In this video Ella Fitzgerald is glorious as ever; the Oscar Peterson Trio accompaniment is wonderful too. Well worth a couple of “rewinds” to tune into them as well.
Bonus Track: Canadian Oscar Peterson’s original composition, Hymn to Freedom, inspired by the U.S. Civil Rights movement:
Fascinating! But for me, much like seeing a rocket launch instead of listening to music. I will always prefer the Nat King Cole trio to Oscar Peterson’s and this Oscar winning song by Ella Fitzgerald to any scat music that she so marvelously performed: