Cheek to Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald

Musical Context

• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
• Jazz, Contemporary jazz
• Jazz duet

Musical Elements

• 4/4
• Female jazz vocals and male jazz vocals singing melody
• Muted trumptet
• Walking bass (played by double bass)
• Piano playing ??
• Scat

Musical Structure

• 0:00 - 0:07 = introduction
• 0:08 - 1:09 = verse 1 - sung by Louis Armstrong (male jazz vocals)
• 1:10 - 1:40 = verse 2?
• 1:41 - 1:56 = chorus
• 1:57 - 2:25 = verse 1
• 2:26 - 3:30 = Verse 3. sung by Ella Fitzgerald - change of feel (more like swing)
• 3:31 - 4:02 = Verse 2
• 4:03 - 4:18 = chorus
• 4:19 - 4:49 = verse 3 again
• 4:50 - 5:34 = Louis and Ella duet, singing Verse 1/3
• 5:35 - 5:50 = outro