Sunday, January 1, 2023

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Ella Fitzgerald

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Ella Fitzgerald
3:31
Ella Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas, 1960
Written by Frank Loesser, 1947

Interestingly, this song is not meant to be a Christmas-themed song, but is almost always included on holiday albums.  The lyrics are clear: the song does not take place in the holidays.  The song is from the point of view of a love-struck person going a bit overboard, asking his or her paramour to clear a date in the future, hoping fervently that they will still be together.  Ella's vocals, are of course, perfect, yearning and romantic.  Ella is one of the few vocalists who can make me appreciate a slow, languid number.  The horn interlude is just long enough.  What a great overlooked jazz gem.  

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