Ella & Louis

The local jazz station played Frank Sinatra's version yesterday morning as I was scrambling an egg for my little boy, and it served only to fill me with longing for this exquisite one that I love so much.  As soon as I got home from the preschool drop-off I started listening to it repeatedly- would anyone care to join me?

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Learnin' The Blues

That last seventy seconds or so, once Ella comes back in just past the six-minute mark, I think it's close to perfect.

I first heard this back when I was a working girl.  A woefully understaffed company I dealt with from time to time had this CD as hold music!  Every time I called them my tiny office was filled with long stretches of Ella & Louis magic, which is much much more memorable than decent customer service would have been.  

Comments

[davyh]

Perfect egg scramblin' music; that sounds like my kind of breakfast show x

[Greer]

It's wonderful, but a public station and disgracefully underfunded so no telling how much longer the party will last.

[adam]

I'm in. Do the presenters wear turtle next dark tops and smoke french cigarettes in such a way that you can tell even though they're on the radio?

[davyh]

Or perhaps look like this?

[adam]

Smooth.

[mjrc]

i must admit that in my youth, i neglected ella in favor of sarah vaughan and billie holiday. as an adult, however, i find she has the loveliest, smoothest technique. when you combine it with louis, it's simply perfection. :)

[jc]

i'm only just learnin' about them all.....

[Greer]

DavyH & Adam- Very smooth :)). The presenters are all jazz musicians themselves which really adds to the whole thing. But the morning one is a lady so you may have to adjust your visual ever so slightly.

Marcy & JC- I went in a slightly different order: Billie (had a gorgeous double album of her when I was in high school but it got lost in one of my moves), then Ella, then Sarah and I still don't have very much by Sarah. There's always more great music to discover, isn't there?.