The Anchoress
…we could turn on the television and watch a supremely talented and classy individual simply stand there and sing, and it was magic. No razzledazzle, no special effects, just a magnificent voice, superb musicianship and an artist’s ability to completely give herself over to a song. Watch Miss Ella Fitzgerald move effortlessly from an orchestrated ballad to a jazzy, uptempo piece supported by what sounds like a bass/drum/piano trio, and sing both of them just perfectly – perfect expression, perfect technique, glorious tone and an astonishing range. My goodness. Try finding anything like this on television, anymore. Nowadays we’d probably never hear from her – she wouldn’t be “pretty enough” or “thin enough” for modern audiences, or that’s what the entertainment moguls would say. And it would be our great loss.
Sorry to be posting so much music – it’s just that it’s all so good, I can’t not share it!
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