"Scat doesn't mean anything but just something to give a song a flavor." - Jelly Roll Morton 

This week, Daniel and Kelly discuss "If Dogs Run Free," from 1970's New Morning. They discuss variations and scat and how the words made them think of the transcendentalists and the Beats. 

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