Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing) [1974]

[@juliagp345]

Her voice sounds 50 years younger than herself!! Thank you scat mama

[@tristanjune2623]

Júlia GP YOUR PHOTO! I ADORE JEFF BUCKLEY! His new album You and I is fantastic. I'd give anything to have seen him in concert before his tragic death.

[@juliagp345]

+Tristan June Oh God yes!! Me too... I feel very close to his musical feeling. Luckily he left a part of his soul in every song!

[@alfredvalrie5541]

She was so much more comfortable singing and scatting. It's her language!

[@dorindavaes]

She was the best jazz singer we ever had

[@boltzblocks5535]

Dorinda v yeah

[@levithreatt866]

Blaze the ulimate ninja vs gaming uu7uuuu

[@zeal6907]

“We” as in the planet, right?

[@maplekitten601]

A legend

[@scopeouthorrorreviews2682]

110% a legend in her own league

[@mcpucho]

Happy 100th birthday Ms. Ella.

[@2odisa]

Nobody can hold a candle to Ella Fitzgerald scatting! This is still incredible !

[@jamesmannsfield5699]

Singing

[@benjamindennis4618]

She tore it up at 57 years old!

[@Elisa4Realz]

I'm 15 so this is obviously way before my time too but goodness...who COULDN'T appreciate this music? It's beautiful.

[@grob420]

11 years later and still a bop

[@lunaperez1747]

Ur 28 now Elisa right?

[@Blackknight8691]

This one is garbage listen to the original

[@lennytnovel]

@@Blackknight8691 ok blackknight, whatever you say lol

[@jamesmannsfield5699]

It’s timeless

[@YesJellyfish]

She sounds so young, it's incredible. I haven't been able to find many video recordings, so every time I listen to audio, I just can't help but imagine a 25 year old Ella having fun on stage with a cheeky smile :D Unbelievable!

[@Symons90]

the scat is unreal...

[@levithreatt866]

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[@Ki_Hickson]

YES

[@rivervalle1927]

Hello man from 5 yrs ago

[@rivervalle1927]

2019: i think moto moto likes you

[@blacksunx8301]

The scat is real it is just hard to do

[@lammertlandman7391]

That piano on the drop between 2:01 - 2:04 gives me goosebumps

[@kameeI]

so good

[@johnbarnett6924]

I agree most heartly with Her , Dobie, Thanks for the post❤ Semper fi on this Memorial Day Sunday 2023❤

[@bobieknight4036]

Not only was her sense of pitch remarkable but her impeccable sense of timing and rhythm. For example (1:56 - 2:00)

[@Guiruci82]

3:06!

[@MrLuigi218761]

The Best ❤

[@tennisbumojai]

"Enough of that!"......Hilarious! Ella was sent here to educate us. Voice as instrument. Love her.

[@JacksonCaesar]

Haa! Obviously, Country "ain't her thing!" She said, 'enough of that!' lol However, she did nice job with a Country Twang. Very talented woman...inspiring all of the time.

[@somewhereinsouthamerica5829]

Jackson Caesar yea

[@ifibelieve8193]

Right?

[@kelderecgraugnom8201]

You call her very talented? Then you are blaming yourself. She is one of the hottest singers ever. Talsented is maybe a little child.

[@westsideanyway]

Makes me so happy to watch this video. Would've been a JOY to see her in person.

[@maxweiss2402]

+Justis Ojo It makes me so angry, that I will never ever have a chance to see her in person.

[@sfden50]

I had the good fortune to see Ella twice live - in 1978, and in 1985. In '78 she opened with "As Time Goes By" - I will remember it the rest of my life - she was simply fantastic.

[@gynack]

I saw her in England about 1960. Wonderful. I wish I could mind what band she had backing her but in those days I was pretty young and knew much less about jazz and the players.

[@SergioVellatti]

Amazing! How in the world can she hear herself with that setup? Those guys are blowing!

[@russellcampbell4102]

Ella Fitzgerald is easily the finest singer ever to have lived. Especially at this time of her life. An absolute masterclass. So sad I’ll ever see her live. Her tone and natural genius in jazz is outstanding. So effortless.

[@hermanpesina6328]

I can imagine this is the kind of sound checks being done in heaven right now. Amazing !

[@paveleduard5565]

There are only two words that can describe this woman, and these are QUEEN and LEGENDARY.

[@pauladri100]

I need a replay. What a voice!

[@scartrec3496]

Or 10

[@janeeferguson9454]

She's obviously not human cause no human scats like that

[@iliveinsin]

Yeah, my scat is shit in comparison

[@JODA93]

@@iliveinsin I saw what you did there. I got you.

[@philmstud2k]

She’s a SCAT MACHINE

[@paulden3158]

Only the Scatman can do better

[@MD-ev9hs]

@@iliveinsin Hahahahaaaaa!!!! GOOOOOOD ONE!! HEHEHEHE!!!!

[@dennishartnett684]

When she scats hard like this, she's like a hurricane, an unstoppable force of nature. I believe that she was the best singer of be-bob, standards, and general all around jazz that ever was. Like one of her back up band players said: It'll never be this good again. It just isn't available. Lucky for us, there are SO MANY CD's of her out, with more being added all the time. I love You, Ella.

[@dahonu2563]

And who else has a full horn orchestra behind her. Musicians obviously loved her

[@giuseppersa2391]

2021 here! What an ABSOLUTE LEGEND! 😍😍😍

[@willoldaccount1227]

Swing is the epitome of awesome, and so is she

[@xavierg5523]

I still look this up after 13 yrs

[@DinoDiniProductions]

Just too awesome. I got to go lie down.

[@ariadnasantiago6317]

Grandioso Mi hijo tocó esta canción en la escuela con la banda de jazz y fue grandioso oírla y aún mas con Ella fue fenomenal 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Tojoj22]

The Queen of Scat!

[@bellosardo84]

what a talent!! i could listen to this all day

[@mattsheridan0103]

My aunt, the flower girl, hippie. LOVES THIS!!! She got her father off the couch to dance to this. If it ain’t got that thing.....Ella brought generations together scatting.

[@dopedgod]

Her vocal lines and chord phrasings were better than most guitarists today. The pitch bends she can pull off naturally, are to die for. Bless her soul, she was incredible.

[@mickael1673]

Just 2 Words : THÉ GOAT ❤

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

My god, I LOVE this woman!!!!

[@Dan-vt3nk]

Awesome!

[@nihil1]

I watch this video again, in crappy notebook speakers, alone in my room. And when it ends I feel so compelled to stand up and applaud and cheer like all this is here and now.

[@kelvinallenpunzalan1425]

2020 still watching!! I love how she differentiates the kind of music and ended up singing It Don't Mean A Thing, so iconic!!

[@Gurci28]

really spectacular! 4:04

[@chancekirk8536]

shes amazing ive been watching her even when i was a baby and im 19

[@agamemnonpadar5706]

It was recorded in a German TV studio in Koeln 1974. The big band is the Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass, which accompanied over the years musicians like Benny Goodman and Sammy Davis.

[@yujinkim_music]

The best jazz vocalist ever

[@nixonmendeed]

She's amazing, pitching is unreal!!

[@snickadeedog5853]

This lady right here u can tell she loves it

[@jdlpro]

How can you thumbs down this?? Incredible

[@calvinjackson538]

ELLA, you were so CLASSY! Everything she did, she did with so much CLASS and STYLE and GRACE. What a wonderful woman!!! Yeah! She is definitely having fun!!!

[@mdl222]

Pretty sure she just mic-dropped that at the end GET IT FITZ! ♡

[@scartrec3496]

😆

[@bretodeau]

"it don't mean a thing" is my favourite jazz song. i've got about 7 versions of this song in my computer.

[@LipnitskyOrchestra]

Hello! Do you know the name of this Big Band song 3:24?

[@rebolognesi]

@@LipnitskyOrchestraat 3:03 I can hear Chattanooga Chooo-Choo and at 3:17 Four Brothers. I read a comment telling about Splanky, but I don't know the tune so I can't tell.

[@christschick]

lol my friend & i are 14 &15 & we have both LOVED LOVED, LOVED this stuff for a few years now!! it's real american music!!! the classics never die :D

[@olusheyibanjo]

She started getting her groove on when she said "soul train" music

[@scartrec3496]

Disagree! Strongly! 3:33 or 3:32 maybe... that is her, all the way to the mother Fn MIC DROP 🎤 🔻 ❌

[@procs81]

That was close at 1:59 ;)

[@webwhisper2701]

Good Bless her! I feel what she says here! The GREAT singer, piano player, Queen of scat, performer .... list is so long there’s too much to mention here ... I adore her and honor her memory/ memories.

[@forestflyer1563]

What a voice 😍😎

[@davidgilkey7218]

How many of you heard snippets of Four Brothers, and Splanky, right after it? LOVE IT!

[@ellaroenfeldt1948]

I'm so lucky to have the same name as a such an iconic person in our history

[@olusheyibanjo]

I love that intro

[@janellebarnes1961]

My Goodness!!!!! Straight vocal beast!!!!!✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

[@garusell]

Good grief she's amazing.

[@darksession]

one of the best singers in the world

[@mikebaileyGplus]

ha she ain't even trying, genius , pure genius, I love Ella

[@careystuart]

The greatest vocalist of all time.Even as she got older,still fantastic.Thank you so much for this fantastic video!!!P.S. who's on drums?

[@lasseasu9216]

Ella was amaziing!

[@lampojangstar2828]

thats so raven

[@ishy236]

Lampo Jangstar yup

[@vidoccabrol5056]

It´s Hamburg, not London. In the Brass section: Art Farmer, Ack van Royen, Rick Kiefer, Jiggs Whigham, Peter Herbolzheimer. Woods: Herb Geller, Ferdinand Povel

[@levi6181]

She is the essence of the music

[@1234IZM]

"Enough of that." 😃😃

[@박정연-u4s]

Thank you so much

[@keithhemari]

Ahh, tingles in my spine, they don't make musicians like this anymore...

[@imyalyn8901]

I'm crying and laughing at the same time. What a miracle this woman was.

[@fan8504]

You cannot top that .

[@comiteevee]

0:22 she like music? she is music, all styles and with all intentions!!!

[@scottyhargrove4379]

She is so talented!!!

[@mjelaine]

This is the kind of music I want to raise my children on. Not that crap they call music these days.

[@peachy7690]

Same here I may be 13 years old but I know real talent and Ella has it. Music sucks these days. My grandfather misses music like this a lot. I sometimes think I was born into the wrong generation. Now music is just too absurd.

[@BrowLowKidMusic]

in that case, buy Cheek To Cheek by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga!

[@joolian]

Some of the music these days is good. Ever heard of pentatonix

[@TMNoob3]

Did you know that people still actually make music but I guess you're so dense you didn't know that.

[@TheDrummer51]

TMNoob3 You're right. I'm an old guy so I like a long span of music. But as a player, I'm constantly impressed with the quality of young players today. And if you look, you may surprised at some of the good stuff you can find. It's just probably not what the big corporations are shoveling into the wheelbarrow.

[@simonrouse2118]

Fantastic.

[@bretodeau]

The greatest diva of Scat Jazz.

[@hi123301]

Yikes! This is amazing such talent, such a voice, such... im just speechless. And additionally im singing this even though its different but who cares do you?

[@TheLivingHeiromartyr]

This is a strange story. I didn't used to like Jazz in any form.... I used to actively hate it. But suddenly 4 days ago, out of fucking nowhere... I suddenly loved it. Now, I can't get enough of it. The Human mind is a strange thing

[@vidaripollen]

well spoken.fantastic music.

[@maocharlisme]

I have kinda the same story: I grew up with jazz, being surounded by it almost every day and use to hate it alot at a certain point, finding it very boring. Then, when I was a bit older, I started to appreciate it more and more. Now I feel so lucky I have been raised with it! =D

[@coloraturaMusic]

Look at them all ! Live recording, awesome sound, perfect talents, best groove and harmonies, amazing workers ... I'm so ashamed of my generation's music !!!

[@bobbarkeriii2597]

Absolutely the greatest!

[@apollo9374]

I LOVE this song

[@jassonsw]

More talent in her little finger than...I'm not going to say it, but we live in vacuous times.

[@dillonocana]

GREAT!!!!!! Thanks for the post!!!!!

[@lulubelle320]

She's amazing, she's magic, eternal, immortal we love her, she's our joy on earth, she best of all :)

[@Steven_Rowe]

How can you dislike Ella you must be a total moran. Ella is the absolute QUEEN of Jazz, nobody I mean NOBODY could sing like her.

[@Faktory28]

not simply talent but the work that went into perfecting her style and force.

[@PurpleReels]

Look at Ella still looking FLYYY as ever! LOL! Yes! This was good!

[@AshantyShalimar]

she loves music - and I love her voice!

[@donaldsmith379]

Hello!! How are you doing @Angie !!#pretty❤️

[@meddymucus]

thats very kind.. thanks!!!

[@ominousyoshi]

I saw her first on "thats so raven" and now i love her music :)

[@sistamaryclarence]

The Queen of scat 😍😍🙌🏾

[@TREYOLDHIPPIE]

It SHUR dont mean NO THING if it aint got THAT (Ella) SWING.. Oh! This LADY is so intense.. So ELLAGANT So ELLA! What a GREAT video! I LOVE THIS!

[@NickyEmpress123]

Just like fine wine

[@oswhytecodes1]

you know the country part she did?.. what exactly is that. I love that sound!! damn music is such a mindblowing art form!!!!

[@pillos25]

She was an alien WOW

[@qwestpichon9485]

2023

[@frenchhornwoman]

1980 I saw Ella live. Daughter is 10 and loves Ella, etc. I did a good job................. PHEW...

[@klarkdog]

So amazing!!!

[@GiantMarkirs]

I wasn't into swing until I heard this song :) am in love w/ it

[@scartrec3496]

😲

[@tybee9]

I think there is always a point in someones life where they wished they lived in an era that wasn't there. Midnight in Paris captures this message perfectly. the I portent thing though is to enjoy your life now.