Ella is seriously amazing. Her understanding of music, the changes in the piece, and how to improvise and scat through them are just overwhelming. Truly a legend. Mainstream America doesn't have the patience to sit through - thinking - this music. All the average white bread (plain/boring/simple - not a racial reference, to be sure) American wants is square background music. No one wants to have to think anymore. This music requires thinking and focus. Well worth the effort, of course.
This video is so funny. She had such a radiant presence! It's hard to even imagine any of the challenges she might have faced, or the way things were for women back then. It's like she broke through all the barriers with a smile. That voice. That light.
LOL! Love how towards the end she's like, "Hope that I am still in tune". I'm sure she was being serious, but it just goes to show you that she must've had a good sense of humor. I love her music.
This is why Ella is one of a kind!! God has blessed us with some greats (Ella, Frank, Sammy, Peggy, etc.) No other like Ella - nor will ever be. Happy Birthday Ella, pray you are in Heaven - resting!! Thanks for posting this treasure!!
If you go to jazz festivals, you can still find some singers like this. But yes, they are rare. I once heard a guy improvise and sing as high as her, it was incredible! Unfortunately, this music is not mainstream anymore. We have to live with it
I saw Her after diabetes took her leg and she was still hot. Free concert in the park in Pittsburgh and she tore it up. Amazing artist I absolutely love her. Makes me glad I am black!
The most incredible thing about this performance is that it's all improvised. The musicians follow her and just go with the flow. You have to be really good to keep up with the singer and come in just when she needs you.
On August 15th, 1960 Ella Fitzgerald's "How High The Moon" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100; eventually it would peak at #76 and spent 5 weeks in the Top 100. The most successful version of this song was by Les Paul and Mary Ford; in 1951 it reached No.1 {for 9 weeks} on Billboard's Best Sellers chart and No. 1 {for 9 weeks} on Most Played by Jockeys chart, and finally No. 1 {for 9 weeks} on Most Played in Jukeboxes chart.. Was ranked No. 3 on Billboard's Year-End Top 30 Singles of 1951 chart.
@xtremenortherner we didn't have her for a time....we have her know and will have her forever...there is no other like ella fitzgerald, she is simply the best....to meet her music is a gift of God, she is that good!!!
@dperkins1911 you are so right.....we don't have anyone like this, anyone....i mean, we do have great singers (a few, specially in popular music) but no one will ever compare to Ella. I mean, even back in her time, a lot of singers could only hope to sing like this......she was so unique....long live ella!!!
Greatest female vocalist of all time--she could sing anything and sing it to perfection!! I cringe whenever I hear singers that try to mimic her style (e.g. Dee Dee Bridgewater). Nobody can duplicate her style and it shouldn't even be attempted!!
Kayla Geyer great new perspective. Indeed, someone better may come along. But particularly in terms of scatting and improvisation, so far there may still be no one else like Ella.
This is from a concert in Stockholm in 1966 with the Ellington band (I've never been sure if it's the exact same one that's on CD as The Stockholm Concert, but the repertoire is the same, if only in a different order).
Ella Fitzgerald, vocally masterful! Seamless! But in my opinion, although she wasn't the creator of this style called "scattin". But it comes out of her just as if she were breathing! Im a musician, and it is very difficult to deliver to the audience the way Louis would drop a line.. Effortlessly as she did, and ALWAYS IN PITCH!!! And she never sang the same riff over, she would improvise and create new ways to make the audience, that are in the "know", feel special. Like it was the first time they heard it, again! It seems like she has conversations with the instrument itself rather than the guy with the fella thats trynna keep up with Ella! She still lives in this world today.. Afforded by the graces of mans creativite and progressive nature. I can listen to her over and over, and i hear new things. Like i missed that tiny lilt or i missed a phrase that made the slightest tingle down my spine.. She never ceases to keep me wanting more.. Anyone know of or have in their possession, footage or music that was never released and are able to share, i would be interested in maybe a purchase.. remember music is medicine for the soul
So right about the never heard an off key note -- EXCEPT when would intentionally and with great finesse hit the note on "KEY" in the song "You Can't Take That Away From Me" the lyric "...the way you sing off KEY, the memory of all that, no, no you can't take that away from me" -- and even then it was a beautiful off key note
@jonas220393 I do believe it is a quote from the finale of the William Tell Overture (Giachino Rossini) or better known as part of the "Lone Ranger" theme.
I was mistaken in thinking How High The Moon was included on the Stockholm Lp/CD. However, the version here IS from the same TV show that most of the other tracks were taken from for the LP, which I have on videotape (hence why I thought HHTM was on the audio CD too). Duke and the band are on for the first half of the show with Ella coming on for Wives And Lovers, Sweet Georgia Brown, So Danca Samba, High The Moon, IMagine Mr Frustration (my favourite Ella performance) and Duke's Place.
yah i have that video....How High The Moon was never part of the CD though...... I know this is from the same session as the Stockholm CD, just was never added to it. I would love to see footage of the radio performance OR the rest of the radio perfomrance.
She messed up on the words! She just kept singing. Starting at 1:09 for a few seconds she openly admits she forgot the lyrics. She continues the song still and rocks it like a champ. She's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
comparing her to Om Kalsoum and in this concert she is with scarf and musicians who are enraptured with her, I want you to notice the drummer and pianist and then when you see the nay and kanun player of Om Kalsoum, see how they are enraptured with her singing my best enjoy this moreen MARRURRA
![Ella Fitzgerald- "How High The Moon/Epic scat" LIVE 1966 [RITY Archives]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1GUmxnYheK0/mqdefault.jpg)
her scat is amazing
Ella is seriously amazing. Her understanding of music, the changes in the piece, and how to improvise and scat through them are just overwhelming. Truly a legend. Mainstream America doesn't have the patience to sit through - thinking - this music. All the average white bread (plain/boring/simple - not a racial reference, to be sure) American wants is square background music. No one wants to have to think anymore. This music requires thinking and focus. Well worth the effort, of course.
This video is so funny. She had such a radiant presence! It's hard to even imagine any of the challenges she might have faced, or the way things were for women back then. It's like she broke through all the barriers with a smile. That voice. That light.
Satchmo was the same. Never saw him without a radiant smile of pure joy.
LOL! Love how towards the end she's like, "Hope that I am still in tune". I'm sure she was being serious, but it just goes to show you that she must've had a good sense of humor. I love her music.
Ella is the queen of scat. I love it!
nobody will ever scat like ella!!!!! she is life embodied...
Caterina Valente was pretty good.
This woman was pure magic - you dont get talent like this in any college, this is spiritual stuff.
This is why Ella is one of a kind!! God has blessed us with some greats (Ella, Frank, Sammy, Peggy, etc.) No other like Ella - nor will ever be. Happy Birthday Ella, pray you are in Heaven - resting!! Thanks for posting this treasure!!
She's a legend.
This lady can sing her --- off, Period!
If you go to jazz festivals, you can still find some singers like this. But yes, they are rare. I once heard a guy improvise and sing as high as her, it was incredible!
Unfortunately, this music is not mainstream anymore. We have to live with it
Pure and simple genius. Yes such a thing exists. You just witnessed it.
4:05
I listened to this part So many times!!!! Ella you are freaking Amazing!!!!! You turned my ears to Loving Jazz!
This is closer but still mote jazzy than she had performed it on the record. Thanks for helping me find it.
Love the way she uses her voice as a real instrument!!
I saw Her after diabetes took her leg and she was still hot. Free concert in the park in Pittsburgh and she tore it up. Amazing artist I absolutely love her. Makes me glad I am black!
LOL Me too. We are amazing, aren't we!!
Ella Fitzgerald always was and always will be my number one favorite jazz singer.
This is the best performance I've ever heard. wow...
The most incredible thing about this performance is that it's all improvised. The musicians follow her and just go with the flow. You have to be really good to keep up with the singer and come in just when she needs you.
This woman was a beast! Even the piano player @ 4:05 was like, "I'm watching this shit and I still don't believe it!"
She is off the map! A league all her own!
pure magic, my heart and ear feels ever note, beat, rhythm. I get it Ella, only real ears can.
This woman is a beast! In a league of her own. . .What would I give to experience a live concert with the great Ella? That's entertainment!!!
Maravillosa por siempre.
Hoppy Birthday Queen Ella Fitzgerald! This lady was a musical instrument created only by musical gods
I love the way she addresses the audience and imitates instrument sounds. :) This lady is amazing. Hey . . . Why'd it stop??
4:09 shpongle actually sampled this part in "my head feels like a frisbee"
Mind blown, love shpongle
This one's from "The Stockholm Concert, 1966," one of the best songs on the album.
The guys face at 4:05 says it all!!! Playing drums along to this made me smile so much. The energy Ella exerts is magical.
On August 15th, 1960 Ella Fitzgerald's "How High The Moon" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100; eventually it would peak at #76 and spent 5 weeks in the Top 100.
The most successful version of this song was by Les Paul and Mary Ford; in 1951 it reached No.1 {for 9 weeks} on Billboard's Best Sellers chart and No. 1 {for 9 weeks} on Most Played by Jockeys chart, and finally No. 1 {for 9 weeks} on Most Played in Jukeboxes chart..
Was ranked No. 3 on Billboard's Year-End Top 30 Singles of 1951 chart.
Her improve is impeccable... simply amazing performance!
Great improvisation- that's what makes a blissful star in the sky. Happy B, Ella girl! :)
She absolutely killed this (thats a good thing...).
Great great performance!!
non ci sono commenti da fare la più grande vocalist jazz di tutti i tempi sentirla fa venire la pelle d'oca il suo mito resisterà per sempre
And this is why she is a legend!
Thanks for posting! Its my favorite track of all times.
Wonderful scat singing.
Thx Ella!!!
@xtremenortherner we didn't have her for a time....we have her know and will have her forever...there is no other like ella fitzgerald, she is simply the best....to meet her music is a gift of God, she is that good!!!
Великолепная импровизация и scat.
Спасибо, Степа!
@dperkins1911 you are so right.....we don't have anyone like this, anyone....i mean, we do have great singers (a few, specially in popular music) but no one will ever compare to Ella. I mean, even back in her time, a lot of singers could only hope to sing like this......she was so unique....long live ella!!!
O.M.G first ever I listened to this song .. AMAZING !!
Happy birthday, Ella. We love and miss you.
Wow... I love her.
Amazingly this performance stands up like a champion full of of life and gusto! Wow!
Greatest female vocalist of all time--she could sing anything and sing it to perfection!! I cringe whenever I hear singers that try to mimic her style (e.g. Dee Dee Bridgewater). Nobody can duplicate her style and it shouldn't even be attempted!!
agreed however ella does have contemporaries wha are all very good sarah V da Dinah W lady day anita o day ect
I would love to see it happen---but so far it hasn't!!
Kayla Geyer great new perspective. Indeed, someone better may come along. But particularly in terms of scatting and improvisation, so far there may still be no one else like Ella.
Patti Austin did an incredible tribute to her... It was very impressive... I agree with you tho
The black diamond. Superb!
Awesome!!! :))))
Diocane it's actually molto gud devo dire. æstetiks🤞
my mouth dropped. literally.
Ms. Ella was and is w/out equal. A majority of today's so called "singers" can only hope that they could sing 1/25 as good as the First Lady of Jazz.
thank you so much !!! ella!
This is from a concert in Stockholm in 1966 with the Ellington band (I've never been sure if it's the exact same one that's on CD as The Stockholm Concert, but the repertoire is the same, if only in a different order).
my favorite song of hers and duke's.. :D
My head feels like a frisbee!
Happy Birthday Ella!, You are my Hero!
wow wow wow it's like listening to the mother of music
she is the best!the best!
Ella Fitzgerald, vocally masterful! Seamless! But in my opinion, although she wasn't the creator of this style called "scattin". But it comes out of her just as if she were breathing! Im a musician, and it is very difficult to deliver to the audience the way Louis would drop a line.. Effortlessly as she did, and ALWAYS IN PITCH!!! And she never sang the same riff over, she would improvise and create new ways to make the audience, that are in the "know", feel special. Like it was the first time they heard it, again! It seems like she has conversations with the instrument itself rather than the guy with the fella thats trynna keep up with Ella! She still lives in this world today.. Afforded by the graces of mans creativite and progressive nature. I can listen to her over and over, and i hear new things. Like i missed that tiny lilt or i missed a phrase that made the slightest tingle down my spine.. She never ceases to keep me wanting more..
Anyone know of or have in their possession, footage or music that was never released and are able to share, i would be interested in maybe a purchase.. remember music is medicine for the soul
Simply amazing....
in love with this version!
Always amazing scat !
Swinging jazz scatting...Ella forever baby!
Happy Birthday Ella.
First Lady of Song? Any questions? Listen. And keep listening. Ahh, what a great lady. Ella!
This is awesome!
Que voz mas divina. Ella era simplemente FABULOSA.
Thanks for posting.
Exactly! Is A Hard Days Night
So right about the never heard an off key note -- EXCEPT when would intentionally and with great finesse hit the note on "KEY" in the song "You Can't Take That Away From Me" the lyric "...the way you sing off KEY, the memory of all that, no, no you can't take that away from me" -- and even then it was a beautiful off key note
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Hi - hi - high is the moon, and I hope I'm still in tune!!!"
Saben por qué estoy aquí? Porque acabo de escuchar a esta maravilla de voz!!
it's been a haard day's night :DD
Berlin?
@jonas220393 I do believe it is a quote from the finale of the William Tell Overture (Giachino Rossini) or better known as part of the "Lone Ranger" theme.
SMH SMH SMH...i can't even speak after this..God bless this woman's soul
I was mistaken in thinking How High The Moon was included on the Stockholm Lp/CD. However, the version here IS from the same TV show that most of the other tracks were taken from for the LP, which I have on videotape (hence why I thought HHTM was on the audio CD too). Duke and the band are on for the first half of the show with Ella coming on for Wives And Lovers, Sweet Georgia Brown, So Danca Samba, High The Moon, IMagine Mr Frustration (my favourite Ella performance) and Duke's Place.
Just one word: unbelievably..
2018, Fresh Prince reference hahaha Love it ❤
GRACIAS ELLA PORESE LEGADO,,,,,GRACIAS
Eine Jazz Legende
yah i have that video....How High The Moon was never part of the CD though...... I know this is from the same session as the Stockholm CD, just was never added to it. I would love to see footage of the radio performance OR the rest of the radio perfomrance.
My precious baby.
WOWWW!!
She was a genius. I think she was literally a genius.
... And I hope I'm still in tune... Haha! And she was:-]
I love the part when she starts "a hard day's night", too bad it's cut here...
does anyone here have the full version?
SORPRENDENTE!
Somebody please tell me they heard the beginning of this and thought of Blu "Thank You" and the opening bars sample. Been looking for this forever
scat like nobody. she samples 'o nosso armor' by vinicius and jobim. AND ITS AMAZING.
Brilliant! And the ending cuts off?!!!! Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!
Hello 👋 m
How are you doing today
"o nosso amor va ser assim"!!
What a shame that it got cut off half-way? Has someone uploaded the full version of this performance?
@erthsister Anita O'Day scats great too
Wow
She messed up on the words! She just kept singing. Starting at 1:09 for a few seconds she openly admits she forgot the lyrics. She continues the song still and rocks it like a champ. She's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Conner Scout, Ella is Freaking Amazing!!!!
Ella Fitzgerald could interpolate ANY song into this one and make it hers.
She had perfect pitch :D
comparing her to Om Kalsoum and in this concert she is
with scarf and musicians who are enraptured with her, I
want you to notice the drummer and pianist and then
when you see the nay and kanun player of Om Kalsoum,
see how they are enraptured with her singing my best
enjoy this moreen MARRURRA
THIS MUSIC IS in the INSANITY level!!!
72 at Sta.Monica Civic Halll
Mdssss ♡