GREAT PERFORMANCES | We Love Ella! | Faddis & Wright | PBS
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- GREAT PERFORMANCES presents We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song, premiering Wednesday, June 6 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). For more information visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/ellatribute/index.html In this web-exclusive video, see concert footage from the broadcast and interviews with jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and vocalist Lizz Wright as they weigh in on America's "First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald. The interviews were shot at a gala musical event commemorating what would have been Ella's 90th birthday. This once-in-a-lifetime concert, co-hosted by Natalie Cole and Quincy Jones, also included Ella-inspired performances by Stevie Wonder, Patti Austin, Nancy Wilson, American Idol Ruben Studdard, George Duke, Take 6, and others.
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