She seemed to have a real humility in her performances. No gimmicks. Just incredible talent and a sweet personality that comes across as innocent. I wish I could have seen her live in concert.
Seeing her at The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco 1972 while on liberty USN was my first concert experience. Earnie Heckscher was the conductor of the house orchestra.
Me too! Friends said the amazing thing she does is briefly acknowledge the audience but just goes song to song without effort, and everyone is on a journey with her. I think she was the best. No one wrote better horn parts with their voice.
A pure angel of a person. She suffered so much growing up, an orphan, homeless and abused. How she transcended all that is s miracle. So humble and pure. Where are our angels nowadays?...
no one transcends their abusive childhood...they may learn to cope...but it is always there....especially when you are alone...especially when the rest of the world is asleep.....
@@jadezee6316 Yes, you are completely right! Permanent scars..and depression, anxiety. So sad.
Love it when Ella swings and starts clicking her fingers. I live in Melbourne ( still not born that night alas ) so thanks for shoutout in MTK Ella!
I always felt like Ella was the best example of a singer whose voice was like a musical instrument that she had complete control over... does that make sense?
Yes, you are on point with your comments, Ms. Ella had excellent control of her breathing, tone, pitch and timing. We really could use a large booster dose of Ms.Ella's magical, divine elequance for curing whatever is causing strife, pain, sadness or Just having a bummer of a day. 😊😅🎉🎉❤
What can you say, Ella was simply the best female vocalist ever!! Her tone, versatility, scat, and range is amazing. She always seems to be enjoying herself when she is on stage. And the bands that played with her were incredible. Everybody who was anyone wanted to play with Ella. The BEST, where are singers like that today??
She will forever be my favorite. I have many autographs and memorabilia of her. She was an angel and I wish I could have met her. RIP to a beautiful soul
What a great time you could probably enjoy a good cigar during the show
02:47 Give Me The Simple Life
05:09 A Foggy Day
08:20 Heart and Soul
12:12 Imagination
15:01 Caravan
17:05 Cheek To Cheek
21:01 Anything Goes
28:54 Little Girl Blue
32:16 Mack The Knife
36:03 a medley of Blues hits featuring Down Hearted Blues Fever
39:17 Georgia On My Mind as well
41:54 Misty and the George and Ira Gershwin sensation
44:45 S Wonderful
48:30 A-Tisket A-Tasket
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Ella was a unique woman, with a voice that there would never be another. She never was concerned or impressed by her voice, she just sang. That was Ella, she just sang. With no predisposition or over involvement of herself. She was just Ella in her mind. She sang because that was her passion and she was good at it. Her voice never went to her head.
September 2022 - Here for no one else but Ella. That voice surpasses time.
The greatest vocalist of all time.
Linda! Linda! Linda! Brava! This is pure singing! No backing vocals, no dancers to entertain you, no overdone stage production, nothing!.. Just a purely raw talent!!!! She sounds exactly like on studio version. I do not know why this video has only 10,000 views...
I would love to see a biopic of Ella. She has an incredible history.
There is a 90 minute biopic on American Masters "Ella Fitzgerald - Something to Live For" narrated by Tony Bennett which talks about her life and shows some in concert material.
I just love Ella, she makes the darkest days bright ❤️
The crowd is listening to the greatest voice of the twentieth century in an intimate setting and they're sitting on their hands.
Yeah it's pretty polite applause isn't it! And surely she was already a huge star by then...?
The most beautiful, the greatest and finer singer of all time! What a voice!! She reminds me of my mother!
I could listen to Ella morning noon and night. Just incredible.
Ella was and will always be the lady of song. To discredit others is a lose for us all.
Each generation brings its own interpenetration of what is talent.
There's nothing new under the sun so why not just enjoy what you enjoy but find the beauty in it all🥰
This makes most of the pop music of today sound pathetic. No auto tune or special effects, just raw talent.
i just found this fantastic gem. simply wonderful.
IMO Ella is and was the best vocalists ever. She had class she had style she had enormous Talent! Thanks for the upload
This is our dear and much loved Ella Fitzgerald: the best singer in the world.
Ella's singing is so beautiful and amazing it's almost painful. There is so much truth in Ella's singing, musicianship, creativity, joy, sentimentality, poigantcy. My mind is blown away everytime I listen to Ella singing. It's like going to a museum of art, it is hard to look at everthing at one time. A break is necessary to process the beauty and a return trip is necssary.
Wow. What an amazing time we live in to be able to watch this for FREE!! ❤️
She had such a classy way of arriving on stage! WHAT A BEAUTY 😍💜
The way she can just swap between and major and minor in "Anything Goes" is just amazing
Did she ever sing a note off key? Ella is a singing phenom. She had it all -- a beautiful voice and a supreme innate sense of musicality which was honed by decades working with the best in the business. Watching this video, it's easy to see why her contemporaries said Ella's voice was like a musical instrument. She could do anything with that voice -- her rendition of "Cheek to Cheek" @17:05 is jazzy masterpiece. Dear Ella!
Stunning talent. Incomparable gift. Thank goodness she was here to sing her song. Thanks, Ella.
Wow.... Mesmerizing pure talent! She has the sweetest tone, and best vibrato of anyone! Love her. 😍 And what a sweet humble woman as well...what an absolute treat and joy to listen to.
She's Simply One in a million......An Extraordinary Talent... Wow!👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
What’s sad is that I can only give this video one like. Amazing!
Flawless
I love the look of this old black and white recording. Some of the wide shots of Ella and the band look like a beautiful painting brought to life.
Элла это самая лучшая джазовая певица, лучше неё не было, нет, и не будет! Всю свою жизнь с молодости и до старости обожаю её!
SHE WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREATEST THANKS ELLA!!!!
Ella!!
Saw her at the Hollywood bowl, in the morning brought my children, 3and 5 to the top, Ella invited them to the stage, then taught them Doo waap, musical instruments, that morning practice was so much better than the concert that night
Ah, when musicians actually studied and practiced their instruments... thank you for sharing this!
Ella best ever. What a joy to the ear .Perfect diction . What a great talent .
Ella is beyond amazing!
As a huge Marilyn Monroe fan, found their unique friendship intriguing... now I see why MM adored Mrs. Fitzgerald!
Signer her lungs out, amazingly gifted woman
wow
Absolutely wonderful! My favorite singer ever!
I was lucky enough to see her live. One of the best music nights of my life. I read somewhere that all the composers said they liked her version of their songs best of all singers.
Thanks for share! I came to love more this lovely human!
The USA stars always found time to come to Australia despite the long distance,love you 🇺🇸❤️🤗🇦🇺
She sings with such ease - nothing forced. Ella Fitzgerald makes it look deceptively easy, that enviable talent that the greatest musicians have. This is the perfect antidote to a stressful day!
During its brief and glamorous existence, The Embers in Melbourne featured international stars, among the most notable being Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson.
Thank you Fallout for introducing me to this angel 👼🏾❤️
Ella Ella Ella 4 ever!!!💙💛💚🧡💜♥️
oh how sweet she sings
All I can say is WOW!!!
Wonderfull Ella !!! Simply unmatched forever!!
A classic, I love hearing Ella play with a trio. She is both vocalist and instrumentalist !
Why so little whatchings? It deserves millions!
I think the awful few minutes of intro might have been off putting I almost turned it off. But wonderful singing if one got over that stumbling block!
The best ever, at her best!
Amazing Ella the best... Ever.
Ella one of kind!
MARAVILHOSAAAAAAAA!!!
How the hell doesn't this have millions of views? Instead it's Pewdiepie all over the place. I have nothing against Pewdiepie or other UA-cam celebs. Many of them are talented and work incredibly hard, too. But seriously, this is a true maestra performing live at a time when you couldn't fake talent and hard work via autotune and all kinds of bs. And two people have watched this amazing footage.
why cant ppl just enjoy the music isntead of comments like "when music was real music" "why doesn't this have a billion views" etc
there's a myriad of reasons ppl watch and are into cultural stuff that aren't up to your standards , some of it is valid, and some of it sucks, but just enjoy it for yourself and be thankful that you see its value and that you're obviously not alone...
I found her song ''It's Only a Paper Moon'' and her voice must be the most beautiful one I've ever heard! Now I'm her to find out more of her music and performances :D
that was the year my dad born, so nostalgic
There are such brilliant women, which can be listen to endlessly long...
This is absolutely fantastic!!
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
S'Wonderful. Somebody asked Dionne Warwick who was the greatest female singer and she didn't blink and said "Ella." I hear why.
My people are genius, the best of the best!! You go Ella!
FYI: Lou Levy-Piano; Wilford Middlebrooks-Bass; Herb Ellis-Guitar; Gus Johnson-Drums.
my man, here looking for the personel name, and there you go around being lovely... thanks bro
BTW how great is that Rhythm Section:) they swinging af
thanks for this great upload!!!!
She's just majestic
60 ans déjà ! intemporel ! mémorable ! heureusement l'audio visuel existait déjà ! merci Attilio et UA-cam !
best female voice ever
Esta mujer tuvo una voz hermosa!!!
Que maravilla poder oírla ❤
Amazing. What a treasure.
Flawless, beautiful black queen
Amazing
Rest in peace my sister!
She was an incredible singer incredible phrasing and incredible scat.
I could go on and on to say how special Ella was!
my soul has been detoxified lol
Is it just me or did she seem to really enjoy singing A Tisket A Tasket she seems to get more animated with it then any of her other songs she seems to have had more fun
What an intro.... what a person.
My Queen❣️🥺🥰
Супер !!! Элла королева джаза !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is amazing i wish i could have been there
Watched on my internet TV last night.It was truly amazing . Fantastic up load!! Recorded in her prime. Thanks !!
Lou Levy was one of the best accompanist in business.
The one and only Ella!
Ella was (is) the definition of, >Freewheeling< whenever she sang,, "ANY" song and by that I mean she had voice control, tone and pitch and what ever she needed to enhance that song,,, for the better.
It was as though she knew what the writer of that song missed or left out,, which would have made sense because writers can't sing and singers can't write.. (to some degree)
The only difference between her >NOT< being the best of all time during her eras was the racist and prejudges that were prevalent during her generation (1917 - 1996)
There was another singer who was capable of voice control who died recently and his name was Luther Vandross.
¡CON UNAS GANAS DE ABRAZARLA!
Wow just wow
magnificent......Ella!
People praise Mariah and Whitney all the time but they forget that Ella Fitzgerald and Karen Carpenter, for that matter, were the best raw talents ever walked the planet...and nobody talks about them... Mariah and Whitney all they do is yelling and screaming... What Ella does is singing and singing effortlessly.. Her voice is angelical.. One of a kind.. Love you Ella!!!!!
my ears are blessed everytime I hear her voice 💞 thank you so much for uploading this video!
ЛЮБОВЬ)) до мурашек....
Ella's voice can make me happier when I am already happy and sadder when I am already gloomy. Magical.