Her 1945 scat recording of `` Flying Home '' was later described by The New York Times as `` one of the most influential vocal jazz records of the decade ... Where other singers , most notably Louis Armstrong , had tried similar improvisation , no one before Miss Fitzgerald employed the technique with such dazzling inventiveness . '' Her 1945 scat recording of Flying Home ( arranged by Vic Schoen ) would later be described by The New York Times as `` one of the most influential vocal jazz records of the decade ... Where other singers , most notably Louis Armstrong , had tried similar improvisation , no one before Miss Fitzgerald employed the technique with such dazzling inventiveness . ''