GREAT PERFORMANCES | We Love Ella! | Faddis & Wright | PBS

GREAT PERFORMANCES presents We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song, premiering Wednesday, June 6 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). For more information visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/ellatribute/index.html

In this web-exclusive video, see concert footage from the broadcast and interviews with jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and vocalist Lizz Wright as they weigh in on America's "First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald. The interviews were shot at a gala musical event commemorating what would have been Ella's 90th birthday. This once-in-a-lifetime concert, co-hosted by Natalie Cole and Quincy Jones, also included Ella-inspired performances by Stevie Wonder, Patti Austin, Nancy Wilson, American Idol Ruben Studdard, George Duke, Take 6, and others.

One of the longest-running performing arts anthologies on television, the award-winning GREAT PERFORMANCES series presents the best in music, dance and theater. The series is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, public television viewers, and PBS. Major corporate funding is provided by UBS.

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[djjazziedeb]

Lizz is my new favorite vocalist. She has an old soul for such a young lady.

[ticklemebad]

HOLY CRAP... Lizz is so frickin amazing!

[rassledassle82]

@Intoxication656 Definitely a hottie....

[prettytiggergirl]

Have you ever heard a more lovely voice. This is the best take on Mis Otis regrets I have every heard. LOVE IT

[matabaldia]

Lizz for president!!!

[pmburnet]

How did I sleep on this beautiful voice? SMH!

[bagarospo]

Lizzyyyyyy.....I miss your voice!!! Hug and kisses.

[naimae]

This broadcast was so amazing! It came on pbs again last night, I enjoyed it much and Lizz was amazingly awesome!

[beeshor1]

lionmd

I believe that song is "Lady Be Good".

[modiene]

That's right !

[outbacksptdriver]

I accidentally ran in to this DVD to find out who Ella is... All I can say is that I dream these songs and in absolute love with Lizz... Especially her rendition of Birdland. I can't find it on CD and it's a nightmare!

[lionmd1]

what is the song in the beginning of the broadcast that Ella is scatting on.