Ella Fitzgerald- "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" 1957 (RITY Archives)

The First Lady of jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, performs one of her signature tunes live in Europe in 1957. Her stellar bands includes Ray bBrown on bass, Oscar Peterson on piano, Papa Jo Jones on drums, Herb Ellis on guitar and Roy Eldridge on trumpet. Legends all!
In addition to producing the award-winning Jazz Icons DVD series, the Reelin' In The Years archive contains hours and hours of rare footage of the greatest legends in jazz history- Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck and many, many more, many in full concerts.

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