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When two of the greatest jazz singers, ever, tell us, we listen.
Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme at the 1976 Grammy Awards. Just electric.
Thanks to YouTuber 1941 Vintage
Jack Shalom
Musings, Memories, and Magic
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When two of the greatest jazz singers, ever, tell us, we listen.
Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme at the 1976 Grammy Awards. Just electric.
Thanks to YouTuber 1941 Vintage
Awesome! Love that scat — one wonders how much of it is improvised. (Probably a lot).
I don’t know, but anyone who can keep up with Ella is all right in my book.
Yeah, Mel is amazing. I used to listen to some of his stuff with George Shearing.
Great clip Jack(!).
Ella really comes to life when she sings(!..!).
I always liked Miles Davis’ answer to the question:
“What’s Jazz?”
He’d respond:
“If you have to ask,
…you’ll never know.”. 😉
Louis and Danny,
in this clip,..
answer:
“Who’s playing in the band?”
https://youtu.be/nCuLoVI1RP0
(From the film: ‘Five Pennys’)
Thanks for the nice ‘kick’,
this morning!
That was great, thanks. I was always a big fan of Danny Kaye. I’m not so sure he was really a jazz man, but he certainly held his own here, and his patter songs were always delightful. Fun rhymes here, too. “Of Course-ikov!”