Clark Terry was a brilliant trumpeter, but his wonderful scatted set-piece Mumbles was probably his most famous song. He scats it in a kind of conversational gibberish - which he makes look like a great coherent story, if only we could understand what he’s saying. There’s many different versions to be found on YouTube, including a duet with Aretha Franklin - but this is absolutely my favourite.
This is taken from a 1965 Oscar Peterson concert in Helsinki with an amazing line-up:
Clark Terry - vocals
Oscar Peterson - piano
Ray Brown - bass
Ed Thigpen - drums
Video cleaned up and restored to 1080p.
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