Ella Fitzgerald – Witchcraft
Published: April 26, 2017
(click song title above to listen)
We celebrate the
centennial of one of the best interpreters of song there ever was, the First Lady of Song, Miss
Ella Fitzgerald! This week's Top Tune was recorded live in Chicago on August 10,
1958 at
Mister Kelly's and features Lou Levy on piano, Max Bennett on bass, and Gus Johnson on drums. This must-hear
set was remarkably one of the few live recordings of Fitzgerald captured in a small club.
The tune of course is the classic by
Cy Coleman and
Carolyn Leigh, the pair of Great American Songbook writers whose marvelous, witty, and sophisticated output also included The Best is Yet to Come, I've Got Your Number, I Walk A Little Faster, and The Rules of the Road just to name a few.
Born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25, 1917, Ella in her long and illustrious career won
13 Grammy Awards, A Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, was inducted in the
Down Beat magazine Hall of Fame, and received the
Kennedy Center Honors for her contributions to the arts. If you had to pick one album that sums up her magic best, for our money it's the
11 songs Ella and
Louis Armstrong recorded one fine day in 1956 with the
Oscar Petersen Quartet. Read all about that masterpiece
HERE.
The GRAMMY Museum presents
Ella at 100: Celebrating the Artistry of Ella Fitzgerald. The Exhibit opened yesterday and celebrates 100 years of Fitzgerald's legacy through rare recordings, photos, and one-of-a-kind stage costumes. Click
HERE for more info.
Contact & Licensing Info
Published by Notable Music Co. ASCAP (Cy Coleman). Contact: Damon Booth / info@notablemusic.net
Administered by Downtown Music Publishing
Contact: Sean McGraw / seanmcgraw@dmpgroup.com
Published by MPL. Inc ASCAP (Carolyn Leigh)
Master controlled by Verve/Universal Music Group.
