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Rebecca Black might sing like a robot, but that's just proof she has evolved beyond us. Her vocal is just a slightly exaggerated version of the robot glitch-twitch stutter that's been mainstream pop vocalese for the past 10 years or so.
Rob Sheffield

Meaning of "vocalese" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VOCALESE

vocalese  [ˌvəʊkəˈliːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOCALESE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vocalese is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VOCALESE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vocalese

Vocalese is a style or musical genre of jazz singing wherein words are sung to melodies that were originally part of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation. Whereas scat singing uses improvised nonsense syllables, such as "bap ba dee dot bwee dee" in solos, vocalese uses lyrics, either improvised or written and set to pre-existing instrumental solos, sometimes in the form of a tribute to the original instrumentalist. The word "vocalese" is a play on the musical term "vocalise" and the suffix "-ese", meant to indicate a sort of language. The inventor and most prolific practitioner of vocalese was Eddie Jefferson, whose rendition of Coleman Hawkins's "Body and Soul" became a hit on its own. Pioneers of vocalese include King Pleasure and Babs Gonzales, Jefferson's former dance partner. Pleasure first gained popularity singing Jefferson's vocalese classic "Moody's Mood for Love", based on a James Moody saxophone solo to "I'm in the Mood for Love". The best-known practitioners and popularisers are probably Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, which group was made up of Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert and Annie Ross.

Definition of vocalese in the English dictionary

The definition of vocalese in the dictionary is a style of jazz singing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOCALESE


Belize
bəˈliːz
commercialese
kəˌmɜːʃəˈliːz
Congolese
ˌkɒŋɡəˈliːz
criminalese
ˌkrɪmɪnəˈliːz
federalese
ˌfɛdərəˈliːz
fleurs-de-lis
ˌflɜːdəˈliːz
journalese
ˌdʒɜːnəˈliːz
legalese
ˌliːɡəˈliːz
Nepalese
ˌnɛpəˈliːz
novelese
ˌnɒvəˈliːz
officialese
əˌfɪʃəˈliːz
puh-leeze
ˌpəˈliːz
Senegalese
ˌsɛnɪɡəˈliːz
Singhalese
ˌsɪŋəˈliːz
Sinhalese
ˌsɪnhəˈliːz
Tirolese
ˌtɪrəˈliːz
Togolese
ˌtəʊɡəˈliːz
Tyrolese
ˌtɪrəˈliːz
valise
vəˈliːz
vocalise
ˌvəʊkəˈliːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOCALESE

vocal
vocal chords
vocal cords
vocal folds
vocal sac
vocal score
vocalic
vocalic alliteration
vocalically
vocalion
vocalisation
vocalise
vocaliser
vocalism
vocalist
vocality
vocalization
vocalize
vocalizer
vocally

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOCALESE

Auslese
Burmese
cheese
Chinese
forlese
Guyanese
imprese
Japanese
Lebanese
Maltese
mentalese
mese
obese
Portuguese
Sudanese
Surinamese
Taiwanese
these
Varese
Vietnamese

Synonyms and antonyms of vocalese in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vocalese» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOCALESE

Find out the translation of vocalese to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vocalese from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vocalese» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

vocalese
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vocalese
570 millions of speakers

English

vocalese
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Vocalese
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

vocalese
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Вокализ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vocalese
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

vocalese
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vocalese
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vocalese
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vocalese
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボーカリーズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

vocalese
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vocalese
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vocalese
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

vocalese
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शब्दशः
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vocalese
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vocalese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

vocalese
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вокаліз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stilul vocal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

vocalese
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vocalese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vocalese
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Vocalese
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vocalese

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOCALESE»

The term «vocalese» is normally little used and occupies the 127.961 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOCALESE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vocalese

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QUOTES WITH «VOCALESE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vocalese.
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Rob Sheffield
Rebecca Black might sing like a robot, but that's just proof she has evolved beyond us. Her vocal is just a slightly exaggerated version of the robot glitch-twitch stutter that's been mainstream pop vocalese for the past 10 years or so.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOCALESE»

Discover the use of vocalese in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vocalese and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vocalese
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vocalese is a style or genre of jazz singing wherein lyrics are written for melodies that were originally part of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
2
Vocalese
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
3
Representing Jazz
Even Leonard Feather, a critic sympathetic to vocalese— in fact, he is credited with coining the term— refers to Jefferson's early work as "a hobby" (Feather, Encyclopedia 268). In his notes for the Blue Stars' American LP, Feather tellingly  ...
Krin Gabbard, 1995
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The Music Sound:
Back | Home | Up Vocalese is a style or genre of jazz singing wherein lyrics are written for melodies that were originally part of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation. Whereas scat singing uses improvised nonsense syllables in ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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The Rough Guide to Jazz
Vocalese. In jazz terminology, vocalese consists of singing lyrics ... In writings about European music, the French term itxalise (pronounced the same as " vocalese") denotes the opposite — ie, wordless singing comparable to scat. [BP]  ...
Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, 2004
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Articles on Vocalese Singers, Including: Bebop, Vocalese, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
7
Jazz: A Regional Exploration
While bebop singing was considered a novelty and became less common after 1950, vocalese, a new concept altogether, did not develop until after the bop era. Vocalese is writing lyrics to a recorded solo and using that solo as the basis for ...
Scott Yanow, 2005
8
Vocalese Singers: Bebop, the Manhattan Transfer, Jon ...
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LLC Books, 2010
9
Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years
The Beginnings of Vocalese: Eddie Jefferson and King Pleasure Vocalese is the art of writing and performing lyrics to the recorded solos of jazz greats, using the solos as the basis of the song rather than the original melody. In 1929, Bee ...
Scott Yanow, 2003
10
Open the Door: The Life and Music of Betty Carter
Later in the 1950s, vocalese caught on with Lambert, Hen- dricks, and Ross, who enshrined many a jazz solo in words, including their sly commentary on psychoanalysis set to Wardell Gray's "Twisted."52 By faithfully reproducing famous ...
William R. Bauer, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOCALESE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vocalese is used in the context of the following news items.
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Explore Hip Hop, Jazz Lyrics At Writers Center In Sleepy Hollow
The Lyrics as Poetry Series continues with Jazz Vocalese with Greg Thomas. This event explores how lyrics, at their highest level, are poetry set to music, ... «The Daily Voice, Jul 15»
2
New Series Explores Lyrics as Poetry Through Jazz Vocalese and …
The Lyrics as Poetry Series continues with Jazz Vocalese with Greg Thomas, taking place July 31st at 7:30 pm, explores how lyrics, at their highest level, are ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
3
The singing oncologist: Natalie Marshall in Berkeley
For Saturday's concert, Marshall is introducing a new vocalese piece based on a Chet Baker trumpet solo on “The Answer Is Yes,” a tune from guitarist Jim Hall's ... «Berkeleyside, Jul 15»
4
Celine Bonacina Trio dazzle Wellington Jazz Festival audience
... playing, more about colour than groove and bassist Olivier Carole performing in an ostensibly 'rock' style combining scat/vocalese singing to duet with himself. «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
5
Janis Siegel brings swing to Barn
Siegel then performed “Joy Spring,” diving deep into the vocalese genre for which she is so well-known. Vocalese is a style of jazz singing in which words are ... «Hamilton College - The Spectator, Apr 15»
6
Manhattan Transfer
Riding a wave of nostalgia in the 1970s, the Manhattan Transfer resurrected jazz trends from boogie-woogie to bop to vocalese in a slick, slightly commercial ... «WMKY, Apr 15»
7
Uma nova estrela em matéria de vocalese
Há muita gente boa que ainda confunde vocalese com scat singing. Ou com vocalização sem palavras. Mas é preciso esclarecer que nem toda performance de ... «Jornal do Brasil, Mar 15»
8
Radio Show: 2015, The Year of the “Do”
... as well as a song cycle of African-American history—including an homage to Josephine Baker, a song from vocalese singer Oscar Brown, Jr., and the longing ... «KQED, Jan 15»
9
Pizzarelli and Molaskey Bring a Heightened Sense of Maturity to the …
This is as it should be, for much of their style and intelligence seems to be derived from Jackie and Roy, including their forays into vocalese, substituting musical ... «New York Observer, Nov 14»
10
Goodnight everyone, and hope you get Jesus on the line this …
In 1985 the Manhattan Transfer released the highly acclaimed album, “Vocalese” that put lyrics for the first time to jazz standards. The album garnered an ... «SouthMilwaukeeNOW.com, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Vocalese [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/vocalese>. May 2024 ».
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