Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Ella sings Hard Hearted Hannah

2 comments:

Daan Peters said...

Great! This is from 1959?
I think it´s a pity she didn't record more live performances of that year, because I think it was one of her best.
I once saw a photograph of her and the Basie band in 1959. It's really a shame that that was unrecorded!

Any chance of a complete clip, ever?

Michele said...

No, it's from 1958 and there was Jo Stafford too as vocal. It seems a complete video of the event exists. I only have the CD issue.
The next year (1959) she made another Swing into Spring, this time the other guest was Peggy Lee.
Of this one I have a VHS AND a CD.