Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (1968)

Ella Fitzgerald & the Tee Carson trio - Summertime (from Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin).
Tee Carson, piano; Keter Betts, bass; Joe Harris, drums.
The first lady of song in Berlin, 1968.
Beautiful mother singing a lullaby to her baby.
Summertime lyrics
Songwriters: George & Ira Gershwin, Du Bose & Dorothy Heyward
Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Oh, Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky
But 'til that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With your daddy and mammy
Standing by
Don't you cry
_____________________

[@francoisbessing]

She painted with her voice.

[@storyandsoulgardening]

Best way to describe this...

[@gloriachinea5069]

Amen

[@ThePiratemachine]

Francois Bessing What a wonderful description. Thanks.

[@JustMe-rl5ym]

That's exactly what I just noticed

[@shawnscott125]

She was the best!!!!

[@NICKNACK112]

That drummer is one of the most delicate and gentle drummers I’ve ever seen. WOW!!!!

[@joyjoy27]

Ella is the truth❤

[@max10dler]

Susan Mclaren Can you not appreciate both? Can you not appreciate every aspect that goes into good music? Can you not appreciate pure craftsmanship whilst still acknowledging how the people around them are incredible as well? Check yourself girl; lotsa good stuff goin on here-putting any of it aside for no real reason is regrettable, to say the least.

[@max10dler]

Susan Mclaren I absolutely appreciate Ella and all that she had to go through just to get her name and beautiful voice out there-hell, that’s why I’m here. But, do you know the drummer? If not, why do you speak on his behalf? And even in the scenario which you’ve presented, are you unable to like something that’s well done, regardless of the performer’s background? To understand and appreciate the hard work that goes into performing any kind of art at such high skill level? Why is it so unfathomable to like *both?* That’s an option! You can like multiple things in a song at once! In fact, at times, _that’s what makes the song so good._ You don’t have to pick and choose what you enjoy based upon meaningless criteria; if you like and appreciate something or multiple things, you like and appreciate them. End of story.

[@xicao1500]

Ella is perfect and I have listened to this song more times than I can count but I had never paid full attention to the drum work. Thanks for pointing it out. I have no idea what the other replies to your comment are talking about.

[@michele33s68]

His performance is exquisite.

[@AndySaenz]

Why is nobody talking about these excellent musicians? Their tempo was perfect, they were in sync with each other and with Ella, and that piano was just absolutely beautiful.

[@Auntkekebaby]

Just perfection all around

[@aodhai]

Why is noone talking about Ella Fitzgerald? What are you talking about haha

[@nfpnone8248]

No one is talking because they are too busy listening! All these musicians, including Ella Fitzgerald, were very well known for their artistry at the time, but it’s 2023, and this was done in maybe c.1970, which is 50 years ago, and she performed it in probably the mid to late ‘50 and throughout the 60’s, so you are talking about 70 plus years of absolute perfection.

[@nigeledwards7175]

@@nfpnone8248 coz they don't make music like this anymore !

[@gedamax]

no one talks because there is nothing to talk about. there is a risk of committing some sin.

[@mm70988]

One of the greatest voices in music history.

[@Gurci28]

She was simply the best woman that sang jazz or any other kind of music - one of the most loved by fans across the world. Able to improvise with her voice like a bebop horn player, Fitzgerald was also a silky balladeer who was able to balance technique with sensitivity. 1:11 [uDiscoverMusic]

[@Gurci28]

Ella Fitzgerald is the first name you think of when someone mentions outstanding female jazz singers. Dubbed ‘The First Lady of Song,’ Fitzgerald had an extensive career that ran into the late 80s, earning 13 Grammy Awards, and setting the standard for future jazz artists. She is known for her flawless diction, her silky tone, and her incredible ability to improvise using her scatting skills. [Pink Wafer Club] 1:48

[@donx2341]

🙏🏾

[@JudgeJulieLit]

And emotive stylist of her vocals.

[@dermotmccorkell663]

Yes she was. A true mistress of the vocal art.

[@remsan03]

Her control over her own instrument was phenomenal. Her long-held notes were unwavering. Her diminuendo was breathtaking. She just stood there and made it look effortless. Plus her tone is very beautifully intimate. As someone who listens to classical music & opera, technique is very important to me, and Ms. Fitzgerald certainly had loads of them.

[@animeyaoihaikyuusaikifangi7301]

You are so right she is AMAZING!!!❤❤

[@brandonshaw7619]

It's Ella what were you expecting? Brittany or Christina or lady gaga

[@cosimosantoni6912]

Si ma calmati dio porco

[@sterlingrock7769]

@@brandonshaw7619 😆😆😆😆

[@itsdazzlebtch]

Watching this and I'm thinking as great as everybody says Beyonce is... THIS is a singer!!! What i would do to see Ella live!!

[@neamh3800]

I’d never heard of Ella Fitzgerald before. I just read a post on twitter saying no one would book this woman to sing in clubs bc she was black but Marilyn Monroe offered to come to a nightclub every night and sit in the front row if they let her sing. Using her privilege for good. I hear you Ella. I’ve never heard you sing until now but hearing you for the first time feels like I have before in a past life. Wow.

[@lule6398]

i actually found out about her from this ventriloquist girl on super talent, once i started listening to one song i just couldn't stop especially version with Armstrong

[@danielmarshall4587]

May your discovery of Ella Fitzgerald bring you the pleasure she has brought me, her singing is outstanding.

[@spn1007]

That story is true. I'm glad you discovered her. Keep discovering! There's a good reason why she was known as The First Lady of Song!

[@sibelerim7997]

I read that story, too and came here to listen to Ella. Her voice is extraordinary.

[@spn1007]

Actually the club had booked other black singers before. I think it was because she was also overweight and not a "beauty." That doesn't make it much better.

[@jimcatalfamo8034]

Here's a woman that lived through some terrible times but that never stopped for caring about children and making people happy. She always longed to be around all people. Her heart was an always be a credit to the human race.

[@sluggy1739]

I’m a 26 year old boy. Ella is my favorite artist ever. I’m no singer, not even a musician I just love e her voice and talent.

[@candiceward8345]

Keep listening. Music of today is shite.

[@michellegruber4187]

To me, Ella is the greatest Jazz singer in history. When she sings she is the only one who touches me right to the core of my heart.

[@nfpnone8248]

Michelle GRUBER You might try Angelina Jordan, who embodies Ella Fitzgerald in all the best ways, and at 14 years old now, is up there with the greatest jazz singers. Is she better than Ella, No, but you never compare true artist, that would be like comparing Michelangelo and Van Gough.

[@ElleTV1706]

@@nfpnone8248 i agree with you. I really love angelina jordan.

[@henrylawrence4020]

I love it omg

[@blackdove3057]

Sarah is Divine to me!!!!

[@henrylawrence4020]

Hi

[@halszkas3519]

I am 67 years old Polish and I heard about Ella for years. Even our communistic radio stations broadcasted her beautiful songs.

[@SusieNation]

Listening to that vibrato cleared my skin and grew my crops!

[@chelliebean5773]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@whatsonhermind1768]

I know that’s right!

[@delinpeter8954]

I can't even sing this song without breaking down!!! I miss my mom !!!

[@warpnin3]

Minister of Agriculture of some distant and obscure country here: About that last part of your comment: can you confirm? 😄

[@SusieNation]

@@warpnin3 Oh yes, just blast Miss Ella into every farm or plot of arable land ya got and the livin’ will be easy 😝

[@randywatts6969]

I’m listening, I’m 69, I’ve liked her brand of jazz since my 20’s

[@sarahalbers5555]

Same here. That voice has got to be heaven sent.❤

[@evavanajas364]

Same vintage and likes

[@Alky64]

nice

[@cocoonecoco]

Look at the reaction of the piano player at 1:42-1:50 !!!

[@djmn_drawing]

cocoonecoco 😂

[@imtiredoftheseniggas6618]

Word he was shook lol

[@JoseLuis9612]

I'm jealous of that brodaaa

[@mattblatchley2061]

good catch!

[@cosimosantoni6912]

FRA NON VEDO NU CAZZO

[@SaschaFaubel]

Her Voice is like a hug from my Mum.

[@fireboy93939]

1:43 She hit that note so perfect she gave the piano man whiplash! Truly unmatched then and now.

[@joey1542]

This is cap. You simply cannot give another person whiplash through the use of your voice. Lol. Shit valid tho no lie

[@clarks6293]

Stfu she hit that note so amazingly it made me cream!😭🥺

[@rman229]

@@joey1542Shut the hell up bruh u must have autism

[@alexandraseelye3735]

@@fireboy93939 exactly!!!!!

[@spiral8891]

Really...... does a female voice get any purer than this. 55yrs later and still incredibly beautiful. Thanks Ella.

[@elizabethpengson8244]

listen to Porgy & Bess LP she did w/Louis Amrstrong..the best version ever.. bar none

[@shahanibraga7498]

I am going through so much heartache right now... Betrayed by a person I love, my mama in her deathbed, so much pain... But whenever I tune into Ella Fitz and Nina Simone and all that jazz, my heart, I swear my heart finds a momentary peace 😔

[@vanesagajic4250]

I wish you good luck and much strength. You will get through this.

[@shelainelipscomb6564]

Praying for peace, love, and healing in your life.🙏🏽

[@blackiebeasley5349]

May God through Jesus Christ bring as no other can Peace & Hope! God Bless!

[@nickfiend13]

Assist ya mama while shes in bed. The other can be cured with some mellow jazz. Love where ever you are now ✨

[@peterkaye8296]

Keep your head up ... it shall be well

[@shanedeleon5376]

Of all the musical moments I've ever heard in my life, this is BY FAR one of the most powerful. There's Judy Garland singing "Over The Rainbow" at the Palace in 1952. There's Sarah Vaughan singing "Here's That Rainy Day" in 1988. There's Billie Holiday singing "Strange Fruit" in 1959. And there's Ella Fitzgerald singing "Summertime" in 1968. To me, these are untouchable moments in music.

[@sylvialawrence261]

And I love Sarah Vaughan singing Misty...even while fighting a cold, she was a class act.

[@normanndaba8823]

Oh I would add Dee Warwick’s & Linda Ronstadt’s Down So Low 🔥

[@Pallum13]

I prefer Nina Simone's strange fruit, but to each their own.

[@pepps4390]

Agreed, completely. If this is how you feel, you will appreciate Ella's live performance of "How High the Moon" in Berlin - I forget the year, but will edit to add. I have only heard and never seen the performance, but critics the world over still bow down before the mastery she demonstrated through that one song. Sarah Vaughn refers to the performance in her cover of the same song: "Ella Fitzgerald sings this song, Real, real, real crazy Shabadoobadoobedobedobe That's the way she sings it So I'm gonna try to sing it that way for you, So-o-o-o here goes, here goes How High the Moon" You will thank me.

[@GilbertGTV]

Celine Dion's "I Cant Help Falling In Love With You" (1993) comes to my mind when I think mind blowing vocal performances. You have to stay til the end! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXSpp6qJm8acgbM

[@Turboy65]

She was a legend for the simple reason that she absolutely earned and deserved it. Her range, perfect pitch, control, and impeccable taste in finding the right expression put her in the company of only a select few singers of all time. If you love music, you MUST be aware of Ella Fitzgerald, and if you are not aware of her, this is an oversight you WANT to correct.

[@ritapolk5947]

Magnificent, wonderful singer, who could scat soo fast. Performed with class & pitch in tune🤔🎹🎶🎵

[@nikstone2420]

Very well stated my friend. A class act.

[@jnairac]

Back in the days one was cherished for talent and voice...when Vinyl and a Radio was rhe best medium.. Progressed; we have not imho

[@sharoninglima1217]

Ella is amazing and my favorite singer. Love her and Louie Armstrong together. ❤❤

[@xylahphillips]

Scat singing

[@Zappedj9]

Do not let these beautiful artists get lost in time

[@annika1796]

This, Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what you call a true and soulful artist.

[@k2sportsande.n.t501]

tribute ---> facebook.com/K2SPORTSSHOW/ Happy Birth Day Ella #2019

[@luckyshow98]

In her own words, "The only thing better than singing is more singing." I cannot agree more, her voice is liberty to me and that makes her Lady Liberty.

[@senorlovato1388]

At 1:45 when she sings "One of these mornings" I am stunned, amazed in her voice. I love this lady!!!

[@normanndaba8823]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥

[@rosiegiesler4705]

Goosebumps

[@BaKheru]

So was the piano player, did you see that look he gave her, he was like, 'Bitch you betta sang!!!'

[@unholyglee5306]

@@BaKheru piano player looked like he wanted to throw his shoe

[@Starshine777]

That's what the song is all about. The desperate longing for a better future hurts so much that not even a perfect, peaceful summer day and a calm lullaby can hold it back.

[@robertoprostamo8561]

How lucky we are that this performance has been recorded....❤

[@sportjunky4371]

Oh my god My mom used to sing this song to me when i was a toddler, i loved it and never went to bed without her singing it to me. Its one of the fondest childhood memories i ever had but it's taken me 12 years to finally find it! I am literally crying tears of joy right now.

[@George_Shonia]

+sportjunky4371 omg , i imagine that feeling and cryed too )) god damn...

[@jahdestamuzik9145]

+sportjunky4371 , awww God bless you. sweet reminders of mom, the greatest thing!

[@Mournivaler]

+sportjunky4371 it's based on old national ukrainian lullaby

[@stephani1972]

Precious discovery. Wow. One of my favorite songs. Sam Cooke version as well. Bless you & your memories.

[@vyrobnyk6362]

Because this song was based on the Ukrainian folk lullaby "Ой ходить сон коло вікон". While in his own description, Gershwin did not use any previously composed spirituals in his opera, Summertime is often considered an adaptation of the African American spiritual "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", which ended the play version of Porgy.[9][11][12] Alternatively, the song has been proposed as an amalgamation of that spiritual and the Ukrainian Yiddish lullaby Pipi-pipipee.[13] The Ukrainian-Canadian composer and singer Alexis Kochan has suggested that some part of Gershwin's inspiration may have come from having heard the Ukrainian lullaby "Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon" ("A Dream Passes by the Windows") at a New York City performance by Alexander Koshetz's Ukrainian National Chorus in 1929 (or 1926).[14]

[@donnabenne9640]

I'm here in 2020 and it's still one of the best songs ever and performances by Ella

[@katherinehunter9526]

Amen ....I agree this is One of the greatest performance of this song written by George Gershwin. It's always been one of my favorite songs ever since I heard it of over 50 years ago. ✌❤🎶🙏

[@markedwards1412]

What a talent

[@katherinehunter9526]

@@markedwards1412 Yes she was , no, Ella is a Musical Icon! I grew up listening to her album's along with George Gershwin and other fabulous musicians that my parents loved and had collected. Didn't really realize how lucky I was and that they had such good taste, until I was over at some of my friends houses. When they played the music they had loved and grown up with I realized not all parents had the same good taste in music. Let's just say I appreciated the music my folk's turned me onto even more. I loved and insisted that I got all their albums of Ella Fitzgerald, George Gershwin and several other artists that my folk's had collected after they both had passed away. Still have them but need a new turn table. ✌❤🎶👍 KEH 🇨🇦

[@silviafigueroa8813]

Still hear And agreeing with you Summertime

[@amyelizabethfielding2778]

Completely agree with you

[@MiloOreo-g7r]

I agree she painted with her voice and her canvas was what God gave her e.g., her life experiences, her resilience, her pain, her joys, her will to survive, her creativity in sharing her life by overcoming.

[@dirtyjswiss]

This is absolutely the best rendition of this song ever performed. Hands down

[@steve-tn4tl]

maybe. also like Janis Joplin's version.

[@annabanana50]

If you want to hear the original classical version, try summertime sung by Renee Fleming

[@davidbanks1746]

💯

[@annamariamarques3606]

Eu conheci a arte de Ella por volta dos anos 1950, entrando na adolescência. Hoje vou fazer 82 e ainda a considero a maior cantora de jazz de todos os tempos ❤️

[@Riyoshi000]

Eu conheci a arte dela faz poucos minutos. Fiquei muito feliz ao ler seu comentário. Temos 60 anos de diferença na idade, mas estamos aqui apreciando a mesma arte graças a essa coisa maravilhosa chamada internet. Lembrei de uma conversa que tive com meu falecido avô, quando tinha 15 anos. Perguntei a ele, caso quisesse ouvir uma música aos 15 anos, como ele fazia. “Tinha que procurar um músico na cidade e pedir pra ele tocar” - Menor município do Rio Grande do Norte 1950. E eu aos 15 anos, bastava dizer o nome de praticamente qualquer música na face da terra e meu celular a reproduzia…

[@cleitonmelo8617]

Que incrível anna. E relatando meu caso, a conheci agora , 2022.. nesse exato momento, espero aproveitá-la muito quanto voce. Viva os 82!!

[@victoriapereira697]

Que comentário mais lindo ♡ tenho 22 e vc alegrou meu dia

[@dinha6634]

Q fofuraaa.. Feliz Aniversário Atrasado 💖

[@roderikopera]

Anna sabe das coisas, Ella é uma fineza só

[@sunshinetsatsi]

This is the best thing I've ever heard in my life

[@JJ-qz5gv]

Amen to that.

[@alain9404]

Tsatsi Rugege so well sais and so true

[@monicabella7894]

This belongs to Mahalia Jackson!

[@elenaalexia5768]

whitney houston still the best 🥰

[@naircastro8732]

Única! Maravilhosa!

[@andersemil5541]

My biggest regret in this life is that I never got a chance to hear Ella live. What a heavenly voice she had.

[@elizabethwoodcock463]

Anders Emil

[@suzanne-dy5zc]

No one sings like Ella. Her voice in this song is like sugar.

[@elaynesikelianos2878]

a voice like velvet, butter, moonbeams and love....

[@tonywalton1464]

And yet raw when it needs to be: "One of these mornings..." utter control over her instrument. Genius.

[@GeminiNightOwl]

The gold standard and the epitome of class and talent. There will never be another like Ella. Her voice is pure silk...

[@delinpeter8954]

I can't even sing this song without breaking down!!! I miss my mom !!!

[@feleciaricketts8909]

AMEN

[@sarahdara1982]

She was just perfect. Perfectly in control of her instrument. Her voice was a once in a lifetime phenomenon, or maybe even less.

[@blauerpelikan]

Janis joplin with summertime was also huge! Her voice is on an equal level with fitzgerald

[@Krumpulous]

@@blauerpelikan Joy Brown

[@in5minutes556]

Evola disagrees

[@TwelveNurFace]

​@blauerpelikan what an insult.. that hippie had some obnoxious pipes but you should apologize

[@Zyphon]

Just the sheer amount of emotion Ella would put into her vocal performances (especially in this song) amazes me! Wish more ppl from my generation knew about her

[@AyannaDanaya]

This evokes an ancestral bind I can’t explain. Love her so much.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Love ❤ her too.

[@maifolau6996]

yes

[@steffenw.brandenstein9656]

That vibrato was so under control, by far, she was one of the best singers capable of pulling that off. Man, she was godly.

[@beveie123]

A goddess who once lived on Earth and left her music here

[@parveendosanjh7195]

A taste of heaven is this wounderfull woman voice

[@AndySaenz]

Her voice was like VELVET. So smooth, rich, and beautiful. Wow, what a legend she is! I’m mesmerized by this performance no matter how many times I watch it!

[@_LilacRoses]

Stunning, soulful, absolutely captivating woman.

[@tasertag7513]

I can agree with that.

[@ponchocarajo]

Why this new generación does not LEARN from singers like Ella ?

[@tasertag7513]

+Poncho Carajo Cuz they are too distracted by this 'modern' music thing by a guy named skillet.

[@wheeup]

+C Lebs Yes you are!;-)

[@moyrahughes690]

Brilliant

[@dreampopboy2700]

Ella was simply the best. I love the moment when she belts out "One of these mornings..." and Tee Carson looks up from his piano in surprise then in absolute admiration. This version is my favorite version of "Summertime" because it captures a humid, hazy day perfectly.

[@sandyt4343]

Nick Giandelia you said a mouthful nick. She was such a true master of the art of singing. My folks worshiped her when I was younger and we grew up listening to her but never realized how amazing she was. My little brother and I thought her name was Elephants Jello when we were just learning how to talk. Our folks used to chuckle at that. Now I’m introducing her music to my late 30’s daughters as an example of how good singing can be with out computers sweeting the sounds. They are appreciative of her genius now.

[@АлтынайАльпенова]

1:44

[@sheilaarnold8529]

There will never be another Ella Fitzgerald!!! When my friends were gaga over Elvis, I was listening to the likes of Ella Sings Gershwin. How lucky I was to have a Dad who liked great music!!

[@ThomasAquinos]

Yes, this is one of the best versions of Summertime, but I always love Joplin's rendition.

[@tanyachavis2578]

Me❤! In 2024! Ella is eternally awesome!

[@teragramlawrence2864]

My gran passed away recently and this was her favourite song she sang and now I can't stop listening to it 😢

[@LeonDonnelly23]

My father sang this to me as a child. Ella Fitzgerald. What can one say? I sat with an 80 year old welsh friend last year, an old friend of jazz singer Annie Ross who had known many singers over the years. As a teenager he’d travelled from Swansea in Wales to London to see Louis Armstrong, and later gave me his signed copy of Louis Armstrong’s autobiography. He’d known many songwriters and musicians over the years. He’d also seen many great performers sing live. We sat watching a documentary about Ella Fitzgerald. As it finished he said, with tears in his eyes, “At the end of the day she was the greatest of them all.” That’s how I feel when I hear this. Ella. An exceptional talent. A beautiful spirit. A gifted sacred songbird. Reminds me of my father’s smile as he sang to me. Ella always gets to the heart of the song. She always makes you hear the song for the first time. That’s how I feel.

[@elliesings9508]

She has THE best voice. Perfect pitch, soulful, amazing. PRAISE TO ELLA!!😊

[@truthteller1914]

Absolutely and she does it like no one else.

[@KBZee-nf3ff]

For me, she has the best voice i have heard in a Woman alive or dead

[@elliesings9508]

Zek Papas I agree. And so elegant and classy.

[@johnjohnson4628]

I have never heard a dead woman singing but I can agree with the first part of your statement!!!

[@alices.b867]

and Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington :)

[@markgriskey]

I was 5 years old when this was recorded. What a voice!!! I love that she’s never in too much of a hurry… every note is so special.

[@augustehinrichs8193]

That Vibratto

[@nottoomuch87]

Yessss!

[@curaeus007]

They will still be playing this 100 years from now-pure class!

[@rocmotion539]

The best version of the song! you can feel every part. her voice is priceless.

[@unicounici3772]

No. For direct expression of the soul the best version is always that of Janis Joplin

[@olgasafar9858]

ЭЛЛА ФИТЦДЖЕРАЛЬД- гениальная ,одна из лучших певиц 20 века( а может быть и 21 тоже).Голос магический и завораживающий,глубокий ,как океан!!! И она безусловно лучшая в мире исполнительница этой песни! и не только этой песни...Величайшая певица! БРАВО!

[@gentillygirl545]

This is the hardest song in the world to sing properly. You have to sing it soooo slowly, like floating down the Mississippi on a hot day with no current.

[@christophepena2212]

@@unicounici3772 i don't agree with that AT ALL!!!...the janis joplin version is nothing compare to that....here it's pure absolute heartfelt talent ...feeling.. and MUSIC

[@steve-tn4tl]

glad she was born after we discovered the electromagnetic spectrum. now we have her forever.

[@joaoritzel6091]

"One of these morniiiings"... that part always brings tears to my eyes. Just amazingly beautiful and haunting at the same time.

[@DonovanAenslaed]

This has to be the best version of this song... So beautiful... It even brings a tear to my eyes...

[@debszakormos7919]

Hi I don't know if you'll ever see this post a year later 🤗! But I too, weep when Ella sings this. I feel like I'm standing in God's house 🙏, when she sings Summertime, her voice is That exalted and pure. 🌤🐦

[@christophepena2212]

For me too...the top of emotion and grace...what a splendid voice!

[@DonovanAenslaed]

​@@debszakormos7919a year has passed and I have indeed seen it 😊

[@williamrance5086]

Sublime! It was, when I first heard it as a 12 year old white kid growing up in the north west of England in the 1950's, and it sure is now all these years later. Ella's voice enthralled me then, and it still does now. I was not alone. Many of my friends had that same enthusiasm for the African-American singers' and their music at that time - they touched your soul like no other white singers' could. Like liquid chocolate, the words came off their lips, filled with a musical resonance born from social injustice - although, I did not know that at the time - as a young boy, I was purely taken by such wonderful music sung in such a beautiful way - thank you Ella, may you rest in peace.

[@teusinaerkin581]

That was a long time ago. Best wishes and good health

[@LasherDevianceGaming]

Funny that the band called Sublime sampled this song.

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

William, how very ironic! My stories not too different. I'm Irish/Swedish & as soon as i saw/heard Ella, for me, there was no turning back. I have been in love with her voice, her songs, her lyrics for as long as i can remember. My Caucasian friends feel the same way too, including my Irish husband. We simply love her. Her songs actually make me feel very sexy. Especially "Summertime". My absolute favourite. I have her CD's & i have them playing in my car very often.

[@bobmichelle]

0:52, that "you're daddy's rich" line.... put the craziest goosebumps all over my body. Insane singing !

[@flaviofrancoribeiro]

She had more emotion in her little finger than the modern singers in all her bodies

[@solarprogeny6736]

"her" bodies? Perhaps a Freudian slip showing you actually don't care to see modern singers as separate people and would rather group them under an easy-to-understand, reductive perception as a single pejorative entity? Sure, it's simpler to just tell yourself things used to be better. As if you had to put the past in contradiction to the present. Couldn't you enjoy both?

[@kewi.]

ishei Perhaps you over analysed someone else's opinion.

[@solarprogeny6736]

@@kewi. No

[@Mariana-ud7dw]

@@solarprogeny6736 🙄

[@unikracoon1913]

@@solarprogeny6736! You're right fam people who can't enjoy music both past and present cant really enjoy music. It saddens me to be honest...

[@francoisbessing]

Wow. Her movement between notes is of heaven.

[@thangvuong9196]

Musical nourishment for the soul. Ms. Fitzgerald is definitely one of the greatest voices in recorded history.

[@neogenzim1995]

+Thang Vuong THE greatest in my mind.

[@sardento66]

+odo5435 I would say her only peer is Sarah Vaughn

[@monicabella7894]

odo5435 Billie Holiday can't be topped!

[@Gregory-cz9xu]

ЦАРИЦА ДЖАЗА.!!!Земля такую вторую не родит НИКОГДА.......

[@ГеннадийЯсенев]

Что такое счастье, я понял, когда в 1966 году купил в ГДР гигантский виниловый диск со стереозаписями песен Эллы. И слушая его сейчас, я наслаждаюсь и радуюсь, как и 54 года назад (! Mamma Mia !!! ). Хотя сейчас мне немного грустно оттого, что её давно нет с нами. Мне нравится её пение, потому что она открывает нам свою душу, «по душам» неторопливо и задушевно говорит с нами или взрывается бешеным темпом песни. Великая певица !!! What happiness is, I realized when in 1966 I bought a giant vinyl disc with stereo recordings of Ella's songs in the GDR. And listening to it now, I enjoy and rejoice, like 54 years ago (! Mamma Mia !!!). Although now I am a little sad that she has not been with us for a long time. I like her singing, because she opens her soul to us, “heart to heart” slowly and sincerely speaks to us or explodes with the frantic tempo of the song. Great singer !!!

[@Сергей-к1х4с]

Сейчас уже нет таких. Мда.

[@vogelvogeltje]

@@Сергей-к1х4с no more what, Sergei?

[@BETEP_BECT]

Что лучше Зыкиной? ))

[@callmej5337]

Russian fan🇷🇺♥️

[@moriah2350]

This is almost spiritual... her voices literally raised up something in my soul! Captivating!

[@adoris864]

You hit it.

[@747maran]

theres a reason why they still play her pieces today like they play mozart and beethoven..

[@bluto212]

1934 by George Gershwin

[@Despina.tsirimokou]

bluto212 ζώα ψ Ζψ

[@harrymusicamvs9780]

despina tsirimokou skaste

[@Eliasmdawwar1]

Mario R lol not that much

[@sebastiencart4671]

loulou

[@LastPersephone]

Ella is the benchmark!! QUEEN 🙌🏾

[@formyownedification3879]

Definitely proving her voice was the strongest instrument on that stage.

[@Missy756]

I was privileged to watch her performance in the Kennedy center for our class trip to Washington. Being a young and dumb teenager, I didn’t know who or what this person was. Boy I was impressed. Enjoyed the experience very much.

[@christopheranderson601]

That’s so great, seems you are also a great fan of her music like me?@Diane Taylor

[@dwhitesmith]

Wow she had the perfect voice and phrasing. She was a true master. I am awed by her skill.

[@bananabob2185]

I never get tired of this version… ❤️‍🔥

[@kennethterrell7409]

The greatest female vocalist of the modern era. Hands down, head and shoulders above anyone else. No competition.

[@Paulco67]

Aretha is right with her

[@EPA18]

She has competition. Plenty of it. Let's start with Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan.

[@nakitawilliams4259]

@@EPA18 not Billie Holliday but yes Sarah

[@puggy7282]

@@nakitawilliams4259 Not Billie Holiday?

[@wolfiesownx4893]

Lots of competition but to me she is the GOAT. IMO she was the complete package, combining extraterrestrial musicianship and unparalleled scats with heart, soul and just a beautiful sound. ❤ 4ever.

[@1rraull]

Anyone still here in 2019? Still the best performance 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@maksphoto78]

Absolutely!

[@cjbotts]

2021

[@stephenstanley8239]

I'm here in 2019.. What a voice...

[@silvioemsp]

I do!

[@elenatobisch4557]

I am here, 04.01.2020

[@adoris864]

Those descending piano chords @ 3:09 to 3:16 gives me chills. And of course Ella's vocal performance is always thrilling. Her voice just sends me.

[@lebronjames5601]

I was born in the 90’s but I love all these wonderful musicians. They truly were masters of their craft.

[@northernsoutherngirl]

Found this song by accident today,6/1/22. **SIGHS**It's the phenomenal Ella Fitzgerald singing from one of my most favorite plays: Porgie and Bess. Her voice just wraps around you, holds you & gently lulls you to sleep. Such a treasure & so glad I was already familiar with her music. This just adds to my repertoire.❤❤❤

[@kelvinandrew3916]

music is life and heal the soul differently, nice lyrics and sweet voice

[@didiermartine7870]

✍️👂👂👁️👁️💖💖

[@Ahornaiya]

One of my favorite performances of all time. You gotta sweat so you know it's real. Ella is the queen, because she feels every single note. A true artist can pierce your soul and make you feel the pain or troubles of a song, the background..

[@elenakrasnovskaya2954]

Фантастика! Ни одного лишнего звука! Изысканное исполнение!

[@pinkelephantman]

It doesn’t get better than this

[@ВалерийРоманов-в1х]

Элла Фицджеральд! Одна из величайших вокалисток в истории джазовой музыки! Брависсимо!!! Светлая память! С уважением, Валерий Романов.

[@Lala_Babayeva]

Вы правы😊😊🎉🎉

[@ivetastedblood]

She felt each and every lyric and sang each word with the upmost conviction, milking each run like butter and organically for our ears.

[@sarahalbers5555]

So beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes. What an exquisite voice. I love you Ella❤

[@GambrellMorgan]

Hi Sara, how are you? My name is Gambrell,i stubble on your profile,you really sounds so cool and interesting,i will like to know you better if you don't mind. I will be looking forward to hear from you soon. Thanks

[@shawnrobinson6718]

I am and I keep playing it over and over.. Man what an AMAZING VOICE!! Such a great vibe!!

[@annerako]

Literally flawless voice, I'd go so far as to say that we'll never see another better than Ella in this lifetime.

[@delinpeter8954]

I can't even sing this song without breaking down!!! I miss my mom !!!

[@user-zw1cy4ft9c]

Nina Simone was good

[@BTURNER1961]

Astounding. Emotive, passionate, and that voice, that sense of phrasing, that interpretive power. Yet you still understand every word

[@mauriceaa.1803]

Brian Turner ,

[@notbatman1000]

As I remember all the most famous voices ever, such as Frank Sinatra believed Ella was the greatest voice to be put on this earth! If he said that you can believe it!!

[@gadicherlasrinivas3842]

Who is listening in 2024 ?

[@ev_ex1429]

I listen this

[@gernotboesser6901]

I am 👌💫🙏

[@kgosiphoma]

Still here baby

[@guillaumegarnier2760]

I do but I am also a league of legend player

[@coolekid123]

me

[@romanasever]

I can not say why but her version of this song move me like no other..

[@zimi4474]

Ikr

[@Scrubs7051]

Her nickname was "The First Lady of Song." She was a virtuoso in her field. She has a talent for conveying emotion through her voice that can't be taught; she's a gifted individual.

[@romanasever]

Ella,Billie Holiday,Sarah Vaughan ana Dinah Washington are my favor ...

[@romanasever]

Also,l like Nina Simone,Carol King,Cassandra Wilson,Fiona Apple and Amy Winehouse..but it is so many names..

[@mollyoxy]

carolyn hester's version will always be my favourite

[@ahcdiva1]

Absolute perfection. This is sung in 1968, the year Martin Luther King was murdered. There is a profound soulfulness she brings to this song- like a prayer. It seems quite timely today, on the first day of summer, to listen to this in the wake of #blacklivesmatter.

[@henrylawrence4020]

I love it more lol

[@henrylawrence4020]

Ann how are you doing?

[@user-cp5mb4rk4m]

I use to live in Selma, Al...visited the church he preached at a few times.

[@delinpeter8954]

I can't even sing this song without breaking down!!! I miss my mom !!!

[@ahcdiva1]

@@henrylawrence4020 I am doing well, thankfully! You?

[@mattreigiscadiong7870]

she looks like the perfect grandma

[@Xin_XO]

You are listening to HISTORY... And you are listening to music right now

[@silviafigueroa8813]

Watching Ella Fitzgerald over and over again. Summertime is the most beautiful song from this lovely lady

[@cicacica2745]

Oh, Boze kakav glas i interpretacija .Braaaavo ! ELLA !🌹

[@Jazztizz2]

She was my dad's favorite singer. I grew up hearing him sing her songs. Hearing her, I feel him with me. Ella is one of my favorite singers, too. I have never heard better.

[@Subher0]

You can hear the pain carried by generations in her voice. It's incredible.

[@leesun1104]

you got it sir this sound comes from generations of pain, hurt, and sorrow

[@giggles2302]

I'm a huge Ella fan, and this was absolutely beautiful. She and the musicians deserved a standing ovation for this. Several standing ovations, rather. This wes SUBLIME.

[@mauromaxwell521]

Hello how Are you doing i Hope you are having a good day today

[@NEMOPMORPHY]

A poem written for Ella Fitzgerald kzbin.info/www/bejne/omrUgpxjgdeIb7s

[@kaphizmey6229]

thank you for giving props to the band as well! while ella’s voice was unmatched (seriously, her vocals here _command_ my undivided attention - and scratches something in my brain i didn’t know was itching), the band’s minimal accompaniment adds a layer of impressionism and grit to this piece that serves as the perfect backdrop to miss fitzgerald’s minor-key runs, in my opinion

[@aamirk345]

Feeling humble, and grateful, to have had the chance to listen to this

[@naimabaraca9584]

Me to 💖

[@lemonadepie9631]

I literally had shivers listening to this song

[@daishoga]

Her singing is so beautiful. I had never listened to her until tonight but I am absolutely floored. Her singing brought me to tears. I never imagined music could be this wonderful.

[@alain9404]

Best Ever Performance done by Ella with this song! Where she master the control of her voice like nobody's business without no effort, and seamlessly ! Wow...Love that woman!....

[@safrey3824]

This woman had a beautiful & powerful voice.

[@jacktucker920]

louis armstrong

[@rubensbatistachaves5539]

A MÚSICA INFELIZMENTE SÓ CONSEGUI CHEGAR ATÉ O ANO DE 1980.👍👍🍺🍺

[@massimoa.grassi5751]

Ella ...absolute perfection!!!! For me the best live version of Summertime .. Splendid atmosphere and voice....Ella forever...a masterpiece