Ella Fitzgerald joined the Tommy Flanagan Trio June 22, 1969 at the Montreux Jazz Festival for a night of singing, and here we have a collection of clips reassembled to recreate that show.
This was at a point in her career where she was bouncing between labels, and slowly finding her way back from pop excursions and Christmas records to her specialty of jazz interpretations of great American songs.
There’s something about glorious black and white footage that adds a level of seriousness to these old clips. That’s not to say that the performance isn’t serious, but the deep contrasts and light flares make it seem like this could be a presidential address as much as a jazz fest. So were the early days of filming.
Ella hits old favorites (I Won’t Dance, That Old Black Magic) as well as the new, hip young sounds of songs like Hey Jude and Sunshine of Your Love.
Did you know that she recorded over 70 albums and won 14 Grammy awards?
http://youtu.be/TYB6BYjTC_0
Nice choice.
Lovely! Perfect music for a rainy evening.
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I’ll second that.