C Jam Blues Ella Fitzgerald 1974

[jasongforafriend]

Her talent... Unreal ♥

[Nikifuj908]

Good God, they look so... happy. :D

[jazzyjimg]

The notes she's choosing are amazing. Most professional jazz instrumentalists aren't that creative and can't nail stuff like that.

[ocnoreen]

Fuck your bot shit

[ocnoreen]

She sure gives a lesson on scatting here! Yeah, Ella.

[beeless]

deleshop. Regret I cannot help out as sadly I got trid of all my plastic L.Ps some years ago and the Jazz at the Santa Monica set went with them. Would love to get that particulat track back again though

[miss30427]

If there is anyone BETTER in the jazz closet, please jump out and reveal yourself. I doubt if the knob of that closet door will ever get turned. Love Ella forever!

[brandman1982]

What a gift ! Ella's style has made a major comeback particularly in the gospel music scene. This is the original queen of runs and riffs....lol.

[tsoutsoutsou]

5:22 haha nice moment

[beeless]

Sounds to me like a reprise of the famous Jazz at the Santa Monica recording, which included Eddie Davis, Roy Eldridge and Stan Getz, with Ella telling Roy "you ain't going to ruin my voice with that note tonight"

[deleshop]

@beeless : it is!! i just can't find the video for that one you're saying, although i have the mp3 file. can you??

[jakeizlove]

Her version of Blue Skies is in a class by itself. No one else could have done it.

[zginelli]

i was always wondering who dislikes these videos?

[JoeSunStrat]

scatting isn't my favorite thing, but Ella Fitzgerald kicks butt

[caper7oo]

the best part of this video is that they are having so much fun and they are alll sooo amazing! Ella is my idol she is amazing!

[valvetrom]

Sounds like Roy Eldridge on Trumpet. And Ella slightly manicc, Maybe not as much as in Take the A Train

[ifind2com]

She was and IS the Queen of Jazz and Always will be. The is a GENIUS. Love you Ella forever. Miss you so much! BidsWOW.com

[drbobapol]

who are the douche bags that hit dislike? yeesh!

[pooperscoopr69]

Ella was magnificent.

Vaughn was unmatched. She is the Gold Standard of female Jazz vocalists.

[187ripper]

booooooooooo

[kacourse]

L G Davis and Ella . . twins . . what an awesome treat . . she wiped the floor . . I never knew how powerful she was until now. .thank you so for posting this . . love to Ella . . KC

[TheCrtny5680]

I <3 Ella. She makes the world happier.

[shivadestroys]

This is a great jam... and nothing like good scatting from Ella......

[toygnisht]

Phenomenal!

[blackmaestro]

Singers dont deal with mechanics like instruments do-there are other challenges. People like Ella spend years learning the theory 4 chord changes. Unless u do atonal music-key is never irrelevant. Who wants 2 listen to a trumpeter or vocalist who is singing in the wrong key or badly out of tune. Again there is an art, science, & level of skill for being a good vocalist. Take a few voice lessons or find some books on vocal technique-we cant afford 2 give wrong info.

[BrassyDiva]

No one compares. It's a tremendous blessing to be able to point my students to the numerous clips of her doing what she does best with consistency.

blackmaestro, you are spot on. I'm a vocal instructor and my father is a brass instructor. Can't play it til you hear it and singing it first is the best way to learn and hear phrasing.

[blackmaestro]

In reply 2 Tenor Sax Breed as both a trained vocalist & instrumentalist I find ur comments both ignorant & insulting. Don't you know that the human voice was the first instrument and that the instruments were imitating the human voice. I played sax for ten yrs but you have no idea of the real challenges facing vocalists. Its very hard to sing in tune when you pull pitches out of thin air. I think that trumpeters understand because you must hear the pitch and pull it from the harmonic series.

[micahj]

I'm far from a vocalist (let alone a good one), but I'm a competent trumpeter, and though I'm not completely disagreeing with you what you said, I have no trouble scatting a good solo, in spite of the fact that I have extremely limited vocal technique. My voice is nothing enjoyable, but my lines are good and my pitches are fine as long as I don't stretch too high or low. Vocal improv is a fair amount easier than playing an instrument, because key is irrelevant. At least that's my take...

[rsalvucc1]

Dude. She was pushing Roy. As in Little Jazz Roy. Nobody did that. Except Ella. Find her doing "Stompin at the Savoy". Then tell me she hadn't worked years to master her axe.

[smoothbv]

so TenorSaxBreed you think the voice is not a instrument. Your right that many people can SCAT even if they are not a musician and never have any formal training at all. But what makes Ella great is that she making her voice part of the horns too. Making the voice part of the improvisational world which use to be for the horn back in the day, she quite not the first to scat sing but she is the big improvement in jazz singing to have that same style like the horns. Also she has lots of fun too

[TenorSaxBreed]

im sorry people will say bad things bout me but this is bs because to compare vocals to instrumental is really imbalanced. It takes YEARS of practice to relatively understand and thoroughly know your instrument. I know plenty of people who have nice voices that can skat without ever having formal training of any sort. Dont get me wrong, Ella is NICE but just dont compare her to instrumentalists please.

[neverember]

Do you really think it doesn't take years to get a voice like ella? you really think anyone with no training can do what she does just because some ppl can hack/fake a scat solo with no knowledge of what they are doing? Ella really does hear what will work and what wont shes hiting b9's, #9's and going into extensions just like other instrument's. I even heard her imply tritone substitutions over the dominant chords and thats something that takes years to be able to hear and improv on the spot!

[marxengels16]

Yeah, I think one has to compare the voice to an instrument, in the way that it takes a very long time to master the voice technically. You may have friends who can scat untrained, but I seriously doubt they could compose a structured, technically proficient solo like Ella could, using melodic techniques others mentioned. Instrumentalists spend their time making their instruments extensions of themselves; good singers spend their time making themselves into an instrument. The result is the same.

[cjoy4d]

@marxengels16 ....dang......that is deep.....so true and DEEP.......you are good

[trittico]

dude, are you even a musician? cuz what you said is just plain dumb.

[UnderTheBamboooTree]

I hear you, but: if it's so easy, why are there so little good jazz vocalists and tons of great jazz instrumentalists? Even though a lot of girls go through vocal jazz training...

Don't get me wrong, I know what you mean....

[blackmaestro]

you have the same elitist thinking that several instrumentalist have who seem to look down on vocalist. But I would challenge you to take private voice lessons to learn about the artistry of the voice-it will even make you a better instrumentalist. I know brass teachers who require their students to study voice to improve their breathing & phrasing. Yes Ella is nice but did you know that it was her contributions that really helped to but the Bebop era on the map. Those guys are imitating her.

[micahj]

The only thing about this comment is that, while I agree that you shouldn't compare instrumentalists to vocalist on the premise that vocal improv is easier since you don't have to learn keys and such, I also think you should recognize that Ella IS aware of the changes. Check out her solos on Rhythm Changes or tunes like Blue Skies... she hits altered harmonies on dominant chords and NAILS the changes... I have my doubts that 99% of jazz vocalists in the world could hack half the changes she did

[TheMsGosc]

she's blowing out saxo & trumpet!! great!

[DYNODRUM]

C'mon, She 's Beyond scatting here ,These are near Musical scales and near Perfection tonally , some players cant reach this creativity: Rare She was /Is Ellation Supreme...

[Bearmaiden]

If I lived to be a hundred, I could never do what she did. Holy smoke.

[hellowsir134]

wow :D:D:D amazing woman !!!

[Isaxman]

Haha 2:40

[alexistexias]

trumpet player who?

[RJJazzman]

roy "little jazz" eldridge

[pacolecce]

emozionante

[jazzpiano01]

Doesn't get much better than this. It is amazing what phrases she uses. If you listen closely you can her quotes of other songs. Like at 1:17 you can her the song "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire".

[karitea]

Nice earing jazzpiano01!!!

[predatorkitten]

oh i so want to be her when i grow up! lolz srzly...this woman has been my hero my whole life....she f'n ROCKS!

[southpole2189]

This is great!!!

[southpole2189]

THEY BETTA GET IT!!! WHOOOO!!

[crowdedsafehaven]

isnt she just skatting spindoc84? its the style eh?

[THEspindoctor84]

even though Ella is still great, I still really think that vocals matching the horn parts is just weird, to me it just sounds odd

[lenaa09]

if it sounds weird to you it´s because you haven´t got a single idea of what she´s doing, or about what jazz is about. there´s not a single note out of tune, so what´s the odd thing you find in there?

[THEspindoctor84]

I think she's an awesome vocalist and a great skatter, I've never really been one for vocal jazz though. Believe it or not, I do know a thing or two about jazz, that doesnt mean I have to love it all, however.

[MattieSongbird]

Sometimes the music gets so good that words seem inadequate and all you want to do is say it with pure rhythm and tone....or as some may call it.....speaking in Jazz.

[barak9876]

She sure could scat! But then she could do just about anything. Ella was the best of the best. I surely miss her!

[OscarPetersonFan]

What a band!

[88Agatka]

Beautiful voice like little golden trumpet. I love her!

[syngsational]

So graceful yet filled with moments of such precision that drives you nuts like " How does she do that??"

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!! This gives me CHILLS!!! Ella is FABULOUS at scat!

[ANOCKAMOON]

LOL, from 3:14 thru 3:24 is only a fraction of why Ms Fitzgerald is truly one of the greats hands down

[valvetrom]

Sehr Sehr choen Ella ist wie immer etwas manisch

[Muze42]

2:47 ...o

[jerec576]

I didnt know Roy Eldrige was alive in the 70's. He seems to have just dissapeared from music history after the 40s

[kirkbp1965]

Ella neve ceases to amaze me....she's the one and only........GENEOUS !!!!!!!

[BossHogg650]

The woman was just in another world. She's the benchmark for jazz vocals. Ain't no one better. Period

We miss you, Ella!

[sweetbutdaring]

how about sarah vaughan?

[MuyBonitaBoricua]

I really think Ella is best of all!!! But Vaughan is ok too.

[rad0210]

Ella Fucked that Trumpet Player UP!!!!!!! ELLA I LOVE YOU!

[rad0210]

People... This is a jam session!!! That;s All! Relax... There's MORE! :-)

[rad0210]

RJJ.. YOU ROCK!!!!!!! Now people are really getting this... YES! It's Ella!

[RJJazzman]

What amazed me was after hearing the same tune several times, I came to realize that Ella started off sounding like a sax but ended sounding like a trumpet. There are many scat artists out there but so few of them are capable of changing the voice to suit several different instruments and I mean by that, voicing all small details within each instrument. That's amazing!!!

[Prickler32]

Ellas voice wasn't so pretty anymore by this period but her musicality remained impeccable. I don't think there has ever been a better jazz singer

[whitephoenixofcrown]

Ella is beyond category. Simply Sublime. And the wonderful musicians she was with this day share the same heavenly gift she has. =D

[adiclm29]

no one has a voice like Ella's.

[jaybou263]

go ella go!!!

[JazzmanBerlin]

Wow! Fantastic session, Ella jammin' with some old friends. Roy Eldridge sounds quite brilliant.

I remember to see this in tv over 30 years ago. Thank you for posing this session.

Lutz

[vedelweis]

really? I can't imagine that...not at all

[DrewDawg50]

One of my friends gigged with Ella a few times and said she was a real bitch.

[neonastars]

ella was well known for being an introverted and timid person by nature. its only on stage whr u see her confidence. and so ella a bitch? quite the impossible.

[MajorRagtime]

Wow, rap was so different 50 years ago!

[pnebenzahl]

Listening to "Little Jazz" play trumpet is hearing where Miles completely came from.

[sfdog1369]

Good Stuff The Lady Has The Blues

[aurelienpk]

Bobby Durham died this morning.

R.I.P Bobby. Your contribution to the world of drums and jazz is huge and you will be missed.

[Khalsabychoice]

Aww, I didn't know...

[Creeping66]

you are an idiot for saying that... at least show some respect for the greatest jazz singer of all times. There will never be another singer like her!

[oscarpkaka]

the first and the best

[c4rv3r]

The best scat singer ever... and far more than just that, of course !

[rad0210]

First Lady Of Song Ella J. Fitzgerald, SIMPLE REMARKABLE!!!!!

[souldistortion25]

6:56 can't get enough

[rad0210]

What can be said about the First Lady of Song has been said, and will be said again!

"Man, woman, or child Ella is the Greatest of them all"-Bing Crosby

[trumpetsoul]

r i p ella!!!

[QuartettoTrio]

devo dire che yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees vecio!!!perchè non suona con noi ella?

[keysivory88]

Bobby durham , my friend on drums . A master .

[misshotnessfrida]

this is called MUSIC!

[woffie1947]

Real Jazz Greats getting together! But who is drumming the drums?

[dah49]

What a legend!!!!!

[mioshevits]

wow. Scat to c-jam blues. when i was a little kid i thought you couldnt sing to jazz too...

[dreadtodred]

and keter betts a great bass player

[multitata]

my gawd, check out the line up! Joe Pass,Roy Eldridge, Tommy Flanagan..

i want to buy the original copy of this!! where can i get it!??

thanks

[Manthano]

Trovo che Ella, quando è accompagnata da Roy Eldridge, decupli le sue qualità d'improvvisazione! C'e un feeling particolare tra i due....Come dimenticare il geniale e sbalorditivo duetto a Juan-les-Pins in "Perdido"