In 1969, Ella Fitzgerald was released Your love sunA live album recorded in the Venetian Room in Fairmont San Francisco. Recorded by music producer Norman Grantz, the album featured a contemporary pop song that showed off Fitzgerald’s ability to transcend jazz standards. For example, consider the Beatles versionHey jude” and Cream’s “The Sun of Your Love.” Below, you can hear how the original (recorded in 1967) sounded in the hands of Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton before experiencing an unexpected version of Ella herself above. That’s quite a juxtaposition.
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