Winner of 13 Grammy Awards – including a Lifetime Achievement Award, with a remarkable vocal range spanning three octaves the first lady of song Ella Fitzgerald visited Australia.
Gracefully stepping up to the microphone for the celebrated television event The BP Super Show, hosted by musician and entertainer Horrie Dargie, Ella Fitzgerald delivered a mellifluous set of legendary songs in an intimate concert setting. Backed by the smooth sounds of the Lou Levy Quartet (featuring Lou Levy, Larry Bunker, Leroy Vinnegar and Stan Levey), Ella Fitzgerald performs 14 memorable Jazz and Blues classics:Give Me The Simple Life, A Foggy Day, Heart and Soul, Imagination, Caravan, Irving Berlins Cheek To Cheek, Coles Porters Anything Goes, Little Girl Blue, Mack The Knife, a medley of Blues hits featuring Down Hearted Blues, Fever and Georgia On My Mind as well as Misty and the George and Ira Gershwin sensation S Wonderful.
A must for Jazz and Blues lovers, this rarely seen B W television treat contains original BP musical interludes and jingles from Horrie Dargie and the BP Super Show Band and also features the Lou Levy Quartet Jazz standard Sweet Georgia Brown.