Diana \|last2=Binek \|first2=Justin \|date=June 2015 \|title=PEDAGOGY FOR THE JAZZ SINGER \|url=https://acda.org/cj.asp \|journal=The Choral Journal \|publisher=] \|volume=55 no.11 \|pages=6-17 \|via=JSTOR}}</ref>

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Instrumental approach to jazz using the voice

Vocal jazz or jazz singing is an instrumental approach to jazz using the voice. Similar to a cappella, it utilizes vocal arrangements to create sounds forming music, rather than relying on traditional musical instruments.

Vocal jazz emerged in the early twentieth century, with its roots in Blues. Popular blues singers such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey would later have a great deal of influence of jazz vocalists such as Billie Holiday. Other characteristics of vocal jazz such as scat singing would come out of the New Orleans jazz tradition. Louis Armstrong's 1926 recording of "Heebie Jeebies" is often cited as the first modern song to employ scatting. This would later evolve into the complex vocal improvisation of the bop era that would be adopted by Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, and Dizzy Gillespie.

Technical characteristics of vocal jazz include diction based on vernacular rather than formal speech patterns. Legato and vibrato are also not constants in the articulation of vocal jazz.