jocelynsart
| | Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 17:36 | |
SmackDaddy wrote:
Wow, really? Big Band Music may not be your thing, but to make this comment just shows an incredible lack of IQ points. Good luck with that.
Really? Because someone has different taste, doesn't like what everyone thinks they Should like - they are therefore stupid? wow |
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apd
(Toronto, On) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 08:48 | |
What a beautiful, beautiful voice. Amazing.
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drcrnp
(Philly and Floyd VA (Crooked Road)) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 08:42 | |
I try to get it, and I respect those who do get it. But all I get is irritated. My apologies.
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kojiroh
(Istanbul, Turkey) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 08:41 | |
This is certainly not Ella's best work, in fact it's probably not even half of her average, but it's still Ella and it's worth an 8.
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SmackDaddy
(San Diego) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 12:45 | |
helgigermany wrote:Terrible Big Band sound! Wow, really? Big Band Music may not be your thing, but to make this comment just shows an incredible lack of IQ points. Good luck with that. |
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hbs47
(SE England) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 12:45 | |
Awful, don't understand why anyone would like this.
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 00:35 | |
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thatch
(Shhh....at work....) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 07:38 | |
Grammarcop wrote:One of the best concerts I ever saw was Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson on a double bill. I am lucky to say that I was able to see these two masters on the same stage. You are incredibly fortunate. |
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Randomax
(Wimberley, TX) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 07:38 | |
This is great Bill, but how bout some Doris Day on her 88th bday!!!! |
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Grammarcop
(Upriver from Zug Island) | | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 15:15 | |
One of the best concerts I ever saw was Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson on a double bill. I am lucky to say that I was able to see these two masters on the same stage. |
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Nuance
(Winnipeg) | | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 15:07 | |
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ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington) | | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 15:04 | |
"Buddy. Everybody knows Buddy. Buddy Love."
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Prodigal_SOB
(Back Home Again in Indiana) | | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 10:10 | |
unclehud wrote:Ella is very smooth here, and her backing band is top notch. Sometimes, though, I like to hear emotion/desire flow through the vocals. For example, if — next time I see her — Ella says to me, "You're the lover I have waited for," with the same level of emotion she exudes on this recording ... well, I'd be less than excited. I'm the one who uploaded this and I would to a degree agree with your assessment. This particular song is not really her best work. In my defense it was part of a set. A couple of years ago when I noticed I already had two Arlen tunes being reviewed on the LRC I got a little OCD with them for a while and this still ended up being my favorite version of this song (from my library at least). | # | Score by Harold Arlen | Status | LRC Votes |
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| 1 | Rob Wasserman & Lou Reed - One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) | sorry | 27/20 (57%) | | 2 | Cab Calloway - Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) | sorry | 31/4 (89%) | | 3 | Louis Armstrong - I've Got the World on a String | sorry | 29/1 (97%) | | 4 | Dr. John - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive | added | 0/0 (0%) | | 5 | John Coltrane - My Shining Hour | sorry | 38/15 (72%) | | 6 | Duke Ellington - Stormy Weather | added | 30/4 (88%) | | 7 | Art Tatum - Get Happy | sorry | 0/0 (0%) | | 8 | Miles Davis - It's Only a Paper Moon | sorry | 31/10 (76%) | | 9 | Bill Evans - Come Rain or Come Shine | sorry | 0/0 (0%) | | 10 | Gerry Mulligan & Stan Getz - Let's Fall in Love | added | 37/8 (82%) | | 11 | Nancy Wilson - A Sleepin' Bee | sorry | 10/12 (45%) | | 12 | Earl Klugh - If I Only Had a Brain | sorry | 31/13 (70%) | | 13 | Sphere - This Time the Dream's on Me | sorry | 0/0 (0%) | | 14 | Count Basie - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | sorry | 0/0 (0%) | | 15 | Ella Fitzgerald - That Old Black Magic | added | 34/5 (87%) | | 16 | Lee Morgan - Ill Wind | sorry | 0/0 (0%) | | 17 | Stanley Jordan - Over the Rainbow | sorry | 0/0 (0%) | | 18 | Louis Armstrong - I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | sorry | 21/0 (100%) | | 19 | Cab Calloway & The Cotton Club Orchestra - Kickin' The Gong Around | sorry | 0/0 (0%) | | 20 | Ella Fitzgerald - Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe | sorry | 38/16 (70%) |
The Ellington arrangement has gone on to make it on to the all time top 60 RP Classics list so on balance I feel the effort was worthwhile. Further as several others have noted Ella is at least an 8 just singing the phone book and I personally would encourage everyone to get the entire songbook series starting with the Ellington one if you don't have them already. Unfortunately with this and the Christmas song they'll never actually play I've already uploaded two of the meager five Ella songs RP has in its library now and I don't think I should upload any others until some of the rest of you get a chance to pick some. Get at it! |
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 10:45 | |
Ella is very smooth here, and her backing band is top notch. Sometimes, though, I like to hear emotion/desire flow through the vocals. For example, if — next time I see her — Ella says to me, "You're the lover I have waited for," with the same level of emotion she exudes on this recording ... well, I'd be less than excited.
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 10:41 | |
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salzburg4321
(Salzburg, Austria) | | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 10:39 | |
Ella makes everything right
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Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 10:00 | |
Is it live, or is it Memorex?  Elle and Bajka went really well together in that last set. |
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 10:00 | |
fredriley wrote:
"of all time"??! What, of all the millennia of human singing in thousands of cultures? That's quite a claim. I've told you a million times not to exaggerate...
Of course there is no way to ever truly know the answer to this, but I would put Miss Ella up against anyone, anytime male or female!!  |
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newwavegurly
| | Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 09:58 | |
 Love hearing Ella in the mix.  |
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tonypf
(Honolulu) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2011 - 19:18 | |
Ella was on TV quite a bit in the 60s (Ed Sullivan) and the 70s generally doing a lot of scatting. Took me a while to work my way deeper into her catalog to find fabulous songs like this one! She is one of the greatest fo' sure.
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 13:54 | |
gjr wrote:ok - ella's fantastic......arguably the best female vocalist of all time........now how about playing the best male vocalist??? maybe some sinatra once in a while??? huh?? anyone, anyone, bueller, anyone??
You're right, I never thought about it, why dont we ever hear any Sinatra here on RP? Bill? Edited: Just checked and I guess there's some Sinatra in rotation, must have missed it. |
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SweTex
(Swede living in Texas) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 13:52 | |
dyharenas wrote:I love Ella, but Starbucks killed her a bit form me this Christmas with their ongoing Jingle Bells loop sang by her.
That's because Starbucks is the Devil. |
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cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 13:52 | |
laozilover wrote: An easy '8'. Ms. Fitzgerald could rate an '8' singing a grocery list... |
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dyharenas
(Cerro Apoquindo) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 13:51 | |
I love Ella, but Starbucks killed her a bit form me this Christmas with their ongoing Jingle Bells loop sang by her.
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Rooney
(Near Paradise) | | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 10:50 | |
OMGL, = Oh My God-Like (or Goddess in this case). One in a million. Voice like velvet. With attitude. Thanks RP for the daily dose of heaven. 10 and the Great Beyond.  |
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johkir
(Davis, CA) | | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 10:33 | |
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 10:30 | |
gjr wrote:ok - ella's fantastic......arguably the best female vocalist of all time........
"of all time"??! What, of all the millennia of human singing in thousands of cultures? That's quite a claim. I've told you a million times not to exaggerate... |
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sandyclaws
(On our way back home . . .) | | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 10:30 | |
Simply Goddess-like. We need more Ella - and more of the old jazz greats of her era in general - on RP. |
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laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up) | | Posted: May 08, 2010 - 11:23 | |
An easy '8'. |
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DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2) | | Posted: May 08, 2010 - 11:20 | |
Wow! What a rush to hear this!  |
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