I’m convinced this brilliant funk and hip-hop tinged remix of Ella Fitzgerald’s “Too Darn Hot” is RAC’s most original release yet. Will this inspire a wave of Ella Fitzgerald remixes, edits, and mashups? This is just more evidence of Ella’s greatness.
Ella Fitzgerald – Too Darn Hot (RAC Mix) by RAC
For comparison, here’s the original (which, in a certain light, also has some funk overtones, decades before the genre existed. But that’s jazz for you):