WFMU: The Stork Club with Stork: Playlist from April 25, 2021

The Stork Club with Stork: Playlist from April 25, 2021

With billows and blasts from choirs and orchesters
Buskers and talkers
Big bands and squawkers,
the Stork Club has retained its qualities of decaying elegance and dwindling significance since the late 1950s.

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April 25, 2021: Ella Jane Fitzgerald
A skiddly-bah-deeee-doodly bash for Ella - from her teenage days with Chick Webb through a sixty-plus year career with the world’s top bands, orchestras, singers and accompanists. A modest offering of appreciation for the best of them all on her birthday, at The Stork.

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Willis Jackson	The Head Tune "The Head Tune" by "Willis Jackson"	Ya Understand Me?	Drums – Roger Lee Humphrey §§§Guitar – Steve Giordano §§§Organ – Groove Holmes §§§Tenor Saxophone – Willis Jackson. —— Recorded at Chateauneuf du Pape, France on January 26, 1980	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
DJ	"DJ"			0:09:54 (Pop-up)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS ORCHESTRA	I'll Chase the Blues Away	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp), poss. Fernando Arbello, Sandy Williams (tb), Pete Clark (cl, as), Edgar Sampson (as, arr), Elmer Williams (ts), Wayman Carver (ts, fl, arr), Joe Steele (p), John Trueheart (g), John Kirby (b), Chick Webb (d, bells), Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Linton (vcl). - - - NYC, June 12, 1935	0:16:41 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	This Love of Mine	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	Teddy McRae (ts), Tommy Fulford (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Beverly Peer (b), Kenny Clarke (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl). — NYC, October 6, 1941	0:19:22 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie	Honeysuckle Rose	Ella And Basie!	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • The Count Basie Orchestra: • Count Basie – piano, organ • Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Joe Newman, Don Rader – trumpet • Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone • Frank Foster, Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone • Freddie Green – guitar • Benny Powell, Urbie Green, Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell – trombone • Flip Ricard – trombone, trumpet • Marshal Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone • Buddy Catlett – double bass • Sonny Payne – drums • Quincy Jones and Benny Carter – Arrangements • Val Valentin – recording engineer • Jay Thompson – cover photo Recorded July 15–16, 1963 at A & R Studios, New York City	0:22:16 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald Paul Smith	Who's Sorry Now	Let No Man Write My Epitaph	///Piano – Paul Smith (5) ///Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald - - Recorded April 14 – April 19, 1960	0:24:55 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	How High The Moon	Lullabies Of Birdland	Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald §§§Backing Vocals – The Ray Charles Singers §§§Organ – Bill Doggett §§§Vic Schoen And His Orchestra §§§Conductor – Sy Oliver, Bob Haggart. - - - recorded: New York, March 19, 1947	0:28:21 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Lorelei "Lorelei" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Paul Smith – piano • Jim Hall – guitar • Wilfred Middlebrooks – double bass • Gus Johnson – drums. - - - • Recorded February 13, 1960 live at Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany with The Paul Smith Quartet	0:31:32 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Lemon Drop "Lemon Drop" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In London	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Tommy Flanagan Quartet: ◦ Tommy Flanagan - piano ◦ Joe Pass - guitar ◦ Keter Betts - double bass ◦ Bobby Durham - drums • Recorded April 11, 1974 at Ronnie Scott's, London, England	0:34:40 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Angel Eyes "Angel Eyes" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Live In Stockholm 1957	Bass – Ray Brown §§§Drums – Jo Jones §§§Guitar – Herb Ellis §§§Piano – Don Abney §§§Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald. - - - Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, April 28, 1957	0:38:30 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	I Said No "I Said No" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Whisper Not	Ella Fitzgerald – Vocals • Harry Edison – Trumpet • Jimmy Rowles – Piano • Chuck Berghofer – Bass • Louie Bellson – Drums • Marty Paich – Arranger, Conductor. - - Recorded July 20, 1966	0:41:47 (Pop-up)
DJ Sez Phew!	"DJ Sez Phew!"			0:45:47 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong	Oh, Doctor Jesus	Porgy & Bess	Ella Fitzgerald — vocals • Louis Armstrong — vocals; trumpet on "Summertime," "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing," and "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" Orchestra[edit] • Russell Garcia – arranger, conductor • Victor Arno, Robert Barene, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Dan Lube, Amerigo Marino, Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Robert Sushel, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig — violins • Myron Bacon, Abraham Hochstein, Raymond Menhennick, Myron Sandler — violas • Justin Di Tullio, Kurt Reher, William Van Den Burg — cellos • Frank Beach, Buddy Childers, Cappy Lewis — trumpets • Milt Bernhart, Marshall Cram, James Henderson, Lloyd Ulyate — trombones • Vincent DeRosa – French horn • Bill Miller, Paul Smith – piano • Tony Rizzi – guitar • Joe Mondragon – double bass • Alvin Stoller – drums - - - • Recorded August 18–19 and October 14, 1957 in Los Angeles	0:52:51 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong	Medley: Here Come De Honey Man • Crab Man • Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine	Porgy & Bess	Ella Fitzgerald — vocals • Louis Armstrong — vocals; trumpet on "Summertime," "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing," and "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" Orchestra[edit] • Russell Garcia – arranger, conductor • Victor Arno, Robert Barene, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Dan Lube, Amerigo Marino, Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Robert Sushel, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig — violins • Myron Bacon, Abraham Hochstein, Raymond Menhennick, Myron Sandler — violas • Justin Di Tullio, Kurt Reher, William Van Den Burg — cellos • Frank Beach, Buddy Childers, Cappy Lewis — trumpets • Milt Bernhart, Marshall Cram, James Henderson, Lloyd Ulyate — trombones • Vincent DeRosa – French horn • Bill Miller, Paul Smith – piano • Tony Rizzi – guitar • Joe Mondragon – double bass • Alvin Stoller – drums - - - • Recorded August 18–19 and October 14, 1957 in Los Angeles	0:54:44 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald Ellis Larkins Sy Oliver	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Ella Sings Gershwin	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Ellis Larkins - piano. - -1950	0:58:14 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	My Romance "My Romance" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Buddy Bregman - Arranger, Conductor. - - Recorded August 21–31, 1956	1:01:28 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Reheasal for Chelsea Bridge	The Duke Ellington Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • William "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook – trumpet • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet on "Take the "A" Train"[6][7] • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone • Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster – saxophone • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone • Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone • Harry Carney – clarinet, bass clarinet • John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson – trombone • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin • Stuff Smith – violin • Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith – piano • Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Woode – double bass • Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel – guitar • Sam Woodyard, Alvin Stoller – drums • Billy Strayhorn – piano, narrator • Duke Ellington – piano, narrator, arranger, conductor - - Recorded between June 15–October 27, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.	1:05:10 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Chelsea Bridge (alt. Take)	The Duke Ellington Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • William "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook – trumpet • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet on "Take the "A" Train"[6][7] • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone • Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster – saxophone • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone • Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone • Harry Carney – clarinet, bass clarinet • John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson – trombone • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin • Stuff Smith – violin • Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith – piano • Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Woode – double bass • Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel – guitar • Sam Woodyard, Alvin Stoller – drums • Billy Strayhorn – piano, narrator • Duke Ellington – piano, narrator, arranger, conductor - - Recorded between June 15–October 27, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California	1:12:26 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	This Could Be The Start Of Something Big	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Lou Levy - piano • Herb Ellis - guitar • Joe Mondragon - bass • Gus Johnson - drums recorded 22–23 June 1961 in Los Angeles	1:16:02 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Somewhere In The Night (Live At Antibes Jazz Festival, 7/29/64)	Ella At Juan-Les-Pins	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Roy Eldridge - trumpet • Tommy Flanagan - piano • Bill Yancey - double bass • Gus Johnson - drums - - Recorded July 28 and 29 1964, on the 28 and 29 of July 1964 at the fifth annual Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes in Juan-les-Pins, France	1:18:42 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Air Mail Special "Air Mail Special" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In Hollywood	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Wilfred Middlebrooks - Bass • Lou Levy - Piano • Gus Johnson - Drums • Herb Ellis - Guitar *****Recorded live, May 11- May 21, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:20:46 (Pop-up)
Dj Gasps	Over Pauline Oliveros - "Alien Bog"			1:26:04 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Mr. Paganini "Mr. Paganini" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In Hollywood	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Wilfred Middlebrooks - Bass • Lou Levy - Piano • Gus Johnson - Drums • Herb Ellis - Guitar *****Recorded live, May 11- May 21, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:30:25 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Don't Rain On My Parade	Ella In Hamburg	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Tommy Flanagan Trio: • Tommy Flanagan - Piano • Keter Betts - Bass • Gus Johnson - Drums Recorded March 26, 1965, in Hamburg, Germany	1:34:26 (Pop-up)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS LITTLE CHICKS	Rock It for Me	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	(tp), Nat Story, Sandy Williams (tb), Chauncey Haughton (cl, as), Louis Jordan (as), Teddy McRae (ts), Wayman Carver (ts, bari), Tommy Fulford (p), Bobby Johnson (g), Beverly Peer (b), Chick Webb (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Van Alexander, Charlie Dixon (arr) - - NYC, November 1, 1937	1:37:30 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	When A Woman Loves A Man	The Johnny Mercer Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Nelson Riddle, arranger and conductor • Paul Smith on piano • Plas Johnson on tenor sax • Willie Smith on alto sax • Buddy DeFranco on clarinet • Frank Flynn on vibes. - - Recorded October 19–21, 1964 at Radio Recorders Studio 10-H, Hollywood	1:40:41 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Somebody From Somewhere	The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor • Harp – Katharine Julyie • Piano – Lou Levy or Paul Smith • Guitar – Herb Ellis or Barney Kessel • Double bass – Joe Comfort or Ralph Peña • Drums – Alvin Stoller, Mel Lewis or Bill Richmond - - Recorded January, March, and July 1959 Studio Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:44:28 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass	Rain "Rain" by "Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass"	Fitzgerald And Pass... Again	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Joe Pass - guitar - - • Recorded January 26 - February 8, 1976, at RCA Victor's Music Center of the World Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:47:35 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Everytime We Say Goodbye	Ella In London	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Tommy Flanagan Quartet: ◦ Tommy Flanagan - piano ◦ Joe Pass - guitar ◦ Keter Betts - double bass ◦ Bobby Durham - drums • Recorded April 11, 1974 at Ronnie Scott's, London, England	1:49:55 (Pop-up)
DJ N. Tranced	"DJ N. Tranced"			1:53:23 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Midnight Sun "Midnight Sun" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Like Someone In Love	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Frank DeVol - Arranger, Conductor • Stan Getz - Saxophone - - recorded October 15, 1957 in Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:56:45 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered	At The Opera House	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Oscar Peterson - Piano • Herb Ellis - Guitar • Ray Brown - Bass • Jo Jones - Drums. - - recorded in stereo September 29, 1957 at the Chicago Opera House	2:00:39 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	I Can't Give You Anything But Love	Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert	• Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Lou Levy - Piano • Max Bennett - Bass • Gus Johnson - Drums - - Recorded April 25, 1958, Rome	2:03:37 (Pop-up)
ELLA FITZGERALD AND HER FAMOUS ORCHESTRA	Five O'Clock Whistle	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	George Matthews, John McConnell, Earl Hardy (tb), Chauncey Haughton, Pete Clark (cl, as), Teddy McRae (cl, ts), Sam Simmons (ts), Tommy Fulford (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Beverly Peer (b), Bill Beason (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl). - - NYC, September 25, 1940	2:06:58 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Alternate Take)	The Cole Porter Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Paul Smith – piano, celeste • Lloyd Ulyate – trombone • George Roberts – bass and baritone trombone • Bob Cooper – clarinet, oboe, tenor saxophone • Ted Nash – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone - - Corky Hale – harp • Robert LaMarchina – cello • Edgar Lustgarten – cello Barney Kessel – Guitar • Joe Mondragon – Double bass • Alvin Stoller – Drums, percussion - - recorded February 7–9 & March 27, 1956, in Hollywood, Los Angeles.	2:10:01 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket, A-Tasket (bonus)	Get Happy!	Frank DeVol (arranger, conductor) §§§Arnold Ross (piano) §§§Barney Kessel (guitar) §§§Ben Webster (tenor saxophone) §§§Abe Luboff, Joe Mondragon, Philip Stephens (bass) §§§Alvin Stoller (drums) §§§Pete Candoh, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ray Linn, George Werth, Milt Bernha(trumpet)	2:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)	Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Roy Eldridge, Taft Jordan - trumpet • Al Grey - trombone • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone • Ellis Larkins, Tommy Flanagan - piano • Joe Pass - guitar • Panama Francis - drums - - - Recorded July 5, 1973, by Record Plant Remote in Carnegie Hall, New York City.	2:21:09 (Pop-up)
DJ Has Irretrievably Lost His Brain-Basket				2:25:20 (Pop-up)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS ORCHESTRA	Big Boy Blue	he Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	MILLS BROTHERS AND ELLA FITZGERALD: Bernard Addison (g), Herbert Mills, Donald Mills, Harry Mills, John Mills, Sr., Ella Fitzgerald (vcl). - - Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp), Nat Story, Sandy Williams (tb), Pete Clark (as), Louis Jordan (as, vcl), Teddy McRae (ts), Wayman Carver (ts, bari), Tommy Fulford (p), John Trueheart (g), Beverly Peer (b), Chick Webb (d), Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Linton (vcl), Van Alexander (arr). —— NYC, January 14, 1937	2:35:08 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald Ellis Larkins	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Songs in a Mellow Mood	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Ellis Larkins - piano. - - Recorded March 29–30, 1954	2:37:51 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	You're My Thrill "You're My Thrill" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Lou Levy - piano • Herb Ellis - guitar • Joe Mondragon - bass • Gus Johnson - drums recorded 22–23 June 1961 in Los Angeles	2:40:33 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald Oscar Peterson	There's A Lull In My Life	Ella and Oscar	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Oscar Peterson – piano • Ray Brown – double bass - - Recorded May 19, 1975, Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California	2:44:02 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington	Imagine My Frustration	Ella At Duke's Place	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Duke Ellington - Conductor, composer, lyricist, arranger, piano • Jimmy Jones - Arranger, piano • Cat Anderson - Trumpet • Mercer Ellington - Trumpet • Herb Jones - Trumpet • Cootie Williams - Trumpet • Lawrence Brown - Trombone • Buster Cooper - Trombone • Chuck Connors - Bass trombone • Johnny Hodges - Alto saxophone • Russell Procope - Alto saxophone • Paul Gonsalves - Tenor saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton - Tenor saxophone, clarinet • Harry Carney - Baritone saxophone, bass clarinet • John Lamb - Bass • Louis Bellson - Drums - - Recorded October 18,19,20 1965 at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles	2:48:59 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	To Keep My Love Alive	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Buddy Bregman - Arranger, Conductor. - - Recorded August 21–31, 1956	2:53:46 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	It Don't Mean A Thing	Live In Stockholm 1957	Bass – Ray Brown §§§Drums – Jo Jones §§§Guitar – Herb Ellis §§§Piano – Don Abney §§§Trumpet, Vocals – Roy Eldridge §§§Violin – Stuff Smith §§§Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald. - - - Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, April 28, 1957	2:57:19 (Pop-up)
DJ Morella (get it?)	"DJ Morella (get it?)"			3:05:01 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	Ella And Basie!	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • The Count Basie Orchestra: • Count Basie – piano, organ • Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Joe Newman, Don Rader – trumpet • Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone • Frank Foster, Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone • Freddie Green – guitar • Benny Powell, Urbie Green, Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell – trombone • Flip Ricard – trombone, trumpet • Marshal Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone • Buddy Catlett – double bass • Sonny Payne – drums • Quincy Jones and Benny Carter – Arrangements • Val Valentin – recording engineer • Jay Thompson – cover photo Recorded July 15–16, 1963 at A & R Studios, New York City	3:11:08 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong	Under A Blanket Of Blue	Ella and Louis	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Louis Armstrong – vocals, trumpet • Oscar Peterson – piano • Herb Ellis – guitar • Ray Brown – bass • Buddy Rich – drums - - Recorded August 16, 1956 Capitol Studios, Los Angeles	3:15:09 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington	Passion Flower	Ella At Duke's Place	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Duke Ellington - Conductor, composer, lyricist, arranger, piano • Jimmy Jones - Arranger, piano • Cat Anderson - Trumpet • Mercer Ellington - Trumpet • Herb Jones - Trumpet • Cootie Williams - Trumpet • Lawrence Brown - Trombone • Buster Cooper - Trombone • Chuck Connors - Bass trombone • Johnny Hodges - Alto saxophone • Russell Procope - Alto saxophone • Paul Gonsalves - Tenor saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton - Tenor saxophone, clarinet • Harry Carney - Baritone saxophone, bass clarinet • John Lamb - Bass • Louis Bellson - Drums - - Recorded October 18,19,20 1965 at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles	3:19:28 (Pop-up)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS ORCHESTRA	Wacky Dust	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp), George Matthews, Nat Story, Sandy Williams (tb), Garvin Bushell (cl, as), Hilton Jefferson (as), Teddy McRae (ts), Wayman Carver (ts, bari), Tommy Fulford (p), Bobby Johnson (g), Beverly Peer (b), Chick Webb (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Van Alexander (arr). - - - NYC, August 17, 1938	3:24:02 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Oh, Lady Be Good!	Lullabies Of Birdland	Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald §§§Backing Vocals – The Ray Charles Singers §§§Organ – Bill Doggett §§§Vic Schoen And His Orchestra §§§Conductor – Sy Oliver, Bob Haggart. - - - recorded: New York, March 19, 1947	3:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do	Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Tommy Flanagan Trio: ◦ Tommy Flanagan - Piano ◦ Keter Betts - Bass ◦ Bobby Durham - Drums - - - Recorded July 17, 1975, in Montreux, Switzerland	3:30:07 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar	Get Happy!	Russell Garcia (arranger, conductor) §§§Claude Williamson Jr. (piano) §§§Herb Ellis (guitar) §§§Red Mitchell (bass) §§§Jack Sperling (drums) §§§Pete Candoli, Philip Candreva, Buddy Childers, Stu Williamson (trumpet) - - -Recorded in six sessions from July 24, 1957- July 11, 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles	3:35:58 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Paul Smith – piano • Jim Hall – guitar • Wilfred Middlebrooks – double bass • Gus Johnson – drums. - - - • Recorded February 13, 1960 live at Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany with The Paul Smith Quartet	3:38:22 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Smooth Sailing "Smooth Sailing" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In Hamburg	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Tommy Flanagan Trio: • Tommy Flanagan - Piano • Keter Betts - Bass • Gus Johnson - Drums Recorded March 26, 1965, in Hamburg, Germany	3:43:13 (Pop-up)
DJ All Through	"DJ All Through"			3:47:13 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Happy Blues "Happy Blues" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In London	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Tommy Flanagan Quartet: ◦ Tommy Flanagan - piano ◦ Joe Pass - guitar ◦ Keter Betts - double bass ◦ Bobby Durham - drums • Recorded April 11, 1974 at Ronnie Scott's, London, England	3:53:14 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	♥ 11:57am Stork: Greetings and welcome to the Ellathon!
	12:01pm Gary via app: Ella excited for this!
	♥ 12:01pm hyde: hello!
	♥ 12:02pm Fuzzy: This is an Ella 'va good way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
	🥁 ♥ 12:03pm listener james from westwood: How do, Stork and all!
	🥁 ♥ 12:03pm chresti: Hi Stork and dressed up swells without slacks!
	🥁 ♥ 12:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi. Is this live or is this Memorex™?
	🥁 ♥ 12:04pm doctorjazz: Will be in transit and visiting my sister, so will be listening in the car and in the archives (and likely quiet), but quite psyched for the show!!!! (and HI all!)
	♥ 12:05pm Stork: Gary! Hyde! Fuzzy ;) - listenre james from westwood, chresti, Ken from Hyde Park and the rockin doc!
	♥ 12:07pm Stork: Not bad to have Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman entranced at the front table!!
	♥ 12:09pm StringOFperils: Hey, Stork!
	🥁 ♥ 12:09pm Jeff Golick: A tisket a tasket, I've got Stork in my basket.
	🥁 ♥ 12:10pm Jeff Golick: (And by basket, I mean my head.)
	12:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yes so ♉︎Taurus follows the first sign of birth - head-first ♈︎Aries - & correlates to accumulating enuff Material to fundamentally flourish & survive in the Middle of Spring. It's the Throat region - the parts of the anatomy connecting the physical body & the senses to the brain. The Fixed Earth sign - Ruled by aesthetic ♀︎Venus - in many ways ♉︎Taurus correlates to definitive Forms...
	♥ 12:13pm coelacanth∅: greetings Stork and Storkles
	♥ 12:13pm Listener Gregory: I didn't know you were a pâpe-ist!
	🥁 ♥ 12:18pm WR: Yes Stork, regarding the photo, puzzling over who the other guy behind Duke might be.
	♥ 12:20pm coelacanth∅: the guy to Benny's left, mostly shadowed, looks familiar
	♥ 12:21pm Stork: Hidee heedi, StringOFperils, Jeff, RevRabb Nov63, coelacanth∅:, Listener Greg - and WR!!! greetz!!
	♥ 12:22pm Stork: WR: you mean the guy to the right of Benny Goodman?
	♥ 12:22pm coelacanth∅: (he looks kind of familiar too)
	♥ 12:23pm Listener Gregory: I say we Photoshop out everyone but Duke and Ella.
	♥ 12:26pm Little Danny: Hi Stork, hi everybody.
	♥ 12:28pm coelacanth∅: or we could put cat heads on everyone else
	♥ 12:28pm coelacanth∅: hi Danny
	🥁 ♥ 12:29pm listener james from westwood: Ella makes it a good day to be editing a book that takes place in the 1940s!
	12:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I kinda like Goodman as a 2ndLine with his brain trying to mathematically parse Ella riffing free...
	♥ 12:31pm Stork: Hey, Danny!!
	12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ella Don't Need No Lyrics
	♥ 12:41pm coelacanth∅: Listener Gregory actually i couldn't delete or put a cat head on Benny either. giant soft spot in here for him
	♥ 12:43pm Stork: Benny Goodman: good. Like, quite extremely good. He stays, no cat-head.
	♥ 12:47pm coelacanth∅: ^ that's how i feel
	♥ 12:49pm hyde: i am also pro-Goodman
	🥁 ♥ 12:51pm doctorjazz: One of the purest voices, fabulous improvisor, and a warmth that shines through performances! Back to the car!
	12:51pm Glistener MW: I was really hoping you’d shout his name as “FLIP RICKARD!!!”, a la The Old Codger’s frequent mentions of “FLIP THE FROG!!!” 🐸
	🥁 ♥ 12:51pm WR: Anybody got an idea of what musical "I Said No" is from? I assume musical since song writers Loesser and Styne mostly did musicals... Bronwyn?
	🥁 ♥ 12:54pm doctorjazz: My Ella connection- When I first started seeing my wife, we had musical "issues"-she was big into musical theater, I was a jazzbo (and most anything BUT musical theater). We found common ground in the Ella-Louis records, which I now know every note of. I eventually came to appreciate musical theater; she eventually learned to tolerate or shut out my music
	♥ 12:56pm hyde: According to frankloesser.com, I Said No is from "Sweater Girl"
	♥ 12:57pm Stork: Good question, WR. And good answer, hyde! Boy you kids are fast!!
	♥ 12:59pm hyde: it's an Eddie Bracken vehicle. June Preisser is the, um, titular sweater girl
	🥁 ♥ 12:59pm WR: Thank you hyde! Next I want to find other recordings to compare the lyrics.
	♥ 1:00pm Stork: To be honest, I used to be put off by Ella's breezy style. It was some years before i got the fire and the soul beneath the surface. And chops?
	🥁 ♥ 1:01pm doctorjazz: To my ears, Ella in the 50s is perfection!
	🥁 ♥ 1:03pm WR: Understand that Stork, the clean and easy lilt to her work may initially seem to lack substance and grit to us coming from rock then blues then jazz explorers.
	♥ 1:04pm Stork: I agree, doc. In the 70's perfection got a little grainy but she still had more than almost anyone. It's great to bond with your partner over music!
	🥁 ♥ 1:04pm Michael 98145: @drjazz, great story
	♥ 1:07pm Doug Schulkind: Check out these wonderful snaps of a 23-year-old Ella by Carl Van Vechten (from 1940). Just posted on the Vintage Everyday site: www.vintag.es...
	♥ 1:07pm Stork: Exactly right, WR.
	♥ 1:07pm Stork: He just said Rabbit!! Taalkin to Johnny Hodges!! Hee hee hee!
	1:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Noted.
	♥ 1:09pm Stork: Wow, Doug! Zhose are just amazing! Someday I'm gonna learn how to make a slideshow and add it to this page!
	🥁 ♥ 1:10pm doctorjazz: I started or not quite "getting" Ella either, much preferred Sarah Vaughan and many others. But thus car listening sessions to Ella/Louis won me over (wife's driving, so you're stuck with me here after all). Have to say, listening to this in the car with my fam is choking me up.
	1:11pm hunkered oats: This is so great.
	♥ 1:11pm Stork: Then my work is working, doc!
	♥ 1:13pm Stork: Hey, welcome, hunkered oats!
	1:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Always think of clip of Ella on some talk show / panel thing with some eminent Classical Conductor there too - & she says 'course I'm not a Musician' - & the Conductor stops her & says don't make me fight you ! Beacause Musician is precisely what she was.
	♥ 1:15pm Stork: That was Andre Previn, RevRabb. Great interview! They did an album together, too.
	♥ 1:15pm Stork: Previn asked her if he might trade a few of his for her.
	1:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: That's it! Y'all er fast &tc. ...
	♥ 1:23pm Stork: My head doth explode.
	1:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Many play the Musics - a few are the Musics...
	♥ 1:40pm Doug Schulkind: Always ADORED this version.
	1:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: She just said the whole phrase - Rawk'n'Roll - in 1937...
	1:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...that's the year Robert Johnson had his 2nd & last recording session...
	1:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& it wasn't in Memphis...
	♥ 1:45pm Doug Schulkind: @RevRabNov63 Are you saying Ella sold her soul the Devil?
	🥁 ♥ 1:46pm adamdoesit: Hello Stork and Gang of Wolf. I'm back from my bike ride and ready for hella Fitzgerald. Say, barkeep, what do you have for a recovery drink?
	♥ 1:47pm Stork: adamdoesit! We have the usual 30 and 40-weight. What'll it be?
	🥁 ♥ 1:49pm adamdoesit: I've been sitting too long, so probably the 30-weight. That ought to help work things loose.
	♥ 1:49pm Stork: Yeah, Rev, what's the earliest known mention of R&R? Seems it keeps getting earlier.
	♥ 1:50pm Stork: So great to hear Joe Pass just comping.
	♥ 1:50pm Little Danny: This is gorgeous. Love hearing Ella in tone-poem-y mode.
	♥ 1:51pm Little Danny: "Rain" that is.
	♥ 1:51pm Stork: @Danny: yup. She really could go anywhere with them pipes.
	🥁 ♥ 1:52pm doctorjazz: Sounded like Pass on nylon string guitar, something you don't hear often either.
	♥ 1:57pm Little Danny: I tentacle salute thee Stork!
	♥ 1:58pm Little Danny: Rare is the bad read of "Midnight Sun."
	1:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Stork: No idea on earliest - but I find that in 1937 startling.
	🥁 ♥ 2:00pm adamdoesit: My Ella Fitzgerald story: a few years ago today, I went to the hospital to visit an older gent I'd worked with. He had fallen on his head, gone into seizures, and slipped into a coma. It was the first time I saw someone on a ventilator and, I hoped, the last. He'd been an Ella fan from way back, and often talked about his life through connection to her music. Remembering that it was her birthday, I pulled up WKCR on my phone, and played her for him for half an hour -- it was a live date from Germany or Sweden, I think. A few days later, he was gone. I don't know if he heard, but at least Ella, who had been a part of his life for so long, was there close to the end.
	2:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Righteous adamdoesit.
	♥ 2:04pm Little Danny: That is a bittersweet story.
	🥁 ♥ 2:04pm doctorjazz: Nice story, adamdoesit.
	♥ 2:05pm Stork: Just beautiful, adamdoesit.
	🥁 ♥ 2:06pm adamdoesit: Thanks, Rev, LD, doc, Stork. Glad to get to share it.
	♥ 2:08pm Stork: Any Bugs Bunny fans out there?
	🥁 ♥ 2:08pm doctorjazz: Ella would know Satch"s shtick.
	♥ 2:09pm Listener Gregory: Trying to imagine a world in which a whistle blows at 5 pm and everyone just... stops working.
	2:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Snopes on the Marilyn-Ella connection : www.snopes.com... - interesting that Marilyn used her Glamour to boost Ella exactly where Glamour should not have been a concern.
	♥ 2:14pm Stork: Marilyn was cool as hell. Stuck up for Ella, getting her a job at the El Mocambo where few black performers had performed. She agreed to sit at the front table for a week if they booked her. The place was jammed every night.Ella was actually glad to get the boost from that gig so she never had to sing a small jazz club again.
	🥁 ♥ 2:16pm adamdoesit: Wow, I had no idea about Ella and Marilyn.
	🥁 ♥ 2:17pm doctorjazz: New to me as well, interesting!
	🥁 ♥ 2:24pm doctorjazz: Going to have to take leave, thanks, Stork, will listen again in the archives! See you all later!
	🥁 ♥ 2:24pm WR: Larer doctorjazz
	♥ 2:27pm Listener Gregory: Herr Stork, your geiger counter is in spasm.
	🥁 ♥ 2:32pm Michael 98145: Well he IS closer to Chernobyl than most of us
	♥ 2:36pm Stork: I forgot to add that Phil Schaap gets kudos for discovering that Ella in Rome concert in the Verve archives and got it released. Lou Levy said he didnt even know it had been recorded - he said "man, we were swingin our cans off that night!"
	2:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Radio Active for decades...
	🥁 ♥ 2:42pm Michael 98145: ⚡
	🥁 ♥ 2:47pm adamdoesit: Ella Fitzgerald: Where Phil Schaap Meets Marilyn Monroe. Seriously, though, Ella seems to bring out the best in everyone.
	🥁 ♥ 2:49pm Michael 98145: this is such a great show
	♥ 2:50pm Stork: Okay, Michael 98145, be that way! :))))
	♥ 2:51pm Listener Gregory: That Ella/Oscar Peterson performance was remarkable. I heard it as a duo, but I was in the next room.
	🥁 ♥ 2:51pm Michael 98145: Ms Ella even has a bandcamp presence ellafitzgerald.bandcamp.com
	🥁 ♥ 2:52pm WR: i was initially impatient with Peterson playing so long before Ella started singing but it turned out so perfect to have Ella sing that song through to the end without a break.
	♥ 2:52pm Stork: A duo it was, Listener Gergory. Their duos were amazing - as were Ellis larkin's, Tommy Flanagan's... every accompanist was completely different with her.
	2:53pm mauri: Hey Stork, enjoyed the show a lot!
	♥ 2:53pm Stork: Hi Mauri! Thanks - there's over an hour left!
	🥁 ♥ 2:53pm Michael 98145: w/ a bonus hour!
	🥁 ♥ 2:54pm Michael 98145: what he said
	2:55pm mauri: Great! Sunday got even better!
	🥁 ♥ 2:57pm Michael 98145: "It was the last song that Hart wrote before his death from pneumonia. "
	🥁 ♥ 2:57pm chresti: An appendectomy to keep her love alive!
	🥁 ♥ 2:58pm Michael 98145: I caught Sir James with his protectoress: The rector’s wife, I mean the rectoress.
	🥁 ♥ 3:00pm adamdoesit: I never heard that Rodgers and Hart tune before. It's as funny as an Eric Idle song.
	♥ 3:00pm Stork: Wow, didn't know that Michael 98145 - what a way to go!
	♥ 3:01pm Stork: Love that Sir James lyric! :)
	♥ 3:02pm Stork: Go Herb Ellis!
	♥ 3:04pm Stork: Yeah, Smith, Stuff it! I mean...
	♥ 3:07pm Listener Gregory: Ella played with some of the greatest musicians of her day, and she always held her own as an improviser and musician.
	3:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hell - she cut a few of them !
	♥ 3:17pm Stork: Oh, yeah, Listener Gregory, it was tough for any person, band or orchestra to keep pace with her. And she would even perform when asked by clueless talk-show hosts, and nailed it. She could be awkward in fron of fewer than 5000 people.
	♥ 3:18pm Stork: Björk sez Ella is her favorite singer. And she said it's harder to sing happy than to sing sad.
	🥁 ♥ 3:22pm Michael 98145: ( speaking of Chernobyl ... Saturday 26 April 1986. just sayin'. )
	🥁 ♥ 3:22pm WR: OMG. This Passion Flower recording has melted me. Puddle here.
	♥ 3:24pm Listener Gregory: Even Ella should think twice about singing next to Johnny Hodges on this one. (Possibly contradicting earlier comment, but Hodges rules on this.)
	♥ 3:29pm Stork: She was hanging with Diz since just about the beginning of bebop.
	🥁 ♥ 3:36pm Michael 98145: whew
	🥁 ♥ 3:39pm Michael 98145: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer"
	♥ 3:40pm Listener Gregory: I knew you couldn't resist the Berlin concert... Getting off the computer but still listening. Fantastic show, Herr Professor Dr. Stork.
	♥ 3:40pm Stork: The legendary recording where she forgets the words - and proceeds to improve Brecht.
	🥁 ♥ 3:41pm Michael 98145: I'm always fascinated how this became a pop tune
	3:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...she got the one without wurds...: www.facebook.com...
	🥁 ♥ 3:48pm adamdoesit: Hella Ella, Stork. Bravo.
	🥁 ♥ 3:55pm chresti: Thanks der wunderStork!
	♥ 3:55pm Fuzzy: Wow, 4 oclock already -- time flies! Great show Sr. Stork, thanks!
	3:56pm mauri: Thanks Stork :)
	♥ 3:57pm Stork: Thanks, chresti! And every one a y'all! What a fun four hours it was for me. Hope ya boogied along. Gonna dance into bed now. 'night - see ya the next one!!!
	♥ 3:58pm Stork: Hey, Fuzzy and everybody else not greeted at the door!
	♥ 3:59pm Stork: Thanks Mauri :))):)))
	🥁 ♥ 4:00pm WR: thank you so very much. so much. onward.
	4:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY DJ Stork Sir !
	♥ 4:50pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Stork!

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Willis Jackson	The Head Tune "The Head Tune" by "Willis Jackson"	Ya Understand Me?	Drums – Roger Lee Humphrey §§§Guitar – Steve Giordano §§§Organ – Groove Holmes §§§Tenor Saxophone – Willis Jackson. —— Recorded at Chateauneuf du Pape, France on January 26, 1980	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
DJ	"DJ"			0:09:54 (Pop-up)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS ORCHESTRA	I'll Chase the Blues Away	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp), poss. Fernando Arbello, Sandy Williams (tb), Pete Clark (cl, as), Edgar Sampson (as, arr), Elmer Williams (ts), Wayman Carver (ts, fl, arr), Joe Steele (p), John Trueheart (g), John Kirby (b), Chick Webb (d, bells), Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Linton (vcl). - - - NYC, June 12, 1935	0:16:41 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	This Love of Mine	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	Teddy McRae (ts), Tommy Fulford (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Beverly Peer (b), Kenny Clarke (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl). — NYC, October 6, 1941	0:19:22 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie	Honeysuckle Rose	Ella And Basie!	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • The Count Basie Orchestra: • Count Basie – piano, organ • Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Joe Newman, Don Rader – trumpet • Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone • Frank Foster, Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone • Freddie Green – guitar • Benny Powell, Urbie Green, Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell – trombone • Flip Ricard – trombone, trumpet • Marshal Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone • Buddy Catlett – double bass • Sonny Payne – drums • Quincy Jones and Benny Carter – Arrangements • Val Valentin – recording engineer • Jay Thompson – cover photo Recorded July 15–16, 1963 at A & R Studios, New York City	0:22:16 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald Paul Smith	Who's Sorry Now	Let No Man Write My Epitaph	///Piano – Paul Smith (5) ///Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald - - Recorded April 14 – April 19, 1960	0:24:55 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	How High The Moon	Lullabies Of Birdland	Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald §§§Backing Vocals – The Ray Charles Singers §§§Organ – Bill Doggett §§§Vic Schoen And His Orchestra §§§Conductor – Sy Oliver, Bob Haggart. - - - recorded: New York, March 19, 1947	0:28:21 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Lorelei "Lorelei" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Paul Smith – piano • Jim Hall – guitar • Wilfred Middlebrooks – double bass • Gus Johnson – drums. - - - • Recorded February 13, 1960 live at Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany with The Paul Smith Quartet	0:31:32 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Lemon Drop "Lemon Drop" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In London	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Tommy Flanagan Quartet: ◦ Tommy Flanagan - piano ◦ Joe Pass - guitar ◦ Keter Betts - double bass ◦ Bobby Durham - drums • Recorded April 11, 1974 at Ronnie Scott's, London, England	0:34:40 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Angel Eyes "Angel Eyes" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Live In Stockholm 1957	Bass – Ray Brown §§§Drums – Jo Jones §§§Guitar – Herb Ellis §§§Piano – Don Abney §§§Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald. - - - Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, April 28, 1957	0:38:30 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	I Said No "I Said No" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Whisper Not	Ella Fitzgerald – Vocals • Harry Edison – Trumpet • Jimmy Rowles – Piano • Chuck Berghofer – Bass • Louie Bellson – Drums • Marty Paich – Arranger, Conductor. - - Recorded July 20, 1966	0:41:47 (Pop-up)
DJ Sez Phew!	"DJ Sez Phew!"			0:45:47 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong	Oh, Doctor Jesus	Porgy & Bess	Ella Fitzgerald — vocals • Louis Armstrong — vocals; trumpet on "Summertime," "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing," and "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" Orchestra[edit] • Russell Garcia – arranger, conductor • Victor Arno, Robert Barene, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Dan Lube, Amerigo Marino, Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Robert Sushel, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig — violins • Myron Bacon, Abraham Hochstein, Raymond Menhennick, Myron Sandler — violas • Justin Di Tullio, Kurt Reher, William Van Den Burg — cellos • Frank Beach, Buddy Childers, Cappy Lewis — trumpets • Milt Bernhart, Marshall Cram, James Henderson, Lloyd Ulyate — trombones • Vincent DeRosa – French horn • Bill Miller, Paul Smith – piano • Tony Rizzi – guitar • Joe Mondragon – double bass • Alvin Stoller – drums - - - • Recorded August 18–19 and October 14, 1957 in Los Angeles	0:52:51 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong	Medley: Here Come De Honey Man • Crab Man • Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine	Porgy & Bess	Ella Fitzgerald — vocals • Louis Armstrong — vocals; trumpet on "Summertime," "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing," and "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" Orchestra[edit] • Russell Garcia – arranger, conductor • Victor Arno, Robert Barene, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Dan Lube, Amerigo Marino, Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Robert Sushel, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig — violins • Myron Bacon, Abraham Hochstein, Raymond Menhennick, Myron Sandler — violas • Justin Di Tullio, Kurt Reher, William Van Den Burg — cellos • Frank Beach, Buddy Childers, Cappy Lewis — trumpets • Milt Bernhart, Marshall Cram, James Henderson, Lloyd Ulyate — trombones • Vincent DeRosa – French horn • Bill Miller, Paul Smith – piano • Tony Rizzi – guitar • Joe Mondragon – double bass • Alvin Stoller – drums - - - • Recorded August 18–19 and October 14, 1957 in Los Angeles	0:54:44 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald Ellis Larkins Sy Oliver	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Ella Sings Gershwin	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Ellis Larkins - piano. - -1950	0:58:14 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	My Romance "My Romance" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Buddy Bregman - Arranger, Conductor. - - Recorded August 21–31, 1956	1:01:28 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Reheasal for Chelsea Bridge	The Duke Ellington Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • William "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook – trumpet • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet on "Take the "A" Train"[6][7] • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone • Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster – saxophone • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone • Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone • Harry Carney – clarinet, bass clarinet • John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson – trombone • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin • Stuff Smith – violin • Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith – piano • Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Woode – double bass • Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel – guitar • Sam Woodyard, Alvin Stoller – drums • Billy Strayhorn – piano, narrator • Duke Ellington – piano, narrator, arranger, conductor - - Recorded between June 15–October 27, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.	1:05:10 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Chelsea Bridge (alt. Take)	The Duke Ellington Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • William "Cat" Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook – trumpet • Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet on "Take the "A" Train"[6][7] • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone • Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster – saxophone • Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone • Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone • Harry Carney – clarinet, bass clarinet • John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson – trombone • Ray Nance – trumpet, violin • Stuff Smith – violin • Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith – piano • Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Woode – double bass • Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel – guitar • Sam Woodyard, Alvin Stoller – drums • Billy Strayhorn – piano, narrator • Duke Ellington – piano, narrator, arranger, conductor - - Recorded between June 15–October 27, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California	1:12:26 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	This Could Be The Start Of Something Big	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Lou Levy - piano • Herb Ellis - guitar • Joe Mondragon - bass • Gus Johnson - drums recorded 22–23 June 1961 in Los Angeles	1:16:02 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Somewhere In The Night (Live At Antibes Jazz Festival, 7/29/64)	Ella At Juan-Les-Pins	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Roy Eldridge - trumpet • Tommy Flanagan - piano • Bill Yancey - double bass • Gus Johnson - drums - - Recorded July 28 and 29 1964, on the 28 and 29 of July 1964 at the fifth annual Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes in Juan-les-Pins, France	1:18:42 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Air Mail Special "Air Mail Special" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In Hollywood	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Wilfred Middlebrooks - Bass • Lou Levy - Piano • Gus Johnson - Drums • Herb Ellis - Guitar *****Recorded live, May 11- May 21, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:20:46 (Pop-up)
Dj Gasps	Over Pauline Oliveros - "Alien Bog"			1:26:04 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Mr. Paganini "Mr. Paganini" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In Hollywood	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Wilfred Middlebrooks - Bass • Lou Levy - Piano • Gus Johnson - Drums • Herb Ellis - Guitar *****Recorded live, May 11- May 21, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:30:25 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Don't Rain On My Parade	Ella In Hamburg	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Tommy Flanagan Trio: • Tommy Flanagan - Piano • Keter Betts - Bass • Gus Johnson - Drums Recorded March 26, 1965, in Hamburg, Germany	1:34:26 (Pop-up)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS LITTLE CHICKS	Rock It for Me	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	(tp), Nat Story, Sandy Williams (tb), Chauncey Haughton (cl, as), Louis Jordan (as), Teddy McRae (ts), Wayman Carver (ts, bari), Tommy Fulford (p), Bobby Johnson (g), Beverly Peer (b), Chick Webb (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Van Alexander, Charlie Dixon (arr) - - NYC, November 1, 1937	1:37:30 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	When A Woman Loves A Man	The Johnny Mercer Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Nelson Riddle, arranger and conductor • Paul Smith on piano • Plas Johnson on tenor sax • Willie Smith on alto sax • Buddy DeFranco on clarinet • Frank Flynn on vibes. - - Recorded October 19–21, 1964 at Radio Recorders Studio 10-H, Hollywood	1:40:41 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Somebody From Somewhere	The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor • Harp – Katharine Julyie • Piano – Lou Levy or Paul Smith • Guitar – Herb Ellis or Barney Kessel • Double bass – Joe Comfort or Ralph Peña • Drums – Alvin Stoller, Mel Lewis or Bill Richmond - - Recorded January, March, and July 1959 Studio Capitol Studio A, Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:44:28 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass	Rain "Rain" by "Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass"	Fitzgerald And Pass... Again	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Joe Pass - guitar - - • Recorded January 26 - February 8, 1976, at RCA Victor's Music Center of the World Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:47:35 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Everytime We Say Goodbye	Ella In London	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Tommy Flanagan Quartet: ◦ Tommy Flanagan - piano ◦ Joe Pass - guitar ◦ Keter Betts - double bass ◦ Bobby Durham - drums • Recorded April 11, 1974 at Ronnie Scott's, London, England	1:49:55 (Pop-up)
DJ N. Tranced	"DJ N. Tranced"			1:53:23 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Midnight Sun "Midnight Sun" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Like Someone In Love	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Frank DeVol - Arranger, Conductor • Stan Getz - Saxophone - - recorded October 15, 1957 in Hollywood, Los Angeles	1:56:45 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered	At The Opera House	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Oscar Peterson - Piano • Herb Ellis - Guitar • Ray Brown - Bass • Jo Jones - Drums. - - recorded in stereo September 29, 1957 at the Chicago Opera House	2:00:39 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	I Can't Give You Anything But Love	Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert	• Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Lou Levy - Piano • Max Bennett - Bass • Gus Johnson - Drums - - Recorded April 25, 1958, Rome	2:03:37 (Pop-up)
ELLA FITZGERALD AND HER FAMOUS ORCHESTRA	Five O'Clock Whistle	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	George Matthews, John McConnell, Earl Hardy (tb), Chauncey Haughton, Pete Clark (cl, as), Teddy McRae (cl, ts), Sam Simmons (ts), Tommy Fulford (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Beverly Peer (b), Bill Beason (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl). - - NYC, September 25, 1940	2:06:58 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Alternate Take)	The Cole Porter Songbook	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Paul Smith – piano, celeste • Lloyd Ulyate – trombone • George Roberts – bass and baritone trombone • Bob Cooper – clarinet, oboe, tenor saxophone • Ted Nash – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone - - Corky Hale – harp • Robert LaMarchina – cello • Edgar Lustgarten – cello Barney Kessel – Guitar • Joe Mondragon – Double bass • Alvin Stoller – Drums, percussion - - recorded February 7–9 & March 27, 1956, in Hollywood, Los Angeles.	2:10:01 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket, A-Tasket (bonus)	Get Happy!	Frank DeVol (arranger, conductor) §§§Arnold Ross (piano) §§§Barney Kessel (guitar) §§§Ben Webster (tenor saxophone) §§§Abe Luboff, Joe Mondragon, Philip Stephens (bass) §§§Alvin Stoller (drums) §§§Pete Candoh, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ray Linn, George Werth, Milt Bernha(trumpet)	2:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)	Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Roy Eldridge, Taft Jordan - trumpet • Al Grey - trombone • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone • Ellis Larkins, Tommy Flanagan - piano • Joe Pass - guitar • Panama Francis - drums - - - Recorded July 5, 1973, by Record Plant Remote in Carnegie Hall, New York City.	2:21:09 (Pop-up)
DJ Has Irretrievably Lost His Brain-Basket				2:25:20 (Pop-up)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS ORCHESTRA	Big Boy Blue	he Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	MILLS BROTHERS AND ELLA FITZGERALD: Bernard Addison (g), Herbert Mills, Donald Mills, Harry Mills, John Mills, Sr., Ella Fitzgerald (vcl). - - Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp), Nat Story, Sandy Williams (tb), Pete Clark (as), Louis Jordan (as, vcl), Teddy McRae (ts), Wayman Carver (ts, bari), Tommy Fulford (p), John Trueheart (g), Beverly Peer (b), Chick Webb (d), Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Linton (vcl), Van Alexander (arr). —— NYC, January 14, 1937	2:35:08 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald Ellis Larkins	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Songs in a Mellow Mood	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Ellis Larkins - piano. - - Recorded March 29–30, 1954	2:37:51 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	You're My Thrill "You're My Thrill" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Lou Levy - piano • Herb Ellis - guitar • Joe Mondragon - bass • Gus Johnson - drums recorded 22–23 June 1961 in Los Angeles	2:40:33 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald Oscar Peterson	There's A Lull In My Life	Ella and Oscar	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Oscar Peterson – piano • Ray Brown – double bass - - Recorded May 19, 1975, Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California	2:44:02 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington	Imagine My Frustration	Ella At Duke's Place	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Duke Ellington - Conductor, composer, lyricist, arranger, piano • Jimmy Jones - Arranger, piano • Cat Anderson - Trumpet • Mercer Ellington - Trumpet • Herb Jones - Trumpet • Cootie Williams - Trumpet • Lawrence Brown - Trombone • Buster Cooper - Trombone • Chuck Connors - Bass trombone • Johnny Hodges - Alto saxophone • Russell Procope - Alto saxophone • Paul Gonsalves - Tenor saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton - Tenor saxophone, clarinet • Harry Carney - Baritone saxophone, bass clarinet • John Lamb - Bass • Louis Bellson - Drums - - Recorded October 18,19,20 1965 at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles	2:48:59 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	To Keep My Love Alive	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Buddy Bregman - Arranger, Conductor. - - Recorded August 21–31, 1956	2:53:46 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	It Don't Mean A Thing	Live In Stockholm 1957	Bass – Ray Brown §§§Drums – Jo Jones §§§Guitar – Herb Ellis §§§Piano – Don Abney §§§Trumpet, Vocals – Roy Eldridge §§§Violin – Stuff Smith §§§Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald. - - - Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, April 28, 1957	2:57:19 (Pop-up)
DJ Morella (get it?)	"DJ Morella (get it?)"			3:05:01 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie	Dream A Little Dream Of Me	Ella And Basie!	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • The Count Basie Orchestra: • Count Basie – piano, organ • Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Joe Newman, Don Rader – trumpet • Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone • Frank Foster, Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone • Freddie Green – guitar • Benny Powell, Urbie Green, Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell – trombone • Flip Ricard – trombone, trumpet • Marshal Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone • Buddy Catlett – double bass • Sonny Payne – drums • Quincy Jones and Benny Carter – Arrangements • Val Valentin – recording engineer • Jay Thompson – cover photo Recorded July 15–16, 1963 at A & R Studios, New York City	3:11:08 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald / Louis Armstrong	Under A Blanket Of Blue	Ella and Louis	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Louis Armstrong – vocals, trumpet • Oscar Peterson – piano • Herb Ellis – guitar • Ray Brown – bass • Buddy Rich – drums - - Recorded August 16, 1956 Capitol Studios, Los Angeles	3:15:09 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington	Passion Flower	Ella At Duke's Place	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Duke Ellington - Conductor, composer, lyricist, arranger, piano • Jimmy Jones - Arranger, piano • Cat Anderson - Trumpet • Mercer Ellington - Trumpet • Herb Jones - Trumpet • Cootie Williams - Trumpet • Lawrence Brown - Trombone • Buster Cooper - Trombone • Chuck Connors - Bass trombone • Johnny Hodges - Alto saxophone • Russell Procope - Alto saxophone • Paul Gonsalves - Tenor saxophone • Jimmy Hamilton - Tenor saxophone, clarinet • Harry Carney - Baritone saxophone, bass clarinet • John Lamb - Bass • Louis Bellson - Drums - - Recorded October 18,19,20 1965 at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles	3:19:28 (Pop-up)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS ORCHESTRA	Wacky Dust	The Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)	Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp), George Matthews, Nat Story, Sandy Williams (tb), Garvin Bushell (cl, as), Hilton Jefferson (as), Teddy McRae (ts), Wayman Carver (ts, bari), Tommy Fulford (p), Bobby Johnson (g), Beverly Peer (b), Chick Webb (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Van Alexander (arr). - - - NYC, August 17, 1938	3:24:02 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Oh, Lady Be Good!	Lullabies Of Birdland	Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald §§§Backing Vocals – The Ray Charles Singers §§§Organ – Bill Doggett §§§Vic Schoen And His Orchestra §§§Conductor – Sy Oliver, Bob Haggart. - - - recorded: New York, March 19, 1947	3:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do	Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Tommy Flanagan Trio: ◦ Tommy Flanagan - Piano ◦ Keter Betts - Bass ◦ Bobby Durham - Drums - - - Recorded July 17, 1975, in Montreux, Switzerland	3:30:07 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar	Get Happy!	Russell Garcia (arranger, conductor) §§§Claude Williamson Jr. (piano) §§§Herb Ellis (guitar) §§§Red Mitchell (bass) §§§Jack Sperling (drums) §§§Pete Candoli, Philip Candreva, Buddy Childers, Stu Williamson (trumpet) - - -Recorded in six sessions from July 24, 1957- July 11, 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles	3:35:58 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin	Ella Fitzgerald – vocals • Paul Smith – piano • Jim Hall – guitar • Wilfred Middlebrooks – double bass • Gus Johnson – drums. - - - • Recorded February 13, 1960 live at Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany with The Paul Smith Quartet	3:38:22 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Smooth Sailing "Smooth Sailing" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In Hamburg	Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals • Tommy Flanagan Trio: • Tommy Flanagan - Piano • Keter Betts - Bass • Gus Johnson - Drums Recorded March 26, 1965, in Hamburg, Germany	3:43:13 (Pop-up)
DJ All Through	"DJ All Through"			3:47:13 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Happy Blues "Happy Blues" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella In London	Ella Fitzgerald - vocals • Tommy Flanagan Quartet: ◦ Tommy Flanagan - piano ◦ Joe Pass - guitar ◦ Keter Betts - double bass ◦ Bobby Durham - drums • Recorded April 11, 1974 at Ronnie Scott's, London, England	3:53:14 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 11:57am Stork: Greetings and welcome to the Ellathon!
	12:01pm Gary via app: Ella excited for this!
	♥ 12:01pm hyde: hello!
	♥ 12:02pm Fuzzy: This is an Ella 'va good way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
	🥁 ♥ 12:03pm listener james from westwood: How do, Stork and all!
	🥁 ♥ 12:03pm chresti: Hi Stork and dressed up swells without slacks!
	🥁 ♥ 12:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi. Is this live or is this Memorex™?
	🥁 ♥ 12:04pm doctorjazz: Will be in transit and visiting my sister, so will be listening in the car and in the archives (and likely quiet), but quite psyched for the show!!!! (and HI all!)
	♥ 12:05pm Stork: Gary! Hyde! Fuzzy ;) - listenre james from westwood, chresti, Ken from Hyde Park and the rockin doc!
	♥ 12:07pm Stork: Not bad to have Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman entranced at the front table!!
	♥ 12:09pm StringOFperils: Hey, Stork!
	🥁 ♥ 12:09pm Jeff Golick: A tisket a tasket, I've got Stork in my basket.
	🥁 ♥ 12:10pm Jeff Golick: (And by basket, I mean my head.)
	12:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yes so ♉︎Taurus follows the first sign of birth - head-first ♈︎Aries - & correlates to accumulating enuff Material to fundamentally flourish & survive in the Middle of Spring. It's the Throat region - the parts of the anatomy connecting the physical body & the senses to the brain. The Fixed Earth sign - Ruled by aesthetic ♀︎Venus - in many ways ♉︎Taurus correlates to definitive Forms...
	♥ 12:13pm coelacanth∅: greetings Stork and Storkles
	♥ 12:13pm Listener Gregory: I didn't know you were a pâpe-ist!
	🥁 ♥ 12:18pm WR: Yes Stork, regarding the photo, puzzling over who the other guy behind Duke might be.
	♥ 12:20pm coelacanth∅: the guy to Benny's left, mostly shadowed, looks familiar
	♥ 12:21pm Stork: Hidee heedi, StringOFperils, Jeff, RevRabb Nov63, coelacanth∅:, Listener Greg - and WR!!! greetz!!
	♥ 12:22pm Stork: WR: you mean the guy to the right of Benny Goodman?
	♥ 12:22pm coelacanth∅: (he looks kind of familiar too)
	♥ 12:23pm Listener Gregory: I say we Photoshop out everyone but Duke and Ella.
	♥ 12:26pm Little Danny: Hi Stork, hi everybody.
	♥ 12:28pm coelacanth∅: or we could put cat heads on everyone else
	♥ 12:28pm coelacanth∅: hi Danny
	🥁 ♥ 12:29pm listener james from westwood: Ella makes it a good day to be editing a book that takes place in the 1940s!
	12:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I kinda like Goodman as a 2ndLine with his brain trying to mathematically parse Ella riffing free...
	♥ 12:31pm Stork: Hey, Danny!!
	12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ella Don't Need No Lyrics
	♥ 12:41pm coelacanth∅: Listener Gregory actually i couldn't delete or put a cat head on Benny either. giant soft spot in here for him
	♥ 12:43pm Stork: Benny Goodman: good. Like, quite extremely good. He stays, no cat-head.
	♥ 12:47pm coelacanth∅: ^ that's how i feel
	♥ 12:49pm hyde: i am also pro-Goodman
	🥁 ♥ 12:51pm doctorjazz: One of the purest voices, fabulous improvisor, and a warmth that shines through performances! Back to the car!
	12:51pm Glistener MW: I was really hoping you’d shout his name as “FLIP RICKARD!!!”, a la The Old Codger’s frequent mentions of “FLIP THE FROG!!!” 🐸
	🥁 ♥ 12:51pm WR: Anybody got an idea of what musical "I Said No" is from? I assume musical since song writers Loesser and Styne mostly did musicals... Bronwyn?
	🥁 ♥ 12:54pm doctorjazz: My Ella connection- When I first started seeing my wife, we had musical "issues"-she was big into musical theater, I was a jazzbo (and most anything BUT musical theater). We found common ground in the Ella-Louis records, which I now know every note of. I eventually came to appreciate musical theater; she eventually learned to tolerate or shut out my music
	♥ 12:56pm hyde: According to frankloesser.com, I Said No is from "Sweater Girl"
	♥ 12:57pm Stork: Good question, WR. And good answer, hyde! Boy you kids are fast!!
	♥ 12:59pm hyde: it's an Eddie Bracken vehicle. June Preisser is the, um, titular sweater girl
	🥁 ♥ 12:59pm WR: Thank you hyde! Next I want to find other recordings to compare the lyrics.
	♥ 1:00pm Stork: To be honest, I used to be put off by Ella's breezy style. It was some years before i got the fire and the soul beneath the surface. And chops?
	🥁 ♥ 1:01pm doctorjazz: To my ears, Ella in the 50s is perfection!
	🥁 ♥ 1:03pm WR: Understand that Stork, the clean and easy lilt to her work may initially seem to lack substance and grit to us coming from rock then blues then jazz explorers.
	♥ 1:04pm Stork: I agree, doc. In the 70's perfection got a little grainy but she still had more than almost anyone. It's great to bond with your partner over music!
	🥁 ♥ 1:04pm Michael 98145: @drjazz, great story
	♥ 1:07pm Doug Schulkind: Check out these wonderful snaps of a 23-year-old Ella by Carl Van Vechten (from 1940). Just posted on the Vintage Everyday site: www.vintag.es...
	♥ 1:07pm Stork: Exactly right, WR.
	♥ 1:07pm Stork: He just said Rabbit!! Taalkin to Johnny Hodges!! Hee hee hee!
	1:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Noted.
	♥ 1:09pm Stork: Wow, Doug! Zhose are just amazing! Someday I'm gonna learn how to make a slideshow and add it to this page!
	🥁 ♥ 1:10pm doctorjazz: I started or not quite "getting" Ella either, much preferred Sarah Vaughan and many others. But thus car listening sessions to Ella/Louis won me over (wife's driving, so you're stuck with me here after all). Have to say, listening to this in the car with my fam is choking me up.
	1:11pm hunkered oats: This is so great.
	♥ 1:11pm Stork: Then my work is working, doc!
	♥ 1:13pm Stork: Hey, welcome, hunkered oats!
	1:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Always think of clip of Ella on some talk show / panel thing with some eminent Classical Conductor there too - & she says 'course I'm not a Musician' - & the Conductor stops her & says don't make me fight you ! Beacause Musician is precisely what she was.
	♥ 1:15pm Stork: That was Andre Previn, RevRabb. Great interview! They did an album together, too.
	♥ 1:15pm Stork: Previn asked her if he might trade a few of his for her.
	1:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: That's it! Y'all er fast &tc. ...
	♥ 1:23pm Stork: My head doth explode.
	1:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Many play the Musics - a few are the Musics...
	♥ 1:40pm Doug Schulkind: Always ADORED this version.
	1:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: She just said the whole phrase - Rawk'n'Roll - in 1937...
	1:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...that's the year Robert Johnson had his 2nd & last recording session...
	1:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& it wasn't in Memphis...
	♥ 1:45pm Doug Schulkind: @RevRabNov63 Are you saying Ella sold her soul the Devil?
	🥁 ♥ 1:46pm adamdoesit: Hello Stork and Gang of Wolf. I'm back from my bike ride and ready for hella Fitzgerald. Say, barkeep, what do you have for a recovery drink?
	♥ 1:47pm Stork: adamdoesit! We have the usual 30 and 40-weight. What'll it be?
	🥁 ♥ 1:49pm adamdoesit: I've been sitting too long, so probably the 30-weight. That ought to help work things loose.
	♥ 1:49pm Stork: Yeah, Rev, what's the earliest known mention of R&R? Seems it keeps getting earlier.
	♥ 1:50pm Stork: So great to hear Joe Pass just comping.
	♥ 1:50pm Little Danny: This is gorgeous. Love hearing Ella in tone-poem-y mode.
	♥ 1:51pm Little Danny: "Rain" that is.
	♥ 1:51pm Stork: @Danny: yup. She really could go anywhere with them pipes.
	🥁 ♥ 1:52pm doctorjazz: Sounded like Pass on nylon string guitar, something you don't hear often either.
	♥ 1:57pm Little Danny: I tentacle salute thee Stork!
	♥ 1:58pm Little Danny: Rare is the bad read of "Midnight Sun."
	1:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Stork: No idea on earliest - but I find that in 1937 startling.
	🥁 ♥ 2:00pm adamdoesit: My Ella Fitzgerald story: a few years ago today, I went to the hospital to visit an older gent I'd worked with. He had fallen on his head, gone into seizures, and slipped into a coma. It was the first time I saw someone on a ventilator and, I hoped, the last. He'd been an Ella fan from way back, and often talked about his life through connection to her music. Remembering that it was her birthday, I pulled up WKCR on my phone, and played her for him for half an hour -- it was a live date from Germany or Sweden, I think. A few days later, he was gone. I don't know if he heard, but at least Ella, who had been a part of his life for so long, was there close to the end.
	2:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Righteous adamdoesit.
	♥ 2:04pm Little Danny: That is a bittersweet story.
	🥁 ♥ 2:04pm doctorjazz: Nice story, adamdoesit.
	♥ 2:05pm Stork: Just beautiful, adamdoesit.
	🥁 ♥ 2:06pm adamdoesit: Thanks, Rev, LD, doc, Stork. Glad to get to share it.
	♥ 2:08pm Stork: Any Bugs Bunny fans out there?
	🥁 ♥ 2:08pm doctorjazz: Ella would know Satch"s shtick.
	♥ 2:09pm Listener Gregory: Trying to imagine a world in which a whistle blows at 5 pm and everyone just... stops working.
	2:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Snopes on the Marilyn-Ella connection : www.snopes.com... - interesting that Marilyn used her Glamour to boost Ella exactly where Glamour should not have been a concern.
	♥ 2:14pm Stork: Marilyn was cool as hell. Stuck up for Ella, getting her a job at the El Mocambo where few black performers had performed. She agreed to sit at the front table for a week if they booked her. The place was jammed every night.Ella was actually glad to get the boost from that gig so she never had to sing a small jazz club again.
	🥁 ♥ 2:16pm adamdoesit: Wow, I had no idea about Ella and Marilyn.
	🥁 ♥ 2:17pm doctorjazz: New to me as well, interesting!
	🥁 ♥ 2:24pm doctorjazz: Going to have to take leave, thanks, Stork, will listen again in the archives! See you all later!
	🥁 ♥ 2:24pm WR: Larer doctorjazz
	♥ 2:27pm Listener Gregory: Herr Stork, your geiger counter is in spasm.
	🥁 ♥ 2:32pm Michael 98145: Well he IS closer to Chernobyl than most of us
	♥ 2:36pm Stork: I forgot to add that Phil Schaap gets kudos for discovering that Ella in Rome concert in the Verve archives and got it released. Lou Levy said he didnt even know it had been recorded - he said "man, we were swingin our cans off that night!"
	2:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Radio Active for decades...
	🥁 ♥ 2:42pm Michael 98145: ⚡
	🥁 ♥ 2:47pm adamdoesit: Ella Fitzgerald: Where Phil Schaap Meets Marilyn Monroe. Seriously, though, Ella seems to bring out the best in everyone.
	🥁 ♥ 2:49pm Michael 98145: this is such a great show
	♥ 2:50pm Stork: Okay, Michael 98145, be that way! :))))
	♥ 2:51pm Listener Gregory: That Ella/Oscar Peterson performance was remarkable. I heard it as a duo, but I was in the next room.
	🥁 ♥ 2:51pm Michael 98145: Ms Ella even has a bandcamp presence ellafitzgerald.bandcamp.com
	🥁 ♥ 2:52pm WR: i was initially impatient with Peterson playing so long before Ella started singing but it turned out so perfect to have Ella sing that song through to the end without a break.
	♥ 2:52pm Stork: A duo it was, Listener Gergory. Their duos were amazing - as were Ellis larkin's, Tommy Flanagan's... every accompanist was completely different with her.
	2:53pm mauri: Hey Stork, enjoyed the show a lot!
	♥ 2:53pm Stork: Hi Mauri! Thanks - there's over an hour left!
	🥁 ♥ 2:53pm Michael 98145: w/ a bonus hour!
	🥁 ♥ 2:54pm Michael 98145: what he said
	2:55pm mauri: Great! Sunday got even better!
	🥁 ♥ 2:57pm Michael 98145: "It was the last song that Hart wrote before his death from pneumonia. "
	🥁 ♥ 2:57pm chresti: An appendectomy to keep her love alive!
	🥁 ♥ 2:58pm Michael 98145: I caught Sir James with his protectoress: The rector’s wife, I mean the rectoress.
	🥁 ♥ 3:00pm adamdoesit: I never heard that Rodgers and Hart tune before. It's as funny as an Eric Idle song.
	♥ 3:00pm Stork: Wow, didn't know that Michael 98145 - what a way to go!
	♥ 3:01pm Stork: Love that Sir James lyric! :)
	♥ 3:02pm Stork: Go Herb Ellis!
	♥ 3:04pm Stork: Yeah, Smith, Stuff it! I mean...
	♥ 3:07pm Listener Gregory: Ella played with some of the greatest musicians of her day, and she always held her own as an improviser and musician.
	3:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hell - she cut a few of them !
	♥ 3:17pm Stork: Oh, yeah, Listener Gregory, it was tough for any person, band or orchestra to keep pace with her. And she would even perform when asked by clueless talk-show hosts, and nailed it. She could be awkward in fron of fewer than 5000 people.
	♥ 3:18pm Stork: Björk sez Ella is her favorite singer. And she said it's harder to sing happy than to sing sad.
	🥁 ♥ 3:22pm Michael 98145: ( speaking of Chernobyl ... Saturday 26 April 1986. just sayin'. )
	🥁 ♥ 3:22pm WR: OMG. This Passion Flower recording has melted me. Puddle here.
	♥ 3:24pm Listener Gregory: Even Ella should think twice about singing next to Johnny Hodges on this one. (Possibly contradicting earlier comment, but Hodges rules on this.)
	♥ 3:29pm Stork: She was hanging with Diz since just about the beginning of bebop.
	🥁 ♥ 3:36pm Michael 98145: whew
	🥁 ♥ 3:39pm Michael 98145: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer"
	♥ 3:40pm Listener Gregory: I knew you couldn't resist the Berlin concert... Getting off the computer but still listening. Fantastic show, Herr Professor Dr. Stork.
	♥ 3:40pm Stork: The legendary recording where she forgets the words - and proceeds to improve Brecht.
	🥁 ♥ 3:41pm Michael 98145: I'm always fascinated how this became a pop tune
	3:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...she got the one without wurds...: www.facebook.com...
	🥁 ♥ 3:48pm adamdoesit: Hella Ella, Stork. Bravo.
	🥁 ♥ 3:55pm chresti: Thanks der wunderStork!
	♥ 3:55pm Fuzzy: Wow, 4 oclock already -- time flies! Great show Sr. Stork, thanks!
	3:56pm mauri: Thanks Stork :)
	♥ 3:57pm Stork: Thanks, chresti! And every one a y'all! What a fun four hours it was for me. Hope ya boogied along. Gonna dance into bed now. 'night - see ya the next one!!!
	♥ 3:58pm Stork: Hey, Fuzzy and everybody else not greeted at the door!
	♥ 3:59pm Stork: Thanks Mauri :))):)))
	🥁 ♥ 4:00pm WR: thank you so very much. so much. onward.
	4:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY DJ Stork Sir !
	♥ 4:50pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Stork!

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