How she became the most iconic voice of all time.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 เม.ย. 2023
- Ella Fitzgerald is often described as the "Queen of Jazz" and her improvisatory scatting is the stuff that college music students spend hours analyzing. But this video is going to dive beyond the commonly discussed subjects surrounding Ella, and look deeper into how she reinvented herself to sustain an outrageously successful career over 5 decades long.
Special thanks to Dr. Jeffrey M. Lyness. Here's a link to his paper about creative resilience in the lives of celebrated musicians: www.sciencedirect.com/science.... He also gives a fantastic presentation on Ella Fitzgerald in particular which is a true delight to absorb.
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Ella Fitzgerald Featured Songs:
"Ill Chase The Blues Away" • Chick Webb & Ella Fitz...
"You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" • 1936 Chick Webb-Ella F...
"A-Tisket A-Tasket" • 1938 HITS ARCHIVE: A-T...
"Flying Home" • Ella Fitzgerald - Flyi...
"How High the Moon" • How High the Moon - El...
"The Frim Fram Sauce" • The Frim Fram Sauce - ...
"Do I Love You?" • Do I Love You - Ella F...
"Bli-Blip" • Bli-Blip
"Embraceable You" • Ella Fitzgerald - Ella...
"Mack The Knife" • Mack The Knife- Mack T...
"Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You" • Ella Fitzgerald & Joe ...
"Honeysuckle Rose" • Honeysuckle Rose (Live)
"Sweet Georgia Brown" • Sweet Georgia Brown (L...
"All That Jazz" • All That Jazz
"Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" • Ella Fitzgerald and Du...
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Fittingly, I just rented a few Ella Fitzgerald cds from my local library a few weeks ago lol. The Rodgers and Hart songbook, to be exact. She really was AMAZING.
Edit: Check your local libraries for music, people. Take a chance, embrace trying new music, you won't regret it.
You have definitely added to the conversation about the greatness of Ella Fitzgerald. Thank you for that ❤
One of the most mesmerizing voices ever! This will be absolutely fantastic...can't wait!
As a swing dancer, the recordings that will get me on the dance floor every single times are Ella's live performances!!!
Listening to Ella Fitzgerald helps me understand so much about singing. She truly was the greatest. I've always been interested with the voice. "The Singing Hole" is teaching me about things I have thought about, but could never understand fully or explain. What a great channel!
I missed the Premiere but I caught it soon after! I love these videos! Thank you for working so hard on these!
The production quality of this video is FANTASTIC!! ❤❤❤❤
Love that you are featuring such an angel of song. The photos you have compiled are amazing as well as the details and vocal analysis. Her tone and pitch are perfect. And you can hear that gorgeous smile in her voice. This project is clearly a work of love. Thanks for the melodies.
Especially with her early tracks, Elizabeth once you said her scatting improv was inspired by the horn section it really clicked. You can practically hear the horns playing those parts as you hear them.
That was magnificent! Such a fantastic exploratin of one of the greatest voices of our times. Thank you ❤
I'm amazed that her performance of "All of me" didn't get a mention, my whole phrasing game on guitar improv originated from her singing this one song.
I rarely watch TH-cam Premieres because I usually prefer to engage at my own pace / convenience, but when I do the conversation in chat invariably turns to complete dog****. Can I just say you have built a wonderful community, seems like there's still hope (ok, maybe Rick Beato & Justin H as well).
Ugh, what a happy day, I've discovered your second channel *and* a long piece on one of my absolute favorite singers! Thank you!
I have such immense respect for Elizabeth Zharoff because of these documentary videos. They really open my eyes to the choices that go into the magic.
A couple months ago, I checked your channels for iconic female singers. Seeing your video today of Ella Fitzgerald is definitely a great addition to The Singing Hole. If you don't mind a recommendation for future videos, please consider creating a similar video about Linda Ronstadt.
Drool worthy review. Elizabeth is so enthusiastic and engaging - and perfect diction. I heard Ella and Mel Torme jam when I was a kid - jaw-dropping. This channel helps me to fall more in love with music every day. Thanks. ♫
Oh, what's the next chorus to this song now? What??😄This is totally awesome improvisation! Wow! I remember vaguely having some lessons about Jazz, Bebop at school. That had been so unbelievable boring. Never touched that topic again. Now hearing you talking about it for less than 30 min makes me immediately get a notion about the greatness of Ella Fitzgerald and her singing style. By the way, this is a great production. Did you use a new mic? The recording sounds a little brighter? Or maybe a there's a little more dynamic in the range? Hard to describe, but it sounds really good!
Thinking on this fascinating look at her long career, and other videos like Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley, got me wondering about the general impact of aging on vocal abilities and techniques/practices to maintain them. I’d love to see a future episode on that topic!
Sarah Vaughan might be a more appropriate artist with regard to the topic of age and the voice. She had the least vocal deterioration of the great lady Jazz singers, over the span of a many decades long career.
Love the content! Ella’s impressive vocal longevity reminds me also of Dolly Parton. Different genres but props to these lady bosses for going strong into their 70s
This is going to be wonderful, I can't wait!
I knew this was going to be interesting, and, my goodness, you sure didn't let us down! Stunning production quality, great storytelling, and very engaging subject matter. I hope you'll find the time to keep on putting out these types of highly enjoyable and interesting documentaries. I've subscribed and it appears I've some catching up to do. Thank you for what you do for us. 🙏
The singer beyond compare ❤️
I'm not a big fan of scat, but her vibrato in her younger years was amazing.
Listening to Ella just makes me go ...aaahhhhhh. Like a cool glass of water on a hot day. On of my faves is the scat-only Smooth Sailing - fantastic song to Lindy Hop to!
I recognize that narrator’s voice! I did not realize your have another channel. (You probably mentioned it.)
ELLA IS A BLESSING TO THIS WORLD.
Thank you so much for this Elizabeth. 🥰😌
Thank you for this, E!! Looking forward to more artist deep-dives!!!
It's Ella Fitzgerald...no need to comment, just listen!
Amen!
great analysis of what makes the divine Ella divine 🙂
Best jazz singer, especially scat, ever!!
I, of course, know the legendary name, and know a couple of songs (we played a few sans vocals in my Jr high jazz band), but I definitely need to explore her career more after seeing this. I'm a rocker for sure, but I appreciate and enjoy a wide variety of music, especially jazz and blues. Thanks, Elizabeth!
Great presentation!
On my Spotify I have her singing round midnight with Thelonious Monk who I named my cat after.
Ella also sang Nessun Dorma
very enjoyable like all your videos. One thing I wonder is how well would come of classic singers from the past would do in the ‘modern area’ with shows like American Idol and others like it
Just the title alone, American Idol, why its virtual blasphemy to even consider comparing the greats of the past to the mediocrities of today. Today, fame is the name of the game; technology rules. In the older eras, artistry and mastery mattered and were pursued. Singers today don't have to master anything; they have technology (e.g. autotune) to hide their flaws and elevate their 'talent'. Give me Ella Fitzgerald any day, and all day long, over what passes for talent today.
I adore Ella ❤
Bravo! Lady day was great.
Love her a lot, let's see if you can add to that.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 excellent!!
Class act, all the way.
Very nice! I'm more in to Etta James and Billie Holiday, but that should not be taken as a knock on Ella.
Food for thought. Hardly a great singer (as far as I know), but it might be fun to do a segment on Michael Winslow and just how he makes all those sounds.
Do you know of Joanna Newsom? She is a harpist and singer and consider somewhat “freak folk” I think it would be so interesting to have someone break down her super unique voice! She is one of my absolute favorites. Also Anonhi and the Johnsons (formerly Antoni and the Johnsons) another artist with a crazy beautiful and incredibly unique voice!
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Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadisn living Legend, been given every award. A contemporary of Elvis and wrote.the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. There is another great choice for this channel.
ELLA & NAT THE BEST BLACK VOICES
Supertramp and Ella Fitzgerald in same day, a day to remember.
As I always say; great work Elizabeth and keep on rollin’ lol 🫶
P.S. I hope you will analyze Sister Rosetta Thorpe, she is little bit forgotten now days, but she was so great and influential. And Rock music will be different if she was not around.