Mel Torme & Ella Fitzgerald - Lady Be Good

[ctg21361]

While I am not the one who clicked on the 'Dislike,' I believe that there is only one thing about this video that would make it get a dislike: it's too short! I want to hear more from these two! More, please!

[RAMLIA1]

♥♥♥

[tubebitch12]

This is Epic Classic!

[leananshae]

ok... WOW!

[chanteur8604]

That was AMAZING!!! :D <3!

[liina000]

Even Ella's laugh sounded like scatting. 

[heartjump22]

maybe the best 32 seconds of vocal jazz duet ever!

[pattigee1]

So good!!

[terrybeaton]

Geez, he's white and she's black. Is it proper for them to be having that much fun together on stage, (right in front of everybody!) What's next, blacks and whites getting married? A black man as President? What's this country coming to? Ahm jest glad mah uncle Ernest aint alive to witness this, ah say ah say!!

[thetasurfers]

FUCK ME, they were good!

always in time, perfect pitch - and completely effortless.

oh i love this..

[bolder2009]

He also hailed Ella as having "the best ear of any singer ever." - Mel Torme

[jazinfunkmusic18]

@bolder2009 talk about stating the obvious....=) I love being here with other people who love these two!!!.. young mel and ella have the chops that every jazz singer wishes they had. (at least from where I'm standin!) don't forget joe williams, johnny hartman, Anita oday, chet baker, tony bennett and Dino. =) 

[bolder2009]

"A singer has to work doubly hard to emit those random notes in scat singing with perfect intonation. Well, I should say all singers except Ella Fitzgerald. Her notes float out in perfect pitch, effortless and, most important of all, swinging." - Mel Torme

[viniceo]

i wish i had his voice!!!damn he is great...he is not as great as Ella, but he is great! The fact is that he was a white boy, so he could do TOP 40, and his voice was perfect for top 40 if he wanted, but was also great for more particular music like jazz!!!!i mean, he sang with judy garland and with ella!!!

[sccl77]

Woo! I love them both and that was... AWESOME!

[tonym911]

Torme's Strangers In The Night is fantastic - and very funny at the end.

[YouzTube99]

Ella and Mel loved to sing together. Their presentation at the '76 Grammy awards is legendary -- check it out and keep in mind that they're improvising:

youtube.com/watch?v=LBBj4df1c-­o

Contrast these two masters standing up there and just singing without any special effects to the predictable mediocrity that 'popular' music has become, e.g., any recent Grammy show.

[gfine2000]

Mel Torme was awesome! He wrote some of the best classics of all time. One of the most prolific songers ever! One of the best songs that has been covered by many is of course, "The Christmas Song." That's right, Chestnuts roasting on an open fire....You know the rest.

[SleepingMonkey29]

I cannot get enough of their enthusiasm, and especially the shakes at the end. WONDERFUL.

[emmettk]

Mel was great. He should be included on the list of top singers of his time but usually gets overlooked.

[123Doodle890]

Man I love this!!! I wish I life now was like it was in the 40's. I wish we still had all of today's electronics, but I wish we had Ella Fitzgerald instead of Rhianna, and cutesy dresses with hats instead of skinny jeans!

[waynebrasler]

Anyone not familiar with Mel's work, go out and get any of his C.D.s. You can't go wrong. I adore his album of moon songs, every bit as wonderful as Sinatra's and totally different.

[grenadian11]

Mel was no joke and Ella is incredible as always!

[rhetoricalwishh]

this makes me so happy

[georgsim]

GENIEUS!

[HKrocknroll]

that' nice.

[stevenrmc]

These two were such a fantastic pair . . . they admired each other as artists --- and both were just such quality singers.

[willdrummer33]

true singers

[maxthevid]

Why Oh Why don't you leave something for me to say ? What can I say, Terrific! Wonderful! Mind blowing! Simply Marvellous my dear?.Cool Man. OH! wow.

I'll settlefor "Skiddleybeetenrousin'sweet'nl­ovin'georgoussoundin'musicblen­din'makemy heartsingit'sthebestthingSadfo­rkidstoday HEY!" overto you guys an' dolls

[cammicty]

Mel Torme, was one of the only White Male Jazz SIngers that could keep up with the Black Jazz Singers, especially when it came to scatting! the boy was on point!

[direfranchement]

@cammicty

I really feel that Tormé was Ella's musical son---no other jazz singer, white or black, male or female, came nearly so close to Ella's scat competence and freedom as Mel. He modeled his scatting off of hers (and she was truly the beacon). Like Ella, he had an incredibly beautiful voice for ballads, but there was also the strong inclination to improv that made him so dynamic. Check out their performance at the 1976 Grammy awards. All scat and it was phenomenal.

[francinemegan]

@cammicty Yea he seemed to have the black old time music down pact and not care wat a soul had to say

[phdseuss]

@cammicty thats cause the man had soul (and was just a pro)

[jazinfunkmusic18]

@cammicty you said it Cammicty! you know he grew up in the hood of chi-town with incredible black jazz musicians, right? check it out.

[MattieSongbird]

" just squeeze me...but please don't tease me..." c'mon let's get together and find the complete clip...or entire show for that matter!

[AngryScottishBroad]

i need to hear it all!!!!! SOMEBODY LINK ME!!!

[coralmeredith]

my 2 favourite people in the world!

[TSquared2001]

Nice to see the interplay

[TreblePop]

Mel Torme - gotta love any one who could hold his own with Ella Fitzgerald. And he looked like he was having a great time while doing it. Only wish it were a longer clip. Thanks so much for posting.

[faithlessaaa]

Its almost a case of Ella having to hold her own with Mel...

[brothaman34]

@faithlessaaa almost

[Mojochi]

Like two peas in a pod. they should have cut wax together forever

[MattieSongbird]

Yeah...where's the whole song?

[voic2bheard]

i will be searching the full version of this immediately lol

[HappyBlue2009]

WHAT?!....I NEED MORE MORE MORE!!!

[bigresonance]

@HappyBlue2009 For more: youtube(.)com/watch?v=LBBj4df1­c-o

Don't forget to remove the ( )

[Jayee123]

More!!! :)

[newstart2009]

I have posted the full audio of this. This clip is from the Documentary "Something to Live for" The American Masters series biography of Ella Fitzgerald on PBS.

[shoelover25]

cool vid thanks for showing that. I really like Ella

[cocolomambero]

Very nice, thank you!! Its about time you posted a new vid!!