Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2010 - 18:32 | |
vivakitty wrote: Unfair comparison. Ella was a Goddess, but Louie and Keely had all the Bacchanalian glory of the Dark Arts on their side. |
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lambret
(Florianópolis - Brasil) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2010 - 18:30 | |
yes!
 do it! 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??
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jlind
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2010 - 18:29 | |
How could you ever go wrong with Ella?
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 19:05 | |
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gjr
| | Posted: Mar 06, 2010 - 04:49 | |
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??
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 15:48 | |
cleric wrote:who gives this a 1 or 2? A sourpuss. I much prefer her older recordings where shes singing like a trumpet to this pop standards fluff (for its time?), but I couldn't go lower than a 5 without feeling like a complete heel! |
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Anax
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 15:41 | |
What, no bouncing bananas?
I figure I should try to edjukate myself, so sticking with it, but it makes me want to grit my teeth.
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 19:20 | |
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 19:00 | |
Ella Fitzgerald - "One note Samba" scat singing, Live (1969):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbL9vr4Q2LU
"jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald with accompaniment by Ed Thigpen on drums, Frank de la Rosa on bass, and Tommy Flanagan on piano" |
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sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 12:24 | |
Greatest vocalist of all times in my never to be so humble opinion!  |
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CascadianPDX
(Stumptown) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 12:20 | |
I don't really listen to RP for jazz/big band, but it's fine now and then. EF is good, no doubt, but if you want to hear some really under appreciated shit, then listen to Dinah Washington... my girlfriend turned me on to her, and I like her voice, material, arrangements better than all the rest.
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DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 12:15 | |
Cool, some nice ol' Elephant Gerald....
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cattail321
| | Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 20:07 | |
HazzeSwede wrote: Great BIG Band but who the ,,,, is this Ellla ?  Well,I can stand to hear some more,sounds like the Lady can sing....or is it Memorex????  |
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Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA) | | Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 20:05 | |
cleric wrote:who gives this a 1 or 2? I gave it a 3. Not my cuppa tea. |
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lawman
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) | | Posted: May 26, 2009 - 06:25 | |
dixiedeb wrote:WOW!!!
Yes — I was trying to think of a suitable response, and this is it! |
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HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 14:28 | |
Great BIG Band but who the ,,,, is this Ellla ? Well,I can stand to hear some more,sounds like the Lady can sing. |
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FrankMc
| | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 14:24 | |
Kevin Spacey does an admirable job on the version on the soundtrack of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." Pretty good soundtrack to a really crummy movie. (Based on a good book.)
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mbercas
(Jena, Germany) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 14:24 | |
It's not only that Ella's signing is technically perfect, she also had the feeling and moreover the intelligence picking the songs, the arrangements and the musicians. It is very very difficult to find something that is not at least a 7, most of her music rates much higher, IMHO.
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lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 14:22 | |
Yah - I'm glad RP is playing more Ella than just "Puttin' on the Ritz"! This one does her justice.
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isayhoomhom
(Bethel, CT) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 14:20 | |
cleric wrote:who gives this a 1 or 2? Someone without a soul. Perfect start to my weekend. Thanks, RP! |
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Smoove_D
(Milwaukee) | | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 14:20 | |
vivakitty wrote: I second that. But Ella is always sublime. |
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Prodigal_SOB
(Back Home Again in Indiana) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 12:22 | |
WonderLizard wrote:She could sing the Prague phonebook and still make my heart melt...
I would recommend that everyone go out and get ALL of her "Songbook" CDs. You just can't possibly have too much Ella. Or just bite the bullet and just get the whole 16 disc set at once  |
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cleric
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dixiedeb
(Augusta, GA) | | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 12:21 | |
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Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina) | | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 12:18 | |
Ella rules!!!!!
Someone gave this a 1?
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 12:18 | |
She could sing the Prague phonebook and still make my heart melt...
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vivakitty
(The Girl Who Wrecks Your Dreams) | | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 12:18 | |
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lovemydog
| | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 12:18 | |
 A version I have never heard! Thanks! |
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secretsauce
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