The Savoy Ballroom. My mother always told us about the times she was in there to dance and dance they did. For a young lady from SC, this was pure heaven. Who knows, Chick and Ella may still be packing the Savoy and momma may still be dancing with joy.
Brilliant... this music is so full of rhythm and swing... it's exciting, dancing, foot tapping ... a superb performance... and a radio recording too... thank goodness it was not lost... cracking music
I LOVE this sensational video of a very young Ella Fitzgerald when she was singing with the Chick Webb Band at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem in the late1930s. (I,also, love the beautiful photographs of her in this video.) This one really swings!!! DMM
A recording from the latter half of 1939 or early 1940, after Chick had died. Ella took over the band and led it, billing was Ella FitzGerald with the Chick Webb Orchestra. Evidence? She doesn't mention his name among those of other musicians which would never have happened were Chick there, and the announcer announces it as Ella FitzGerald and the Chick Webb Orchestra. She kept the band together through most of the war, & had a number of hits including A Tisket a Tasket, 5 O'Clock Whistle
Terrible that he died so young - he was only 30 - what a magnificent talent he was - he could swing like nobody's business - I can't help but wonder what He & Ella could have accomplished together had he lived. As it is, his legacy is enormous - what great music!!!
He died at age 34 - Pott’s disease or tuberculosis of the spine, leaving him with a short stature and badly deformed spine causing him to appear hunchbacked.
There it is : www.amazon.com/Groove-Ella-Fitzgerald/dp/B00004SBTH/ref=sr_1_7?crid=38DOC3DP09FAN&keywords=in+the+groove+ella+fitzgerald&qid=1695389954&sprefix=in+the+groove+ella+fitzgeral%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-7 If you buy it, please do not share a digital copy to any Europeans that can't buy it there, it's forbidden to make and share copy
Chick webb was the man, too bad he died so young, though. His amazing music lives on and on. The Great Ella sure did enhance the orchestra. today's music can't hold a candle to these legends.
It really was Chick who you might say discovered Ella, or at least gave her her first opportunities. I love that fact the great bandleaders, like Webb, can spot talent so early and showcase it. Webb's been called the grandfather of many drummers and rightly so. So many later players, who's names are more recognized (Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson for example) credit Webb as there major influencer. Driving, just Driving on the drums. Rest in Peace Chick Webb.
This music makes me smiling ,how people of that time did not wait to engoy good music you can feel the atmosphere ,it was just great ,thank you for the video bro.
Check out The sound track for the movie Kansas City with Victor Lewis on Drums and Other Greats!!Higgins and Herbie and I think Dexter had actor parts in the Movie aswell!!
This is Chick Webb' orchestra lead by Ella Fitzgerald but this is not Chick on drums but Bill Beason ! Chick Webb dead on june 16, 1939 ! This has been recorded after his death...but this is yet a good version of St Louis blues even if Bill Beason wasn't as great as Chick was...
@@billybarty2948 He is right though. If Chick was alive the announcer at the end would have mentioned him but he didn't. Also it's a fact that Ella fronted the band after Chick's death so everybody would have a job. Learn to be nice. In other words behave to someone like they're standing close enough to put you on your ass if you act disrepectful.
A thrilling live performance from the Savoy Ballroom! Unfortunately the great Chick Webb had gone beyond when this was recorded. In the outro the announcer says "Ella Fitzgerald who presented her orchestra", not Chick Webb's.
Grande canção , resumo espetacular de tudo que apaixona no Jazz Tradicional e no Blues , base da maioria das músicas do pós guerra e até hoje , desde Dana Shore até Daughter Maitland , passando por Louis , Ella e outros gênios ,que a tocaram e ou cantaram , ouçam e aproveitem
Remy Kouakou Kouame came to Southern California probably 10 years ago, and he taught a routine to this very version of SLB. Of course, none of us could hold a candle to his caliber of dancing!
😀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖oooo HEART 💖MY SOUL IS IN TH TUNE 😀 WELL ...if we didn't have these politicians..and our World finally comes to peace and evenness..what else would we be doing..but SING & DANCE? ONE DAY MY FRIENDS..ONE DAY 💖💪🏼
Check Ken Burns' series on Jazz. As I recall there is a very short and indistinct clip of him. A shame given that he lived such a short time, but it's the same with guitar player Django Reinhardt, about 12 to 15 seconds
Turn of the decades to the 40's WPA, the rebuilding of the states and onto Swing; it was on its way in. Big Band Swing! Big, new American Dream of the 1940s!
This was recorded AFTER Chick had passed...how am i so sure? Well it doesn't sound like Chick, the Band is too well recorded, ive never this before and the annoucer states clearly that this is Ella's Orchestra so with all that in mind the drummer is Bill Beason..thank you.
@@SteveCournane He replaced Webb when Chick passed away and continued on as Ella's drummer when she took over the band. He was an excellent drummer who played in many of the great Harlem big bands like Teddy Hill and later on with Sy Oliver's Orchestra.
Music was good until disco came along. Then record companies realized that they just needed a beat and some crap on top of it and people would buy it. that was the beginning of the end. That's where we are today, poor quality, lacks imagination, churned out in mass production. Sadly, not many young people realize what junk they are listening to. Luckily, my 4 kids have raided my CD collection and know what good music is. My 17 year old daughter wants me to will her my collection when I die.
The Savoy Ballroom. My mother always told us about the times she was in there to dance and dance they did. For a young lady from SC, this was pure heaven. Who knows, Chick and Ella may still be packing the Savoy and momma may still be dancing with joy.
Place been torn down.
She is sure to be there up in Heaven!
Man, I wish I could go back in time and go see this band at the Savoy and see Ella Fitzgerald when she was starting out. Greatness!
What a swing, and listen to that young Ella scat with all her chops in place. What a woman.
Brilliant... this music is so full of rhythm and swing... it's exciting, dancing, foot tapping ... a superb performance... and a radio recording too... thank goodness it was not lost... cracking music
Ella Fitzgerald... Wow.
I love this woman.
we all do
She was fantastic!!
I LOVE this sensational video of a very young Ella Fitzgerald when she was singing with the Chick Webb Band at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem in the late1930s. (I,also, love the beautiful photographs of her in this video.) This one really swings!!! DMM
Bill Beason is the drummer on this track.
The audio quality of these radio broadcasts is superb. Thanks Caldonia's!
Найкращий БЛЮЗ СВІТУ ВИКОНУЄ ОДНА З НАЙКРАЩИХ Виконавиць цього світового шедевру !! БРАВО!!! СВЯТО ДЖАЗУ!
A recording from the latter half of 1939 or early 1940, after Chick had died. Ella took over the band and led it, billing was Ella FitzGerald with the Chick Webb Orchestra. Evidence? She doesn't mention his name among those of other musicians which would never have happened were Chick there, and the announcer announces it as Ella FitzGerald and the Chick Webb Orchestra. She kept the band together through most of the war, & had a number of hits including A Tisket a Tasket, 5 O'Clock Whistle
I agree. The drummer does not sound like Webb, must be Bill Beason.
Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb. 'Nuff said. "Throwback Thursday: The Classics." Thanks for the post. Blessings
Bill Beason is the drummer on this track.
Can't get better than this - Ella and Chick - fantastic
Bill Beason is the drummer on this track.
Terrible that he died so young - he was only 30 - what a magnificent talent he was - he could swing like nobody's business - I can't help but wonder what He & Ella could have accomplished together had he lived. As it is, his legacy is enormous - what great music!!!
Bill Beason is the drummer on this track.
He died at age 34 - Pott’s disease or tuberculosis of the spine, leaving him with a short stature and badly deformed spine causing him to appear hunchbacked.
He was actually 34 yrs old when he died.
Can't find this at Amazon, so must come to TH-cam. It's worth it.
One of the best swing songs ever.
There it is : www.amazon.com/Groove-Ella-Fitzgerald/dp/B00004SBTH/ref=sr_1_7?crid=38DOC3DP09FAN&keywords=in+the+groove+ella+fitzgerald&qid=1695389954&sprefix=in+the+groove+ella+fitzgeral%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-7
If you buy it, please do not share a digital copy to any Europeans that can't buy it there, it's forbidden to make and share copy
Chick webb was the man, too bad he died so young, though. His amazing music lives on and on. The Great Ella sure did enhance the orchestra. today's music can't hold a candle to these legends.
Bill Beason is the drummer.
It really was Chick who you might say discovered Ella, or at least gave her her first opportunities. I love that fact the great bandleaders, like Webb, can spot talent so early and showcase it. Webb's been called the grandfather of many drummers and rightly so. So many later players, who's names are more recognized (Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson for example) credit Webb as there major influencer. Driving, just Driving on the drums. Rest in Peace Chick Webb.
damn! What an era! thanks TH-cam ,, this will live forever!
I cannot stop playing it.
This version certainly SWINGS & SWINGS'
Great music from some of the musical giants of jazz.
Wonderful & Amazing
Omg she's so good. Everyone here is SO good.
I keep coming back to this song. It really lifts my mood. Cheers.
Even in hard times of the depression of the 30s people always had time to forget their blues and jittter bug at the famous Savoy Ballroom in Harlem.
Chick was the real King of Swing!
2 of the Greats...Ella and Chick...🤩
Man Ella and these dudes are swinging! Jammin! Love it!
Fantastic.WOW.!
This music makes me smiling ,how people of that time did not wait to engoy good music you can feel the atmosphere ,it was just great ,thank you for the video bro.
Glorious swing. Sandy Williams rules!
HIP HOP RULES BUTTHEAD! 👴🏿🚬
Oh yeah!! Priceless! Thank you for uploading. Ella = one of a kind. Thanks Chick Webb for bringing her to our attention!!
Now that's a gem! Thanks for posting.
Best version of SLB! Makes you wanna dance!
Sally, I can only find this here in YT.
Bring it back People!
Stunning, just stunning......
Check out The sound track for the movie Kansas City with Victor Lewis on Drums and Other Greats!!Higgins and Herbie and I think Dexter had actor parts in the Movie aswell!!
merveilleux,what a swing !
This is Chick Webb' orchestra lead by Ella Fitzgerald but this is not Chick on drums but Bill Beason !
Chick Webb dead on june 16, 1939 ! This has been recorded after his death...but this is yet a good version of St Louis blues even if Bill Beason wasn't as great as Chick was...
👴🏿🚬 SHUT UP , ASSHEAD!
@@billybarty2948 He is right though. If Chick was alive the announcer at the end would have mentioned him but he didn't. Also it's a fact that Ella fronted the band after Chick's death so everybody would have a job. Learn to be nice. In other words behave to someone like they're standing close enough to put you on your ass if you act disrepectful.
@@macvoutie Scathing response addressed to a fool!
@@billybarty2948 Asshead yourself dumbass
@@monicabella7894 A problem ?
Ciao! Questa trasmissione è stato fatto maggio 1935!!!! Grazie per il post tanto:)))
The longer it plays the bettter it. gets .W O W .
Ooooooh yes indeed, Bring It Back.
Imposible olvidar a Ella Fitzgerald !!!
Sergey desde Rusia .Saludo a todos!
Sorry! I used of Spanish.
+Sergei / Sergio Vinogradov Hola Sergio, ciertamente nadie puede olvidar a Ella Fitzgerald. Saludos desde Texas.
N Baker !
She had such a high pitch, light voice back then. Very interesting how she changed over the years.
She sounds so young, much different than what I remember as a kid in the 60's..
Perfekcyjne wykonanie !,
It always swung it whenever Chick Webb and Ella got together
Bill Beason is the drummer on this track.
Has anyone ever found any film of Chick and the band performing? Would love to see it if such a thing exists.
Wow This is great
Que años aquellos!! El mejor jazz!! Y Al Capone!!
This song still sounds great and will get you movin, I'm sure back in the day the joint was definitely jumpin!!, 📣 baby baaaby!!!
Wonderful.
Chick Webb Blues Music Songs Singer All Albums Artists. ❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤
I saw Ella in west germany in 1959 , at the essener jazztage ,cost only 75p. she was on tour with Norman Granz.
A thrilling live performance from the Savoy Ballroom!
Unfortunately the great Chick Webb had gone beyond when this was recorded. In the outro the announcer says "Ella Fitzgerald who presented her orchestra", not Chick Webb's.
Bill Beason is the drummer on this track.
Grande canção , resumo espetacular de tudo que apaixona no Jazz Tradicional e no Blues , base da maioria das músicas do pós guerra e até hoje , desde Dana Shore até Daughter Maitland , passando por Louis , Ella e outros gênios ,que a tocaram e ou cantaram , ouçam e aproveitem
Great!!!
whos here in 2024😅
Who's not here in 2024. I feel bad for them
I love this!
Wow!😍 I'm sharing this🎶
Oh my godz...
This is where cool comes to retire..
Wow!
🌺 Amazingness 🌺
Thanks for posting this. I can create some nasty choreo to this!
Remy Kouakou Kouame came to Southern California probably 10 years ago, and he taught a routine to this very version of SLB.
Of course, none of us could hold a candle to his caliber of dancing!
No puedo dejar de mover los pies. Ella & Chick❤
Yo tampoco, es maravilloso lo que causa esta musica en el uerpo.
😀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖oooo HEART 💖MY SOUL IS IN TH TUNE 😀
WELL ...if we didn't have these politicians..and our World finally comes to peace and evenness..what else would we be doing..but SING & DANCE?
ONE DAY MY FRIENDS..ONE DAY 💖💪🏼
Check Ken Burns' series on Jazz. As I recall there is a very short and indistinct clip of him. A shame given that he lived such a short time, but it's the same with guitar player Django Reinhardt, about 12 to 15 seconds
THIS is dance music.
20 july 1939 WNEW-AM radio broadcast from Savoy Ballroom. Drums: Bill Beason.
WOW
thankyou :)
Love me some Ella❤❤❤❤❤
Thanksss!
would like to watch that original...
Nicely edited.
One of the best known are maybe. Number 1💯
Favolosaaaa
Was Chick the Real Star or was it Ella? I wish there was live Footage of Webb in Full Swing!
em 0:14 o poster "Back at the Savoy Room" aparece tmb no quarto do Dr.House na 2ª Temporada no episodio "House x God" =)
Awesome
The best! :-)
Bring it Back. .Bucking Bantastic. (F).
Is this from a complete surviving broadcast? I'd be ecstatic to hear the full thing!
This could be early Rock n 'Roll!
You forgot to add in your opinion. Disco turned out some jewels. I can appreciate & evaluate music from every era.
Lord mercy madame ella rip
Turn of the decades to the 40's WPA, the rebuilding of the states and onto Swing; it was on its way in. Big Band Swing! Big, new American Dream of the 1940s!
muito bom
makes me feel as if my dead parents were still alive ghosting around in the house.
Mine, too!
If its Bill Beason @dretety what year would it be?---It certainly is very clear and the guitar also sounds very modern
Where did this recording come from? I'd love to be able to purchase the album or an mp3.
This was recorded AFTER Chick had passed...how am i so sure?
Well it doesn't sound like Chick, the Band is too well recorded, ive never this before and the annoucer states clearly that this is Ella's Orchestra so with all that in mind the drummer is Bill Beason..thank you.
She was in her early twenties, and performed until she was 72.
Hi. I'm trying to find this recording on CD or at least as an mp3 download. Can anyone tell me where I can find it?
is it Duke Ellington sitting in the audience at min. 0:56???
// Blanchard. Without doubt, ist is the Duke admiring Ella and the band and having a great time, haha!
1:48 Tenor Madness
Lol I thought of that too
Today is Ella Fitzgerald's birthday!
Whoa - does this predate Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy? Someone got some splainin to do
Is there any film footage of Chick Webb playing anywhere?
Chick is swinging here , beautiful..
Bill Beason is the drummer on this track.
Ella too!
@@garyfoster3854 thanks for that Gary. Only just saw it now. Never heard of that man
@@SteveCournane He replaced Webb when Chick passed away and continued on as Ella's drummer when she took over the band. He was an excellent drummer who played in many of the great Harlem big bands like Teddy Hill and later on with Sy Oliver's Orchestra.
@@garyfoster3854 Thanks again Gary. Great info
But what's with the sign advertising Terry Gibbs Quartet. he wasn't playing in the 30s.
This video included different times photos
That's not Chick Webb, it's Bill Beason on the drums.
That picture of Duke in the audience just in AWE of Ella… amazing
Music was good until disco came along. Then record companies realized that they just needed a beat and some crap on top of it and people would buy it. that was the beginning of the end. That's where we are today, poor quality, lacks imagination, churned out in mass production. Sadly, not many young people realize what junk they are listening to. Luckily, my 4 kids have raided my CD collection and know what good music is. My 17 year old daughter wants me to will her my collection when I die.
Rada
listen to how young ELLA is!!!?!? this is totally plausibly chick swingin'
Bill Beason is the drummer on this track.
the pic at 1:42. .. . .