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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!!!
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.
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
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 !
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 ....
Bravo Marco, hai una sensibilità notevole. Superbo l'album fotografico d'accompagnamento. Una ricerca degna di nota. Grazie per il prezioso contributo.
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.
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
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.
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...
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,
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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 ))
if you have to vote for the best voice of the 20 centurie, there is only one,Ella
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.
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 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
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.
Marvelous voice + musicality + sence of humor + charm = Queen Ella
nobody does it like ELLA!!! MY FAVORITE JAZZ ARTIST OF ALL TIME!
+Myra Deshields Ferrell
yup!
Это бесмерноая песня❤❤❤❤❤ вот она настоящия американская культура черная ❤ я обожаю эллачку🎉🎉🎉🎉
Love this rendition, she is such a beautiful voice and soul.
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.
Любимая певица моего отца который обожал джазовые композиции Эллы Фицджеральд❤❤❤
This is wholly the best version of Summertime.
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 singing voice, her speaking voice. I'm in love
My mom used to sing this to me as a lullaby. Still love the song so much
Hello Karen
How are you doing today?
I love her voice! she's one of the best singers of all the time!
Ella is the queen of jazz greatest female singer ever
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 🙏🙏😇😇
Cold morning with a little thin layer of ice on the ground..listening to her song calm me down.
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.
She sings and I fall in love with life again...Just Lady Ella.
Coffee & cream - & I'm not referring to the colour of her skin. This lady has a magical quality that transcends time.
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.
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.
Ella and Etta are without doubt the 2 of the best women in music
Louis and Ella are just marvellous. I saw them first time in Lucerne Switzerland and it must have been around 1955.
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!
Underrated voice??? Ella Fitzgerald is/was underrated??? Ella's voice is extremely well known and appreciated.
...Don't see why songwriters get all the credit...when it's the singer who breathes 'life' into the song! Happy Birthday Ella!
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.
In my opinion, the greatest female singer of all time...
I agree
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!!!
So much soul, heart, class... This version is unique, Ella Fitzgerald is unique.
One of the all-time greatest. Thank you for making us happy with your marvelous singing.
Her voice is so hard to ignore singing or speaking. I LOVE it!!!
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.
Just the most beautiful voice and the '' nostalgia'' it provoces...
Absolument authentique. La meilleure interprétation.
Ella est éternelle.
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.
Absolutely Amazing!!! Ella had such a dynamic voice!!
Perfect sentiments for this classic. This is a great version.
Ella’s Beautiful voice is haunting. Always loved her. Fabulous
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
Very full and charming low notes..impressive that she's is not an alto..very unique voice
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 !
A jazz singer. Like no other.
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 :)
I went from depressed to melancholy within moments of hearing this voice.
BRILLIANT Ella Fitzgerald !!! Awesome music ! And at all times....♥♫♫♫
Love this version as well. My first time hearing it. Thanks!
Wonderful! 2:38 "in summertime trains run every ten minutes"
A fabulous lament from the jazz era, and Ella's interpretations have always been definitive for me. :-)
Love her so much, always happy with her songs, and feel like she's stand over there.
Hello
How are you doing today
❤ Her songs will always sing in my heart!
s’wanderefl💕
I love her voice and this song is most of all. Thank you so much.
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 ....
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!
Que linda voz y hermosa interpretación dela gran Ella Fitzgerald.
Королева джаза всего мира❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
She had such a sweet voice, so unique XX
Ella ha sido siempre la voz del Jazz Americano.
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!!!
This woman is truly amazing! Such a gifted soul.
Most perfectly beautiful song ever x
The best version ever! I love her
the only thing that connects the world, is good music! nice greetings from turkey!
Oh Ella Fitzgerald, I wish I could sing half as well as you do....what a beautiful soul.
Bravo Marco, hai una sensibilità notevole. Superbo l'album fotografico d'accompagnamento. Una ricerca degna di nota. Grazie per il prezioso contributo.
Happy Birthday Beautiful Lady! The Best Jazz Singer of all times.
Very nice pictures, too!
Happy Birthday Ella:) The greatest jazz singer of all time. My favourite
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.
even when she's not singing her voice is beautiful
Voice meets style; cosmic explosion. Nobody better.
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
Tu eres la Reina Ellaaaaa!!!!
Elegancia, carisma, power, pasión, perfección.
Lagrimones me generas.
I really love Ella's music, too, and this is one of her best songs, as well!
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
Perfect Pitch... impeccable voice..
Named my late baby daughter after Ella. RIP my baby girl 👼 you with The GREAT Jazz Queen 👑.
I love this song! I love Ella's Fitzgerald voice. Photos are very beautiful! Thamk you!
Hello Anzhelika
how are you doing today?
>_> dang.... awesome songs like this from the 50's gives moi nice chilly goosebumps. FULL BLAST aaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
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..
Awesome pictures!
Que ça fait du bien aux oreilles et aux yeux.. Merci
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...
Im born in the same day and month as Ella 🔥
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.
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,
A smoke filled room...piano....Ella, wine...and a night to remember....!!!
She captures the Languid feel of summer
Those 58 voters must defenetly hate summer XD and everything ID
This song- sang this way is absolutely astonishing! Thanks a lot*******
no they just do not know GREAT music song by perhaps the single great female vocalist EVER!!!
jadesun9 im more of a winter guy personally
This is AWESOME. I truly hope music doesnt lose its magic