Miss Ella and Anyone

Miss Ella and Anyone January 22, 2010

That header is not to denigrate the talents of Dinah Shore or Dame Joan Sutherland -I love them, too- but reader Dick T sent these videos along and they knocked me out.

There is something about Miss Ella Fitzgerald that just comforts my spirit, no matter what she is singing. If she’s singing blue, she makes me exquisitely, beautifully blue. When she is jazzed up, I soar. I can’t get enough of Miss Ella. And I have never heard her duet (or sing trio) where all involved were not rendered even more impressive for partnering with her. And how effortless does all of this look?

These women are having a ball!

Enjoy.

Alright, one more, just the queen, herself:


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