I met Ella and her sister after a concert in Bristol in the 70's . She was absolutely lovely. I was only 17 but the memory remains clear as if it were yesterday.
I thank you.Comparing Ella and Billie to each other is like: day and night. it's not working. In addition, Billie had a small voice compared to Ella - this is not to be denied: neither voluminous, dynamic nor a wide range by far as Ella. With Billie, it was always her own specific and same expression: sad, depressing, dismal or bit ironic till sarcastic! In my opinion in the long run somewhat boring. I have from Ella as well as from Billie to 90% all recordings. I know, that Billie has many excellent recordings, but - musically much more versatile was Ella. If Ella sings, that is pure joy and beauty.
No matter how much good jazz singers have come after Ella and will still be coming: Ella will always be incomparable. As said, Duke Ellington: Ella is behind any category. She is a class for itself.
first time i heard this was 1974 i lived in a rented room in an apt in montreal ,the lady owner(dear sara) had this record, i fell in love with the voice.such grace
Her voice was impeccably beautiful 😍 I fell in love the first time I heard her sing. I wish I could have seen her live 😢. If I knew how angels sounded it would be Ella's voice.
I had to study this song very well for my singing class, but when I listen to such a voice, I just can't help thinking "what the hell do I think I'm doing?". This is just perfect.
The one above on the playlist is the original version and my favourite version of this song ever made. I think this one is remastered. If that song doesn't stir you, something is wrong with you! Also 'Porgy and Bess' is everything!
Beautiful piece by the Queen of jazz singing. I love the last part where Ella talks about the realities of summer. Did anyone else notice the photo of Duke Ellington listening to Ella with an expression of pleasure? Great video. Thanks for posting it.
It's too bad Gershwin died too young and never got to hear this. For how big jazz was to him and influenced his music, something tells me he would have adored this rendition, especially with Ella lending her unmatched voice to it.
What a dazzling elocutionist, that Ella! She motivates me to develop my communication skills so that I can speak and sing more articulately and persuasively. Cheers to the distinguished toastmistress, EF!!!
Start looking for Ella Fitzgerald's songs after watching her scat duo with Mel, realise all the sweet jazz my grandpa used to play when I was a kid that I have no idea the names of were all her greatest hits.
As long as young people such as yourself listens and remember howgood music sounds your generation is not lost, just some. True music reach beyond languish barriers
Am I the only one who thinks Ella had a really cute speaking voice? Like her being one of the greatest voices/the greatest voice ever is a given but sometimes when she just talks it sounds so girly and babyish but not high and squeaky enough to be annoying, like at the very end when she pips "Thank you!" It just makes me wish I was friends with her lol
All those songstresses who think that warbling equals passion and rely on autotune, please just listen to Ella and Billie, Nina Simone and Aretha and Sarah Vaughn. That is passion. That is soul. Feel what you're singing.
Federica Francia hai ragione oggi la cattiva musica (che poi è quella detta commerciale) sommerge e soffoca il resto del mondo musicale,ma ogni parabola ha un punto massimo poi discende, il livello medio musicale oggi scende perchè in passato ha raggiunto il punto più alto, vedrai che al massimo tra una decina di anni tornerà ad essere ascoltata da tutti anche la "Bona Musica". =)
Maravilhosa. Única e inesquecível. Vozes assim são únicas. Naquela época tinha que cantar mesmo porque os recursos tecnológicos eram limitado.,Aqui no Brasil tem uma legião de fãs que curtem as músicas de Ella pelas razões óbvias. Era uma diva,
Love Ella true,timeless, classy artist......one of my all time fave songs...would of loved to have seen her back in the day NYC Mr Kelly's iconic..... I wasn't born till 69 ....
Que hermosas fotos!!!! Summertime significa mucho mucho para mi, con ésta canción descubrí el jazz en el canto, y a muchas cantantes, ahora es mi pasión.... En 2013 pisaré NY por 6 meses!!!!!!!! Es un sueño hecho realidad!!!!!!!!! Cantar seria otro sueño...
Beautifullll! ela ra puro glamour um presente p tds aquele que tiveram o previlégio de conhece-lá na época very beautifull Happy B..Day!!! Ella Fitzgerald !!!
I'm 15 ,She was the queen...the big queen of jazz! i think that my generation is lost in bad music...(i'm italian i don't speak very well english :( ) Love you Ella !
Took me back to the time when America was a distant dream and great. I saw this America through the eyes of a 8 mm Kodak movie camera my late dad brought way back in 1948, Sounds more like different and very ancient times. Thank God for technology that made this viewing possible.
It's funny how I've been wishing to be born in the 60's, then in the 50's, then in the 40's, and up to the 30's. I think I'll just stay in this weird era that is the XXI century. If I can't go back in the late 50's, I can at least try to bring that kind of music back. I met Ravi Coltrane (John Coltrane's son), and as I'm quite young, he told me that Jazz isn't only music from the past, it's also nowadays music, and tomorrow's. Jazz isn't dead, it's just more hard to find thus more enjoyable.
Aprendi a gostar de Jazz, ouvindo Ella, que junto com nossa Elis Regina, foram e serão as maiores cantoras de todos os tempos e a Eternidade. Como acredito em reencarnação, tenho certeza, que voltarei, numa outra Encarnação, e lá estarão estas duas "MONSTRAS", para me enebriar.
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I met Ella and her sister after a concert in Bristol in the 70's . She was absolutely lovely. I was only 17 but the memory remains clear as if it were yesterday.
Where abouts in brstol?
Wow
Wowww how amazing!! So lucky!
Gosh jealus
That's wonderful ^^
Ella could sing the phone book and I would listen to it.
+Steven Yourke Haha, excellent :)
Me too, me too.
+Steven Yourke What's a phone book? ;>)
it´s where you write your phone contacts ah ah
Haha nice point
And yes, you're right ))
Ella doesn't just make you hear a song, she makes you feel it.
Excellent observation.
She certainly does
Absolutely remarkable ❤️🔥 👏
in my opinion the finest female singer of all time,
Yes !!!
I dunno, I think Billie Holiday could give her a run for her money!
sorry , I cannot understand the meaning of your words....( english isn't my mother language - but german...)
they just mean that billie holiday could also possibly be the runner up to ella, or even better. :)
I thank you.Comparing Ella and Billie to each other is like: day and night. it's not working. In addition, Billie had a small voice compared to Ella - this is not to be denied: neither voluminous, dynamic nor a wide range by far as Ella. With Billie, it was always her own specific and same expression: sad, depressing, dismal or bit ironic till sarcastic! In my opinion in the long run somewhat boring. I have from Ella as well as from Billie to 90% all recordings. I know, that Billie has many excellent recordings, but - musically much more versatile was Ella. If Ella sings, that is pure joy and beauty.
My daughter is named Ella because of this great women.
I was born in 2006, but listening to this takes me back back to the 1960s with memories I never had.
No matter how much good jazz singers have come after Ella and will still be coming: Ella will always be incomparable. As said, Duke Ellington: Ella is behind any category. She is a class for itself.
Sensational
Marvelous voice + musicality + sence of humor + charm = Queen Ella
first time i heard this was 1974 i lived in a rented room in an apt in montreal ,the lady owner(dear sara) had this record, i fell in love with the voice.such grace
In my opinion, the greatest female singer of all time...
I agree
Saw her on my first date with my soon to be wife. It was at Radio City Music Hall in 1978. Ella was one heck of a talent.
Her voice was impeccably beautiful 😍 I fell in love the first time I heard her sing. I wish I could have seen her live 😢. If I knew how angels sounded it would be Ella's voice.
nobody does it like ELLA!!! MY FAVORITE JAZZ ARTIST OF ALL TIME!
+Myra Deshields Ferrell
yup!
Ella is the queen of jazz greatest female singer ever
No one will ever beat this kind of talent. Ella has that true affection and emotion in her voice that SO many lack in modern music.
her singing voice, her speaking voice. I'm in love
I had a stepmother, and she used to sing like Ms. Ella.
She even looked exactly like Ms. Ella.
I love ❤️ them both.
God rest their souls 🙏🙏😇😇
My mom used to sing this to me as a lullaby. Still love the song so much
Hello Karen
How are you doing today?
Great music and great photos. Thanks very much .
My Dad would be 92 this year and after a couple of drinks Ella would be played. Happy memories.
I love her voice! she's one of the best singers of all the time!
Que linda voz y hermosa interpretación dela gran Ella Fitzgerald.
She sings and I fall in love with life again...Just Lady Ella.
Cold morning with a little thin layer of ice on the ground..listening to her song calm me down.
I had to study this song very well for my singing class, but when I listen to such a voice, I just can't help thinking "what the hell do I think I'm doing?". This is just perfect.
Mother Ella defines class .
Absolument authentique. La meilleure interprétation.
Ella est éternelle.
The one above on the playlist is the original version and my favourite version of this song ever made. I think this one is remastered.
If that song doesn't stir you, something is wrong with you! Also 'Porgy and Bess' is everything!
This is wholly the best version of Summertime.
I went from depressed to melancholy within moments of hearing this voice.
Beautiful piece by the Queen of jazz singing. I love the last part where Ella talks about the realities of summer. Did anyone else notice the photo of Duke Ellington listening to Ella with an expression of pleasure? Great video. Thanks for posting it.
Absolutely Amazing!!! Ella had such a dynamic voice!!
It's too bad Gershwin died too young and never got to hear this. For how big jazz was to him and influenced his music, something tells me he would have adored this rendition, especially with Ella lending her unmatched voice to it.
Louis and Ella are just marvellous. I saw them first time in Lucerne Switzerland and it must have been around 1955.
What a dazzling elocutionist, that Ella! She motivates me to develop my communication skills so that I can speak and sing more articulately and persuasively. Cheers to the distinguished toastmistress, EF!!!
Perfect Pitch... impeccable voice..
Ella ha sido siempre la voz del Jazz Americano.
Her voice is so hard to ignore singing or speaking. I LOVE it!!!
So much soul, heart, class... This version is unique, Ella Fitzgerald is unique.
Start looking for Ella Fitzgerald's songs after watching her scat duo with Mel, realise all the sweet jazz my grandpa used to play when I was a kid that I have no idea the names of were all her greatest hits.
As long as young people such as yourself listens and remember howgood music sounds your generation is not lost, just some. True music reach beyond languish barriers
She had such a sweet voice, so unique XX
Time OUT Ella!!! The runs at 1:00 and 2:08 are AMAZING! So full of soul! I love it... had to rewind, repeat, and mock a few time... classic!
One of the all-time greatest. Thank you for making us happy with your marvelous singing.
She captures the Languid feel of summer
Am I the only one who thinks Ella had a really cute speaking voice? Like her being one of the greatest voices/the greatest voice ever is a given but sometimes when she just talks it sounds so girly and babyish but not high and squeaky enough to be annoying, like at the very end when she pips "Thank you!" It just makes me wish I was friends with her lol
Ella and Etta are without doubt the 2 of the best women in music
Very full and charming low notes..impressive that she's is not an alto..very unique voice
I love this.Ella Fitzgerald was a really good singer.
excuse me.Ella Fitzgerald was the Greatest Singer whom God allowed to sing on recorded music.
Perfect sentiments for this classic. This is a great version.
The best version ever! I love her
All those songstresses who think that warbling equals passion and rely on autotune, please just listen to Ella and Billie, Nina Simone and Aretha and Sarah Vaughn. That is passion. That is soul. Feel what you're singing.
4 octave range is damn hard to beat.........
My mum used to sing this to me as a lullaby since I've been born...good taste, no? Hah, gotta love my mum--this always makes me think of her :)
"What do you get?"
"the check"
good one 😂
And who is laughing now?
...Don't see why songwriters get all the credit...when it's the singer who breathes 'life' into the song! Happy Birthday Ella!
Federica Francia hai ragione oggi la cattiva musica (che poi è quella detta commerciale) sommerge e soffoca il resto del mondo musicale,ma ogni parabola ha un punto massimo poi discende, il livello medio musicale oggi scende perchè in passato ha raggiunto il punto più alto, vedrai che al massimo tra una decina di anni tornerà ad essere ascoltata da tutti anche la "Bona Musica". =)
This woman is truly amazing! Such a gifted soul.
A jazz singer. Like no other.
OMG! She is the BEST!!!!
Maravilhosa. Única e inesquecível. Vozes assim são únicas. Naquela época tinha que cantar mesmo porque os recursos tecnológicos eram limitado.,Aqui no Brasil tem uma legião de fãs que curtem as músicas de Ella pelas razões óbvias. Era uma diva,
gah, so perfect...
Ella’s Beautiful voice is haunting. Always loved her. Fabulous
even when she's not singing her voice is beautiful
Happy Birthday Ella:) The greatest jazz singer of all time. My favourite
Most perfectly beautiful song ever x
God I love it!
Love her so much, always happy with her songs, and feel like she's stand over there.
Hello
How are you doing today
BRILLIANT Ella Fitzgerald !!! Awesome music ! And at all times....♥♫♫♫
Tu eres la Reina Ellaaaaa!!!!
Elegancia, carisma, power, pasión, perfección.
Lagrimones me generas.
Brilliant.
Love Ella true,timeless, classy artist......one of my all time fave songs...would of loved to have seen her back in the day NYC Mr Kelly's iconic..... I wasn't born till 69 ....
Underrated voice??? Ella Fitzgerald is/was underrated??? Ella's voice is extremely well known and appreciated.
linda voz magnifica interpretación de ella fitzgerald
Happy Birthday Beautiful Lady! The Best Jazz Singer of all times.
Que hermosas fotos!!!! Summertime significa mucho mucho para mi, con ésta canción descubrí el jazz en el canto, y a muchas cantantes, ahora es mi pasión.... En 2013 pisaré NY por 6 meses!!!!!!!! Es un sueño hecho realidad!!!!!!!!! Cantar seria otro sueño...
A fabulous lament from the jazz era, and Ella's interpretations have always been definitive for me. :-)
Ella its a beauteful- music- ( a musica de ella é linda
Beautifullll! ela ra puro glamour um presente p tds aquele que tiveram o previlégio de conhece-lá na época very beautifull Happy B..Day!!! Ella Fitzgerald !!!
yes yes yes! i did a paper route from 3 to 6 in the morning and nor jazz with bob parlocha helped a whole lot!! support ur local radio please!!!
Coffee & cream - & I'm not referring to the colour of her skin. This lady has a magical quality that transcends time.
la mejor voz ....impresionante la amo
Oh Ella Fitzgerald, I wish I could sing half as well as you do....what a beautiful soul.
Good voice AND comedy!
esto es mas que exquisito,es perfecto!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN OF JAZZ! Always be remembered
I'm 15 ,She was the queen...the big queen of jazz! i think that my generation is lost in bad music...(i'm italian i don't speak very well english :( ) Love you Ella !
Such a great singer! unique... nowadays at least in my country, younger singers use to have the same style, must learn something of this woman
I love her style and beautiful voice xoxoxo =) RIP Ella xoxoxo
Que ça fait du bien aux oreilles et aux yeux.. Merci
Maravilhosa, linda, perfeita! A rainha do Jazz de todos os tempos!
One of the greatest voices of our time.
They called her "The First Lady of Song."
I love it, my birthday is in March so everyday I hear this song, its my birthday! I agree with you Kristie and I'm black.
>_> dang.... awesome songs like this from the 50's gives moi nice chilly goosebumps. FULL BLAST aaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Took me back to the time when America was a distant dream and great. I saw this America through the eyes of a 8 mm Kodak movie camera my late dad brought way back in 1948, Sounds more like different and very ancient times. Thank God for technology that made this viewing possible.
Love this version as well. My first time hearing it. Thanks!
Wonderful! 2:38 "in summertime trains run every ten minutes"
The legend !
esplendido ..estupendo ..nao canso de ouvi-la.
It's funny how I've been wishing to be born in the 60's, then in the 50's, then in the 40's, and up to the 30's.
I think I'll just stay in this weird era that is the XXI century.
If I can't go back in the late 50's, I can at least try to bring that kind of music back. I met Ravi Coltrane (John Coltrane's son), and as I'm quite young, he told me that Jazz isn't only music from the past, it's also nowadays music, and tomorrow's.
Jazz isn't dead, it's just more hard to find thus more enjoyable.
Aprendi a gostar de Jazz, ouvindo Ella, que junto com nossa Elis Regina, foram e serão as maiores cantoras de todos os tempos e a Eternidade. Como acredito em reencarnação, tenho certeza, que voltarei, numa outra Encarnação, e lá estarão estas duas "MONSTRAS", para me enebriar.
O my god.. her voice brought me to tears.. perfection is just an ideal next to her voice..