Sunday, January 31, 2021

MUSIC MOVIE 1 - Ella Fitzgerald - Just One of Those Things

 

MUSIC MOVIE  DOCUMENTARY 1

On the last day of each Month I plan to upload a music video. Here is the first...


Ella Fitzgerald - Just One of Those Things [2019]

Ella Fitzgerald was a 15 year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. “Ella: Just One of Those Things” follows her extraordinary journey over six decades as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. The film uses never-before-seen images and unheard interviews to bring Ella Fitzgerald to life and to tell the story of her music. - a black woman who makes her career in the face of horrifying racism. Here is an Ella the world never knew – tough, thoughtful, funny, a dazzling musical innovator. The film also uncovers Ella’s commitment to the battle for Civil Rights; and it explores the conflicts that always haunted this intensely private woman: the struggle to reconcile her hunger for adoring audiences with her longing for a domestic life with her husband and son. At a time when she was the biggest singing star in the world, her pianist and friend Oscar Peterson said Ella was “the loneliest woman in the world”. But as Jamie Cullum says “her music is one of the reasons it’s worth being on this planet”.  Featuring interviews with: Tony Bennett, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Cleo Laine, Andre Previn, Norma Miller, Patti Austin, Izsak Perlman, Margo Jefferson, Will Friedwald and a rare interview with Ella’s son, Ray Brown Jr. (ellafitzgeraldmovie.com)

If you don't know anything about Ella Fitzgerald, but would like to, if you are not familiar with her most famous works like the "Songbook" albums or "Ella in Berlin", if you are in need of a general introduction, then this documentary is for you.

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12 comments:

  1. Looking forward to the music videos each month. Off to a great start.

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  2. Thanks for the video Butterboy,
    a very good idea, to upload music video, you always with new ideas :-)
    Waiting for the next ones!

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    1. Hi Il Commendatore,
      I hope to post one movie at the end of each month. So not so many but it adds to the music experience.

      Cheers.

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  3. Many thanks BB for great Ella, great idea!

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  4. What a great way to spend Sunday. Thanks so much.

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    1. Hi heartofstone.
      This is a good one.
      I hope to post one movie at the end of each month. So not so many but it adds to the music experience.
      Hope you enjoyed your Sunday.

      Cheers.

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  5. Thank you very much for Ella, looking forward to watching this!

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    1. Hi Jackfruit Salad.
      This is a great doco. Enjoy!

      Cheers.

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  7. Hi. This nice documentary is offline. Hoping you will have time to re-upload. Thank you

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