Jeffrey Tambor

I actually got thrown into my Bar Mitzvah because my teacher, my Cantor, did not tell me that they would all say 'amen' at the end of each, for want of a better word, paragraph. And that threw me completely. I almost went into an Ella Fitzgerald sort of scat.

American Actor

J. J. Cale

Yes, I've been down the pike and back. And through the years, I've heard different songs with scatting in it, and it was - always cracked me up as kind of a funny style of music, you know? When I did it, it kind of cracked me up as a comedy kind of routine.

American Musician

Bibi Bourelly

I started writing songs before I could talk - at three or four. It was in me, and I had to get it out. It was all freestyle, which is how I write anyway. I don't write the words down; I scat and come up with the melody, then the lyrics.

German Musician

Gladys Knight

I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do.

Bria Skonberg

There's nothing worse than bad scatting, except maybe bad mouth trumpet. Mouth trumpet may sound like a trumpet, but it's really more like playing a kazoo. The instant you do your solo, the audience has a bit of a chuckle.

Canadian Musician

Al Jarreau

Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz singers out there, and more coming out of the churches.

I generally, you know, I don't - I don't really scat. I'm - I'm basically a songwriter so you need a little lyrics that rhyme and stuff.

Kurt Elling

A lot of people are put off by the idea of scat singing. Either that or it's something to be made fun of.

Aretha Franklin

Intermittently in my concert format, I sing a little jazz, a little scatting.

One doesn't have to scat to be a jazz singer.

Use 'scat' when talking about wild animals, not domestic pets.

Wildlife Context

'Scat' refers to animal droppings, not human waste.

Not For Humans

Imply urgency or annoyance when telling someone to leave quickly.

Urgency and Annoyance

It's casual and slightly more polite than 'get out' or 'beat it'.

Casual Command

'Scat' in music often involves improvised, nonsense syllables.

Jazz Improvisation

Scat provides a unique way for singers to express creativity.

Expressive & Creative

Remember, scat is a card game typically for three people.

Three Players Game

Scat can be known by other names like '31' or 'Blitz'.

Alternate Names

 response is linear you it's not gonna you know we're not gonna be able to catch up but you can actively look for microbes that might be changing you know might be evolving in certain ways and they do that through you know various sampling techniques looking at blood samples or scat from wild animals or you know taking blood from farmers bush meat

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 and everything and as we were walking back he stopped to show us a little mound where there was some scat from one of these little cats and then we heard something rustling in the bushes right next to us and would you know it jumped one of these it was absolutely amazing to see on foot and apparently very rare

Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...

 Wolverine and it's a great scat tons of hair and they're in bone but the really confounding thing is this probably can't see it this red blob in here that was attached to the scat and we're just left to speculate on what that is we've got Jason with us who is a world-renowned

Wolverine Research Isn’t...

 what a beautiful shot this is fantastic this is absolutely sensational this is exactly the same riverbed where we found what we took to be clouded leopard scat the clouded leopard is one of the most elusive difficult animals in the whole world to film and this is conclusive

Spotting One of the...

 because they are some horrible smells that you really done wants to be sharing with anybody like lion poop says sip indeed lion scat or leopard sket not the most ideal smells in the world if you've ever

Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...

 Caron that's a very good question as we arrived in the sighting I have a very strong feeling that we might have driven over some of Tandy's poo there's a very characteristic smell of leopard scat

Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...

 of that scat can reveal which species and individual left it by adding in GPS data her team can establish where the animals are roaming the goal is to create protected corridors where these

Poop-Sniffing Dog Tracks...

 we're in admiralty island highest brown bear population in the world per capita there's one brown bear per square mile here sign bear scat tracks logs to

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 these are all sheep rather against where sheep has laid scat they're here this is more of a summer scat when

Sheep Scout PIPE Life Below...

 by strict rules these four days mean little sleep scat food and the need to set aside emotion

Scat

Wildlife Context

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