Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - DW - 20181024:05:32:00
Recording session that they often had to stop working because they were laughing so hard. on this time norman grants persuaded ella to begin a series of recordings exploring the great american songbook she was skeptical afraid of losing her loyal jazz audience my sense is that it was a surprise insult level because he had tried the idea of the song work out earlier with oscar peterson for example and then didn't really work. he just had the experience of watching ella fitzgerald with the jazz at the philharmonic his touring group that she could sing standards and reach an audience and he banke...