Ella Fitzgerald - Round Midnight

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  • Опубліковано 15 гру 2007
  • Ella Fitzgerald sings "Round Midnight".
    Piano: Oscar Peterson
    Bass: Ray Brown
    Drums: Ed Thigpen
    Composer: Thelonious Monk
    (UK, 1961)
    It begins to tell,
    round midnight, midnight.
    I do pretty well till after sundown.
    Suppertime, I'm feeling sad;
    but it really gets bad,
    round midnight.
    Memories always start round midnight.
    Haven't got the heart
    to stand those memories,
    when my heart is still with you,
    and old midnight knows it, too.
    When a quarrel we had needs mending,
    does it mean that our love is ending?
    Darling, I need you, lately I find
    you're out of my heart,
    and I'm out of my mind.
    Let our hearts take wings
    round midnight, midnight.
    Let the angels sing,
    for your returning,
    till our love is safe and sound
    and old midnight comes around.
    Feeling sad,
    really gets bad
    round midnight...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 772

  • @WolffBachner
    @WolffBachner 9 років тому +514

    When I hear Ella sing I don't mind that I am 63 and time is flying. I was able to see her live and grew up with her music. I heard the angels sing.

    • @renegaderaven8848
      @renegaderaven8848 9 років тому +14

      lucky bastard!.....wish i could ,damn you...ha ha ha

    • @DanieldoTao
      @DanieldoTao 7 років тому +4

      She sounds like an angel to me too!

    • @xzing7
      @xzing7 6 років тому +5

      You have been fortunate, am I allowed to be jealous 😒.

    • @lawbail5956
      @lawbail5956 5 років тому +4

      Her voice never got old.

    • @camerasessions5134
      @camerasessions5134 5 років тому +3

      I envy you...

  • @anthonybooth1952
    @anthonybooth1952 7 років тому +415

    God bless the person who filmed this historic performance.

    • @lawbail5956
      @lawbail5956 5 років тому +10

      And we love all of them in heaven.....

    • @Nicole-kx9vg
      @Nicole-kx9vg 3 роки тому +7

      Ohhh yes.
      We are thankful for that person.
      What a hidden GEM.
      Look at our Jewel.

    • @syderussyderal648
      @syderussyderal648 2 роки тому +2

      amen...

  • @corychapin3932
    @corychapin3932 3 роки тому +34

    Ella really was an OG at using melisma in her vocals but the reason she did it was because she wanted to emulate the instrumentation that was used in jazz and blues at the time, namely trumpets and saxophones. It’s a real testament to her vocal agility that she’s able to exactly replicate the way a saxophone would have performed those notes if the song was being played but not sung. She was a goddess

  • @tapir6727
    @tapir6727 8 років тому +535

    No effects, no ridiculous costumes, no flashy dancers, just a beautiful voice and tasteful instruments. Corporate music can go strangle itself.

    • @MrRodBelt
      @MrRodBelt 7 років тому +49

      You forgot no electronic auto tune.

    • @JazzyFabbry
      @JazzyFabbry 7 років тому +9

      Agreed, completely agree...

    • @monsieurshade4104
      @monsieurshade4104 7 років тому +3

      Tap Ir l'art pour l'art

    • @brianbaumgarn5795
      @brianbaumgarn5795 6 років тому +9

      Yes, you are right but this falls into the category of real entertainment, when talent and skill meant something. Ella just had a simple beautiful voice!

    • @speedstriker
      @speedstriker 5 років тому +2

      Thank you for including that parting note. Really made this comment.

  • @JonnyZye
    @JonnyZye 10 років тому +201

    Her vocal prowess is incredulous...THIS is the kind of singer I aspire to be. Such inspiration. Love you Ella

    • @mike1lisa1
      @mike1lisa1 10 років тому +19

      uh...minor point. She is incredible. You would be incredulous.

    • @JonnyZye
      @JonnyZye 10 років тому +18

      Sailing BayBeeCakes Oops - I suppose what I meant to say was that I can't believe how good she is here. Thanks for the correction ;)

    • @lawbail5956
      @lawbail5956 5 років тому +2

      Jonny you are a star already with that good an ear!!!

  • @jamesbennett9620
    @jamesbennett9620 2 роки тому +22

    No one could “scat” like Ella Fitzgerald, and that was a perfect last note. She was a consummate musician.

  • @maxinecornucci5953
    @maxinecornucci5953 2 роки тому +5

    With Oscar Peterson behind her I cannot hold back my tears. And that voice. Alone in the dark with Ella Fitzgerald. Imagine that.

    • @joelRmontfort
      @joelRmontfort 29 днів тому

      Yeah I was like damn I know that pianist!

  • @doctorwu222
    @doctorwu222 8 років тому +119

    It DOES NOT get any better than this. Artistic and technical perfection.

  • @barbarawilliams7274
    @barbarawilliams7274 9 років тому +60

    I can't imagine anyone who doesn't like this song as sung by Ella and played by the Oscar Peterson trio.

  • @JohnNyerges
    @JohnNyerges 2 роки тому +11

    Best female voice ever, warmth, soul, perfect vibrato...on and on...

  • @MozartG
    @MozartG 14 років тому +10

    this is when you really had artistry. The voice was like an instrument. Ella, Sarah, were true vocalist and instrumentalist wow what a treat to see this thanks for posting

  • @JOLT711ML
    @JOLT711ML 10 років тому +42

    This is by far the best version of "round midnight" I have found on the net after looking through Hundreds. She doesn't hit the notes beautiful as she does here. You feel this in your soul. Peace youtube.

  • @winpointmedia
    @winpointmedia 12 років тому +1

    Ella sounds so much like a horn player; more than any other singer. period.

  • @mamasgirl51080
    @mamasgirl51080 14 років тому +9

    Her voice is unmatched! When I hear her sing I just close my eyes and go wherever she chooses to lead me.

  • @anitacalloway3032
    @anitacalloway3032 6 років тому +70

    Simply beautiful. And how in the world did she find that correct final note after going all over the scale?! Talent.

    • @Jerrytheman9
      @Jerrytheman9 5 років тому +15

      she actually ended it on a C (the 9th), which is a tension in this key of Bb minor. Adding a little bit of flair.

    • @heymaria123
      @heymaria123 4 роки тому +4

      Dat part!

  • @messiejessie92
    @messiejessie92 12 років тому +1

    It seems like no one my age would ever listen to this, let alone enjoy it. I know why I'm called an old soul, and I wouldn't have it any other way :)

  • @nicklewis470
    @nicklewis470 4 роки тому +5

    Every new Ella Fitzgerald song I listen to just sticks with me. Good Lord is this woman's voice impactful

  • @Matrix803
    @Matrix803 14 років тому

    I woke up to Sting's Version of this, and felt compelled to look up the song. Here I am. Oh my God, this woman is fantastic!

  • @MarkAnthonyLentine
    @MarkAnthonyLentine 13 років тому +4

    With tears in my eyes....the greatest pop voice of all time...of any time. God Bless this lady....

  • @johnwatson2887
    @johnwatson2887 2 місяці тому

    Even having listened to Ella all my life, I find this performance absolutely stunning.😪

  • @33uptempo
    @33uptempo 10 років тому +11

    Ella forever.......and ever and ever and ever and ever..........long after the world is gone, and beyond.

  • @rainlady1931
    @rainlady1931 12 років тому

    Ms. Elle, Fitzgerald, was one of " America and Harlem best vocalist ever!

  • @almaberti4942
    @almaberti4942 8 років тому +24

    her voice soothes my soul. much needed during a hectic day

  • @keniawiskers55555
    @keniawiskers55555 13 років тому +7

    I am in love... I lose myself in this atmosphere. How I would have loved to live in that era; I would trade Ipads and Android cell phones for a performance like this live any day

  • @adrienre2657
    @adrienre2657 3 роки тому +3

    Like someone said about another stellar jazz performance. "If you gave this a thumbs down, you have a hole in your soul that needs to be filled."

  • @lawbail5956
    @lawbail5956 5 років тому +2

    Midnight Sun and 'round Midnight and Lazy Afternoon were the first piano pieces my mother bought with her babysitting money!!!She was 12. She adored Mr Peterson too!!!!Thank you Mom, you started me off very well!!!

  • @bolder2009
    @bolder2009 13 років тому +3

    Its also nice to see Oscar Peterson allowing space for Ella to operate. Undoubtably one of the greatest Jazz pianists that ever lived, but not always the most sensitive accompanist. This performance was a master class by the whole esemble.

  • @plainwain
    @plainwain 16 років тому +1

    Don't forget Thelonious Monk;for it is his composition.What a splendid rendition nevertheless and a compliment. R.I.P. all of 'em. Ella,Monk,and Peterson.

  • @maeviac30
    @maeviac30 12 років тому +1

    This is great! Really outstanding,always she is,sweet Ella..I'm tired of people comparing Michael Bubbles to great singers like Ella,Dinah,Billie and all the greats..

  • @saxybarney
    @saxybarney 11 років тому +4

    What a brilliant voice, miss you Ella!!! Always my first lady of jazz! x

  • @debarghyaroy9948
    @debarghyaroy9948 3 роки тому +5

    The dictionary has not the right words to describe how deftly Ella caresses the notes. Kudos to the musicians too. They don't make such stuff anymore. This is exactly why Ella is my idol.

  • @missdee4927
    @missdee4927 8 років тому

    Ella AND Oscar Peterson? Now this is a treat.

  • @scatmando
    @scatmando 13 років тому +1

    Simply stunning, hic !

  • @BobPattersonJazzGuitar
    @BobPattersonJazzGuitar 15 років тому

    Each can be great but all must recognize that Amy is at the beginning of her career arc as a singer. Ella was the mistress of song for decades and finished strong. This track alone shows she was the best that ever was.

  • @nub5515
    @nub5515 5 місяців тому +2

    Wow. This is my first time ever hearing an Ella Fitzgerald song or ever hearing her sing. Such a beautiful voice it brought tears to my eyes. I know this song from Amy Winehouse and just discovered this Video. Thank you for sharing this Classic time capsule.

  • @teejaymz742
    @teejaymz742 9 років тому +11

    She sings with such pathos. Just beautiful.

  • @ojshilinski8358
    @ojshilinski8358 Рік тому

    Still one of my favolite singers and I'm 89 years old - also love boogie woogie and Michel Petrucciani who plays Round Midnight the way I feel it...

  • @elliottmm0
    @elliottmm0 15 років тому

    There is no Hate.... Just Facts!!!! Ella is GREATNESS!!!!. But to each their own.... even if its some imitation or failed attempt. Just listen to that Voice... WOW!!!! thank you for posting

  • @SugarFreeTV
    @SugarFreeTV 8 років тому +31

    amazing Lord Jesus

  • @rad0210
    @rad0210 15 років тому +1

    Effortlessly; Graceful; Classy; Poignantly; Captivating; Timeless... First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald.

  • @spencespencer4169
    @spencespencer4169 10 років тому +67

    And she did all that with NO autotune! Amazing.....pure talent.

    • @edwardnigma829
      @edwardnigma829 10 років тому +20

      and she does not dress like a stripper to get noticed by the audience

    • @giorgigeorgekandelaky-nude6044
      @giorgigeorgekandelaky-nude6044 4 роки тому

      Auto what?

    • @NYCBG
      @NYCBG 4 роки тому

      @@giorgigeorgekandelaky-nude6044 AUTOTUNE. Get it?

    • @santanapendleton9955
      @santanapendleton9955 4 роки тому +1

      It's funny that the original composer of this song Thelonius Monk was famous for his discordant piano playing and songs.

    • @NYCBG
      @NYCBG 4 роки тому

      @@santanapendleton9955 So true. This song is definitely an aberration in his opus. And what an aberration!

  • @unprovablegod
    @unprovablegod 6 років тому +1

    Perfect example of a vocalist, it's not just about having a beautiful instrument but you need to be creative and musical with that instrument as well. Ella nailed all of that with apparent ease.

  • @cleach53
    @cleach53 3 роки тому +6

    Gives me chills every time I hear Ella sing this.

  • @issasol1778
    @issasol1778 8 років тому +27

    Wowow amazing, Ive heard Amy Winehouse Version a million times, but never this one. How lovely!

    • @MonaLisker
      @MonaLisker 5 років тому +1

      Issasol Amy Winehouse did a modern version of this classic jazz song.

  • @ShekinahBall
    @ShekinahBall 8 років тому +11

    that ending was gorgeous!

  • @geokaks1
    @geokaks1 15 років тому +3

    Ella is worth her weight in gold! She is just blessed to have had this beautiful voice. Beautiful!

  • @harleyclarendon5380
    @harleyclarendon5380 8 років тому +14

    wished that I'm a time traveller, that i would listen to her with a cup of bitter tea..

    • @Nicole-kx9vg
      @Nicole-kx9vg 3 роки тому

      Yes.
      Cause she would be the sweet.
      🙂
      Hate, I never saw her in concert- as many I never invested to see them in live concert...now in this Covid-19 Pandemic.

  • @DeanoPiano
    @DeanoPiano 15 років тому

    Look at the state of that! Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson!!!! Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen by the great Thelonious Monk! ah how I love Jazz!

  • @jazztete1
    @jazztete1 7 років тому +10

    just beautiful Ella was my main influence when I started singing!

  • @dcdad556
    @dcdad556 3 роки тому +2

    Heard her in the '80s at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. Packed and thousands in the open-air venue, yet her magic was such that, with all those people, she was singing to ME.

  • @dlmcc1987
    @dlmcc1987 8 років тому +20

    I've commented on this video in the past, it never gets old, ella is and will always be one of the best

  • @coprostomo
    @coprostomo 14 років тому

    la piu' bella versione cantata di ogni tempo, anche per il futuro.
    grazie Ella.

  • @patriciakimbrell3734
    @patriciakimbrell3734 2 роки тому +3

    Beautiful song ♥️🎹

  • @camerasessions5134
    @camerasessions5134 5 років тому +1

    The goddess of jazz...

  • @asdfghjkldfghjhgcgyuigfyui9792
    @asdfghjkldfghjhgcgyuigfyui9792 4 роки тому

    better singer than 99.999% of today's top female hits

  • @bigeman25
    @bigeman25 16 років тому +1

    Damn, Ella could just plain sing.
    An angel.

  • @Mrholmeslecount
    @Mrholmeslecount 12 років тому

    Music is universal, no matter what, but unfortunatly, I believe we've lost the true escense of music. It's important to understand the lyrics, not just the melody.

  • @msynrap867
    @msynrap867 3 роки тому +5

    It begins to tell 'round midnight, midnight
    I do pretty well, till after sundown
    Suppertime I'm feelin' sad
    But it really gets bad 'round midnight
    Memories always start 'round midnight
    Haven't got the heart to stand those memories
    When my heart is still with you
    And old midnight knows it, too
    When a quarrel we had needs mending
    Does it mean that our love is ending?
    Darlin' I need you, lately I find
    You're out of my heart and I'm out of my mind
    Let our hearts take wings 'round midnight, midnight
    Let the angels sing for your returning
    'Til our love is safe and sound
    And old midnight comes around
    Feelin' sad
    Really gets bad
    Round, round, round, midnight

  • @drix4275
    @drix4275 2 роки тому +1

    Wow. Slow Jazz romance so good it hurts my soul in a good way. ♪

  • @SendU2Jesus
    @SendU2Jesus 3 роки тому +1

    You just can't convey feeling like this without a deep understanding of love and people.

  • @DEFinitivelyHis
    @DEFinitivelyHis 11 років тому +1

    I mean...she just SENDS ME! Once in a lifetime treasure. Once in a lifetime collaboration.

  • @TheAloweWolf
    @TheAloweWolf 3 роки тому +2

    utterly impossible to resist!!!!!!! this is music..

    • @henridelagardere264
      @henridelagardere264 3 роки тому +2

      Thelonious Monk's immortal _'Round Midnight._ Today, October 10th, 2020, is his *103rd* birthday. www.npr.org/2017/10/10/556842176/after-midnight-thelonious-monk-at-100?t=1602310704328

    • @TheAloweWolf
      @TheAloweWolf 3 роки тому +2

      @@henridelagardere264 thank you for these spectacular Links!!!!! you are utterly amazing my musical friend!!!!!!!

  • @turnerburn2442
    @turnerburn2442 8 років тому

    Ain't nobody could or yet can sing it like Lady Ella.

  • @HiCharity
    @HiCharity 3 роки тому +2

    Ella's voice is like nothing I've ever heard in my life. Holy sweet Jesus I'm in love.

  • @heath2694
    @heath2694 5 років тому +2

    She was so brilliant.

  • @Rodrigossimoes
    @Rodrigossimoes 14 років тому +1

    Amazing!!!! She's unforgetable...

  • @alvaro5805
    @alvaro5805 3 роки тому +2

    There aren''t best vocal version of round midnight than this fenomenal performance Sung by Ella Fitzgerald (the Queen of Jazz).

  • @darkjew1
    @darkjew1 14 років тому +2

    This has to be one of her best performances ever

  • @sippingndripping
    @sippingndripping 14 років тому +1

    im speechless, Angelic!!

  • @user-pd4qj8pb6z
    @user-pd4qj8pb6z 9 років тому +21

    I'm 15, But I can understand the emotion she displays in her voice/vocalizing. It's beautiful and is soulful.

    • @willyboi99
      @willyboi99 6 років тому +2

      "I'm 15, but I can understand..." Since when does age have anything to do with, well ANYTHING? It can not be an argument for liking something... "I'm 15 but I STILL DESPITE ME BEING 15 I LIKE THIS" fuck off you twatty snowflake

    • @greenlight8819
      @greenlight8819 6 років тому +2

      Stfu and enjoy the music. All of you

  • @juliareadscottishpiperandh4861
    @juliareadscottishpiperandh4861 4 роки тому +4

    watching her it's almost impossible to think she is singing that and creating that beautiful beautiful sound .... she looks so relaxed. My favouritest singer ever. She really gets to my soul and makes it joyful. Beautiful woman.

  • @catfish336699
    @catfish336699 14 років тому

    how can anybody be so good?? she may be gone but she stll destroys me!

  • @tangodancer1000
    @tangodancer1000 14 років тому

    very few vocalists would dare to sing this song. Only Ella and Oscar could create the mood here its one off . The line up here is awsome this is a Monk tune if I remember? again thamks for showing it .

  • @wanildolopes4544
    @wanildolopes4544 11 років тому +6

    Essa interpretação deve ser inserida nas escolas de música como obrigatória, tanto por Ella como por Oscar Peterson...Divinos!!!!!

  • @tunalady
    @tunalady 9 років тому +4

    No one does it better!!!

  • @kiarasd09
    @kiarasd09 13 років тому +1

    she does it SO effortlessly. amazing.

  • @cleanpalette
    @cleanpalette 13 років тому +1

    "Some kids in Italy call me 'Mama Jazz; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don't call me 'Grandma Jazz." She truly is the mother of jazz!

  • @Nicodemus1
    @Nicodemus1 14 років тому +2

    Beautiful phrasing...she's laid back and so cool, but you never lose sense of the song's feeling. Ella's pretty much universally respected in the jazz world, idolized by vocalists and instrumentalists alike.

  • @phyllistagg-bovino1355
    @phyllistagg-bovino1355 5 років тому

    I saw all our legends in person..live!!...Oscar Petersen ,Miles Davis, Ella, Sarah, Dizzy.,Bill Evans,Carmen McCrae,..I miss them so much!!...I hate today's music..

  • @seanpc100
    @seanpc100 7 років тому

    Ledisi's version of this song is awe inspiring man! Let the angels sing and show their magic!! They're not witches

  • @majahansson243
    @majahansson243 3 роки тому +2

    I love that her eyes is closed the whole time, she really feels it.

  • @PaoloLongo
    @PaoloLongo 3 роки тому +1

    wonderful performance!

  • @veli-mattikarppinen6650
    @veli-mattikarppinen6650 8 років тому +6

    I am just speechless...

  • @Mrlinroy62
    @Mrlinroy62 12 років тому

    Who in their right mind would dislike this? Oh, wait....I just answered that question. They AREN'T in their right mind.

  • @sunnyballet
    @sunnyballet 14 років тому

    I don't think you can teach natural phrasing, she is just born with an unmatchable talent

  • @gsco82
    @gsco82 10 років тому +17

    I haven't heard the vocal version of this song many times, but this is the best version. Ella, with her great voice and sense of timing could make any song sound great. Thanks for posting this.

    • @MrHotkidd12
      @MrHotkidd12 9 років тому +2

      Jazmine sullivan remade this song. Pretty great

  • @SrisonS
    @SrisonS 10 років тому +17

    Just masterful!!!!

  • @taxsupport2422
    @taxsupport2422 4 роки тому +2

    perfect intonation... so good...

  • @TahariBlue
    @TahariBlue 6 років тому

    I heard many people do this song, but no one does it better than the Queen Ella

    • @lucky4724
      @lucky4724 6 років тому

      Tim Harris I agree, I wonder if lady day ever performed this !!!

  • @arc27
    @arc27 14 років тому +1

    Her voice cannot be improved upon. It's everything I want in a jazz song!

  • @ponchocervantes
    @ponchocervantes 14 років тому

    perhaps the greatest bebop composition interpreted by a legend in her own time...

  • @ikahnel1
    @ikahnel1 14 років тому

    THANK YOU ELLA.
    Simplicity
    ...is the hardest commodity to obtain in this overblown, over embellished, over gospel influenced culture of self aggrandizement.
    Take note of how it's done!

  • @valpurves45
    @valpurves45 6 років тому +2

    Superb voice

  • @Couane
    @Couane 4 роки тому

    I love Ella so much, thanks for existing angel

  • @SquallEstel
    @SquallEstel 12 років тому

    I'm starting to study jazz standards... sounds like i'm at the right place. God, what a tremendous feeling in this voice... I knew Fitzgerald was an angel, but I was far from the truth ^^

  • @PomeloFruit0212
    @PomeloFruit0212 5 років тому +2

    Our middle school band played this for their ballad and I can't tell you how glad I am to have stumbled upon the real lyrical Round Midnight. It's such a refresher from the secular and distasteful music my generation is surrounded by day in and day out. This is gorgeous and such a relief from the trash music surrounding me on all sides.

  • @HAlghamdi
    @HAlghamdi 14 років тому +2

    I love the way Ella sang this masterpiece.

  • @msandisue
    @msandisue 12 років тому +1

    No one was ever like Miss Ella and no one ever will be. Just the very best of the best. I could listen to her 24/7 and never be bored because she was so amazingly versatile with fabulous musicianship. Her voice was a true instrument. So glad we have these performances immortalized and available to the world.

  • @casperkasparov302
    @casperkasparov302 3 роки тому +1

    What A Rare Classic !
    Ella Fitzgerald Was The Greatest !
    A National Treasure !

  • @1999tang
    @1999tang 14 років тому

    that was the greatest voice that ever lived God how I miss her