Scat

I love Ella Fitz...but I can't STAND Scatting. I don't know why. It gets on my nerves...
 
I never heard of scat when a close friend and his wife took me and my wife to Roy Thomson hall to listen to a well known female vocalist (sorry can't remember her name as it was probably 10 years ago ) where a fella by the name of Bobby Mcferrin came out on stage as the warm up act . Bobby started with all the weird vocalizing but no lyrics . This went on for some time and both me and my wife were thinking WTF is going on here . The crowd was dead silent as McFerrin was making all these sounds without musical accompaniment or lyrics . The longer this went on the more uncomfortable me and my wife became as there was no feedback from the audience and we didn't dare ask our hosts WTF gives here . Mcferrin abruptly ended his performance and there was this total silence in the hall . I looked at my wife thinking this is not good when all of a sudden the hall erupted in clapping and whistling . The ovation was deafening and I don't think I've ever felt more relieved to see the acceptance of an artists performance. Subsequent to this performance McFerrin released " Don't worry be happy " .