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dirtbag

climber
Mar 30, 2007 - 07:29pm PT
Sigh...Nell Carter. RIP.

b. Sept. 13, 1948
d. Jan. 23, 2003

Donny... the OHHH!- Riginal

Sport climber
Boald'r Effin See Oh
Mar 30, 2007 - 07:46pm PT
"Gimme a break I sure deserve it
It's time I made it to the top.
Gimme a break I’m looking forward
Get behind me pull out every stop..."

You made it to the top girfrenn...you sent.

Russ Walling

Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
Mar 30, 2007 - 07:48pm PT
hey.... ah,..... Donny... we get it... that is Nell.... not one of your best efforts. Bump that "Jaybo kicks ass" one... that one was fantastic.

Yours in health and purity of essence.
Russ Walling

Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
Mar 30, 2007 - 07:57pm PT
Donny... wake up! oh hell... I'll do it myself.... where is that thing?
bernard

climber
alabama
Mar 30, 2007 - 09:56pm PT
'Ella and Louis', 'Ella and Louis Again', and 'Porgy and Bess'....and the 'Harold Arlen Songbook'.......and the 'Duke Ellington Songbook'

We named our second child Ella
i-b-goB

Social climber
Wise Acres
Sep 22, 2016 - 03:50pm PT
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Ella starts at 27:20
FRUMY

Trad climber
Bishop,CA
Sep 22, 2016 - 03:53pm PT
She's the best
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Sep 22, 2016 - 05:22pm PT
Walter, pretty cool.

Too bad you don't show your photo of Molly, though.
I imagine that privacy concerns prevent it.
i-b-goB

Social climber
Wise Acres
Nov 5, 2016 - 08:48am PT
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ydpl8s

Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
Nov 5, 2016 - 09:17am PT
When I was about 14 or 15 (in 68 or 69), my grandfather was the head of the Music Extension at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He put on a concert with Ella backed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Skitch Henderson conducting.

I got to meet both back stage and shake their hands. I'm kicking myself for not appreciating the moment, as at that time I was more into San Francisco/Summer of love music.

Ella was amazing, she could jump registers easier than a 7/11 burgler on a Sat. night.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Nov 5, 2016 - 09:24am PT
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I-b-go-B, it seems to have been taken down?

Fat Dad

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
Nov 5, 2016 - 01:25pm PT
Truly one of the best voices of the 20th century. As someone posted earlier, some songwriters/composers considered her renditions of their songs as the definitive version. Everyone should own a set of her singing Cole Porter and Gershwin.
'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
Nov 5, 2016 - 02:55pm PT
Saw her at Ontario Place in the late 70's or early 80's - same night as the Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band. What a lineup!

Road Time Shuffle is probably my all time favourite big band tune - we played it in the McMaster University Jazz Band where I was the only non-music student. I got the trombone solo on the woodwind bridge - doubling the flute a couple octaves lower. I couldn't play that part these days....
renzo

Trad climber
Whitefish Mt
Nov 5, 2016 - 03:46pm PT
Their was never a generation gap with Ella Fitzgerald music, everyone loved her.
i-b-goB

Social climber
Nutty
Dec 24, 2018 - 04:05pm PT
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