Aretha Franklin when she was doing jazz was straight 🔥 to me she was at her best.

I love Ms Franklin in her jazz mode. A truly brilliant class act.

@mateomelendez3733

4 ай бұрын

She was FANTASTIC!

That voice was just OMG during this time. It could do anything.

Wow R&B, soul, pop, opera, jazz.....Ms. Franklin could do it all so well.

Columbia Aretha is gold!

I absolutely love this

....she has always been the most TANTALIZING JAZZ SINGER...and she has always said she loved listening to THE DIVINE ONE.....SARAH ....and ELLA....and when ARETHA SCATS....it's just so perfect....thank you for this video....

@sirblack1619

4 ай бұрын

She listened to Billie, and Dinah was her favorite.

She was making sure they had that tempo right at the beginning, and what a wonderful performance it was! Thanks for sharing!

Ree was SNAPPING literally and figuratively!

@cassandrasoler8309

4 ай бұрын

It's like she's trying to tell the band to keep up! LOL

The greatest of all time

SIMPLY , in a word "Amazing" !!!!!

The best to ever do it 🙌🏽❤️

She could sing anything 🤗 the Queen 🙌🏽

The late Reverend James Cleveland said it best in his opening remarks on their “Amazing Grace” album: Aretha was the queen of music.

Blessed to hear Ms Franklin's rare live performance like this❤

Always great to see and hear Aretha in the very early years of her career .Her voice was solid gold !

Oh my gosh YES!!

Love that you find these old recordings of the Queen in her prime. It’s the best thing next to a time machine ❤

I love jazz Franklin

You can hear that there was something different in her voice than the women that came before her❤

loved her jazz era ❤

🤩 AMAZING! … SWINGING SWEET POWER 💪🏾 STANDARD!… When she was Hungry for a Hit 💵💰Fame…. I see why folks 💓her on piano … the piano is improvising while she’s singing 🎵… When Aretha played & sang , Her piano 🎹 never competed with her vocals , unless she needed emphasis….her VOICE is MICHIGANS NATIONAL TREASURE… & this is why she’s the QUEEN 👸, ROCKING EVERY STYLE WITH PERSONALITY, CLASS & EXPERT MUSCIANSHIP

Blueprint

She was so unbothered here. Her delivery was seamless and masterful. You can tell Sarah and Ella influenced her jazz style.

Yes Finally Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!! Saaaaannnnnnggg Ms.Franklin

Wonderful. Thank you for posting this. She was brilliant during this period, too. It's just too bad she didn't get the recognition then that she so rightfully deserved. But ... when she arrived at Atlantic, she did so on a rocket ship!

I love her recordings with Columbia records

I LOVE THIS💙🎼💙🎼💙🎼💙🎼💙🎼💙🎼💙

WOW!!!!

Ooh!! This unexpected and fun!! Thank you, Milik!

She's always been using her voice thks for posting this

Aretha Franklin recorded great music for Columbia her live performances of these records outshined the heavy over produced products they issued. I believe had she been allowed to shine on record as she did in her shows the albums may have sold better.

What a treat to see. Thank you! ❤❤❤

Well, unfortunately, Aretha recorded NINE jazz-oriented albums for Columbia records, most of them sold very poorly. Many people attributed this to the fact that her background was very much rooted in gospel, and not in jazz. Even in this song, at the end you could kind of sense that she wanted to add a little more soulful gospel influenced ad lib that is more characteristic her personal style. Instead, she goes for a more clean sophisticated sound that is reminiscent of her idol, Dinah Washington.

@kevingoins9858

4 ай бұрын

The Black adult audience bought her Columbia LPs for the most part. An additional issue was the label's marketing department didn't have the experienced staff to push the records further.

@johnfulton4061

4 ай бұрын

Singles like Take a Look Running out of Fools and Cry like a Baby should have been top 40 hits especially Take a Look that sounds like a song Tony Bennett would do and it's message was very timely and relevant for the sixties​@kevingoins9858

@clamclam3

Ай бұрын

The running out of fools album had the most potential to make her cross over out of all the Columbia material IMO

She had a much richer, more velvety tone than Ella did. Probably why I've always preferred Aretha.

They were great records I have herColumbia box set I think the reason they didn't sell was because ❤the public's taste in music was changing they were looking for something different the young people didn't want to hear the music that their parents listened to

I can't change history what happened is what happened.... How ever what did Columbia do so wrong that they just could not get Aretha to sell at that time? she was quite amazing, she went to Atlantic a much smaller label and blew the roof off the house. I will never understand that.

Can you do a video comparing Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston in their primes ?