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THE JOHN KIRBY SHOW
Music. — ( Orchestra ). “ Royal Garden Blues”
Voice. — It was in Chick Webb’s band where we met Ella. We used to go uptown after hours, singin’ in the “Braddock” with the lights down low. Billy Kyle at the piano and Ella standing up singin’ those knockout songs. All the musicians would come around to hear Ella Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald. — “ Sugar Blues.”
Voice. — We opened ensemble playin’ sextette from “Lucia.” Nice, easy rhythm, movin’ good. The “singin’ sextette” we called it. “I don’t know who this Lucia is,” Buster said, “but she sure had good music.”
Music. — {Orchestra) . Sextette from “ Lucia.”
{Guitar and Quartet).
“ Kentucky Babe” . . . very soft effect.
Voice. — If you ever hear one note reachin’ for another, you’re hearin’ those Golden Gate Boys. They got scripture music. They got a beat like hittin’ a bass.
Music. — {Golden Gate Boys). “Job.”
Voice. — They sing like they got the call. They got another song they do this time. It’s about rockin’ and rollin’ on the “Rock Island Line.”
Music. — {Golden Gate Boys). “ Rock Island Line.”
Voice.— We got some bite into this one. Got some drum licks in it in O’Neill’s style. “ It’s just a little jump number,” John Kirby said, “just a little rhythm number itself.” We liked it, so we named it “It Feels So Good.”
Music. — {Orchestra) . “It Feels so Good.”
Voice. — Ella made a star. Had her name in bright lights. Got her own band. We surely liked to see her get attention, like when Mr. Winchell gave her one of them orchids for singin’ “Star¬ lit Hour.” It’s just what we always said — that Ella’s a natural. That gal can do it.
Fitzgerald. — “ Starlit Hour.”
Voice.— We played the “St. Louis Blues” lightly, played it softly and gladly blue. You had to hear Buster Bailey’s clarinet to believe it. He got stuck on a note and held it right on through.
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