She can sing, rap, act ... What a legend

I have never understood why this woman has not been celebrated so much more then she is. I love how she can cover any arrangement put in front of her. So damn talented and so damn beautiful.

I had NO IDEA that she had this voice. The phrasing... the breath... She's fucking gorgeous

I miss real music like this. Completely blown away by Queen Latifah’s range. I had no clue she was this talented. Bravo.

There is NO one who has ever sung this like Queen Latifah. It's like listening to silk. Billy Strayhorn would be so pleased.

her diction is perfect ..such an emotional voice

I am ELEVEN YEARS LATE. I AM OUTRAGED. 😭😭😭😭 She just took me to a fairy tale world.

This is the absolute best performance of Billy Strayhorn's masterpiece. Queen Latifah was born to sing this!!

I love Queen's voice she can sing anything. But I think she sounds best when singing Jazz.

I love, love, love this song...and why Queen Latifah doesnt sing more jazz?!!! she is brilliant here....

This is a terrific version I didn't know she could sing so beautifully.

First of all Queen Latifa is here an endlessly gorgeous woman. As she sings, she effortlessly and convincingly reveals a kaleidoscope of emotions. And as they glide slowly over her lovely face, her beauty only intensifies. Her mastery of this style and level of Jazz/pop singing is revelatory. What a Dame!

It takes a real singer to handle such a difficult song -- Latifah nails it.

Johnny Hartman is smiling with pride and happiness towards the Queen's respects and undeniable Talent.

what a hidden gem. the Queen sings Strayhorn and it’s magnificent!

Latifah is just so fine here. Her voice is so lush and silky, this song by her gets me every time! She could easily have a whole new career as a jazz singer. The lady has real jazz chops!

This woman is soooo talented!

Lush Life can't be sung by just anybody, breathtaking.

Wow! She sings with the phrasing of a jazz singer. She must really love jazz.

This is the BEST version I've ever heard. And I've heard lots of them!

Simply the best. I love love love Latifah. & Lush Life one of the best jazz songs ever written

This is a masterpiece singing

Best version of this song I have EVER heard!

Yes, this is Queen Latifah. No lip synching. She really has a wonderful voice.

Her Nancy/Ella/Queen voice is shockingly outrageous. Keep singing like this girl, -you make people happy..

She doesn't just sing this song, she brings it to life. Long Live The Queen ❤

What is really amazing is, Billy wrote the lyric when he was only 17 years old. How worldwise at such an early age!

Without any doubt, this is the best performance of Billy Strayhorn's masterpiece EVER! Queen Latifa you have talent in abundance! Big shout out to the producer(s), music arranger(s). Absolutely brilliant! Extraordinary!!! Love this so much!

She blows it away- she can do anything - a true Queen of all she touches -and so gorgeous

Queen Latifah is a stunning woman. Her voice is like butter..she sings this song so perfectly, the best I've heard. She ranks up there with the best of them. I love everything she sings, but these classic Jazz standards are definitely her best.

An outstanding version of one of the most important jazz ballads ever written. Well done, my Queen!!

Wonderfully sung and arranged. Sophisticated, elegant and heartfelt.

I love the versatility of Miss Owen's voice. I'm not concerned as much with comparisons as others are, but appreciative of her skills as a singer. She could sing for me ANYTIME she wants! Kudos to her!

Great tune. Perfect for a late evening, just me, my sounds, a candle, my bottle and a few memories.....

Today, Living Out Loud came across my mind. Just hearing the first few notes of the song put me right back into the feels of the whole movie. This is definitely in my top 3. Absolutely, love, and adore Holly Hunter. Queen Latifah has got to be one of the most beautiful talented humans in the industry. She really ticks all the boxes.

Lawd!!!! It’s been a minute since I’ve listened to a song that made me emotional… What a truly talented Woman! I’ve always enjoyed and preferred her as an actress than a rapper but a friend that I was in a debate with suggested I listen to another side of her as an artist …..😯😯Wow just Wow this is one rabbit hole I don’t mind going down…Lazy Sunday we’ll spent🎤🎺🎹🎷

This has been one of my favorite movies since it came out.

This version is a Masterpiece, I have listened to them all.

I'm astonished. She looks and sounds fantastic..

Damn, that's gorgeous! I love the Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle version, and Ella's (of course), but Queen Latifah really hits it out of the ballpark here, beautiful!

I have to admit I never thought I would give a thumbs up to anything she did... but she knocked this one out... TOTALLY... she won me over..

If only Billy had lived to hear this!

She was born for this kind of music.

This gorgeous song, written by a teenaged Billy Strayhorn, is an all time favorite of mine, and Queen Latifah's rendition is by far the best I've heard. This includes Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Natalie Cole. Smooth, clear and luscious, she lets the lush words and music shine through. Absolutely beautiful.

Latifah is so underrated. She should have won an Oscar for "Chicago" and an Emmy for "Bessie". She knocks me out so much that she could sing the phone book and make it sound naturally great. She IS a queen!

I've never been a fan of her singing until I heard THIS! She KILLED it! Brilliant!

She makes you feel the emotion of this song so well!

Beyond sensational: the singing, performance, arrangement, sound production of Lush Life, written by Billy Strayhorn. He was about 19 when he wrote this, the most demanding, chart in the American Songbook. 🌹🎤🎶🍷❤️

She really nails this classic......Bravo!

As a jazz musician I really detest when singers of other genres want to play jazz for a minute like it’s a game and then go back to their regular life after, BUT Teefa’s got soul and technique and I love this, it’s just gorgeous singing and absolutely goosebump worthy even for some of us old jazz heads. 🎵

I feel like we all forget this queen and how amazingly she can sing.

She is definitely a Queen of the Arts!! This woman has a gift so exquisite, her versatility is astounding, but above her music talent is her gift of compassion and humanity! She has made the world a better place.

Absolutely brilliant. There is everything in her rendition. Just masterful.

Tough song to carry but the Queen's up there with Sarah and Donna!

I have been a Billy Strayhorn fan for many years, the Music he produced with Duke Ellington was mesmerizing. I am particularly fond of Take the A-Train as many of us are. And I like this composition very much, however Queen Latifah absolutely nailed this song. Outstandingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.

This is perfection!

I agree that Johnny Hartman's version with Coltrane is ONE of the definitive performances of Lush Life. The other two are both from the divine queen, Sarah Vaughan, in 1956 and 1979. Latifah correctly studied Vaughan's earlier version of Lush Life in her preparation, and quite deftly re-created Sarah's melodic turnaround at the end of the song, making it her own: "...of those whose lives are lonely too." For me, this rendition is one of the latest definitive versions. And you can't ever go wrong with a stunning and brilliant Mervyn Warren arrangement, which he conducted in the studio.

This is a superb version of the song, a long classic for sure. Look for Donna Summer's excellent rendition of it as well on her album produced by Quincy Jones from 1982. It's stellar. It has been recorded by many vocalists throughout the years and is considered a workhorse of a song; Rickie Lee Jones, Natalie Cole, Esperanza Spalding and several others have all put their spin on this excellent and unique tune over the years. My personal favorite is Summer's, but Latifah's is a very very close 2nd. Thanks for sharing this here. It definitely proved that Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) can hold her own as a singer!

Simply outstanding.

omg. she does an amazing job

One of the best soundtracks ever!

She is absolutely fabulous!

My favorite rendition of this song. Queen Latifah’s vocals and Mervyn Warren’s orchestration are without flaw...not to mention the recording and mix 👌🏽

Found this on twitter and needed the full version wow 🔥

With this recording, the Queen is making a bold play to become the Ella Fitzgerald of our time. I am absolutely stunned at her feel for and phrasing of this great and daunting Strayhorn tune. The accompaniment is superb as well.

No words can describe how beautiful this is. Awesome Queen.

So soft and delicate such soft tones from such a strong woman. Stunning voice....

Pure Bliss. She put her heart into this song.

This version is very beautiful, her voice and phrasing are very impressive--I had no idea she could sing this way. My all time favorite version of this song is by Sarah Vaughn but this is getting up there for me, very beautiful arrangement too.

Strange that a talent like Queen Latifah who has a great voice for song was never a household name intentionally. I guess she got everything she wanted. A great songbird.

Queen Latifah is an incredible singer! LOVE her! Perfection!

Queen Latifah has a real feel for the music - one that belies what some might think of the more frivolous side she has portrayed in her comedic twists in the movies. Like Bette Midler, underneath it all is a truly magical talent. We would do well to listen and enjoy her for this "Lush Life" she weaves for us! Billy Strayhorn himself would be pleased by this performance!

Had no idea that Queen Latifa had this much talent. Not the easiest songs to sing.

I simply adore Queen Latifah

This gives me the chills! So good!

Wow, she nails this tune in so many ways! Every nuance and inflection, as well as the flawless rendering. Stunning. Somewhere there must be the last portion of this, with her on camera.

Wow Queen that was incredible..... 👑

jarbon5 I certainly agree with you. Queen Latifah has set new standards initiated in the golden age of yesteryear music. Her talent is exquisite!

Better! The tone of anger and resignation is wonderfully captured here. "Oh yes I was wrong... is rendered perfectly. So is "a week in Paris will ease the bite of…"

She continues to amaze me.

Chills. This woman's talent is insane!

Queen aka Dana has so much Talent. And her voice is just ahhh ❤❤ I could listen to this all day.

What a stunningly beautiful woman, exquisite voice, fine actress, so talented WOW

I am so surprised! Her voice made me cry.

Just an incredibly smooth, dreamy performance. Great phrasing....great range....she's got it all. Give us more!!!

Greatest version I’ve heard!!! This song has waited on her and here they found each other

No one can sing this as well! I was utterly blown away! Wow!

I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out and was struck by just how brilliant Queen Latifah's performance was. Hearing it again 25 years later, I'm glad I haven't just romanticized the memory. Queen Latifah's performance still stands the test of time

What the hell...Queen Latifah should have head lined every show she has ever done, this artist is outstanding...

This is her venue…what a wonderful voice. This lady sings the blues

Magnificent! I forgot how tremendous she is at singing ballads! Bravo, Queen!!!

It is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in my life, as much as the lyrics as in the melody. Initially, the first time I heard it, it was in the version of Stephen Grappelli with the Big Band by Claude Bolling ... but recently I notice, in such beautiful lyrics. What to say ... Queen Latifah, sing this piece of music, and she does it infinitely... Grégory Alfonso García Morán, MD (Desde la Dama Gris de los Andes: Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia). "I used to visit all the very gay places Those come what may places Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life To get the feel of life From jazz and cocktails. The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces With distant gay traces That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away By too many through the day Twelve o'clock tales. Then you came along with your siren of song To tempt me to madness! I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness Of a great love for me. Ah yes! I was wrong Again, I was wrong. Life is lonely again, And only last year everything seemed so sure. Now life is awful again, A trough full of hearts could only be a bore. A week in Paris will ease the bite of it, All I care is to smile in spite of it. I'll forget you, I will While yet you are still burning inside my brain. Romance is mush, Stifling those who strive. I'll live a lush life in some small dive And there I'll be, while I rot With the rest of those whose lives are lonely, too.. A week…"

I've always found her really beautiful looking, and now she even sounds amazingly beautiful! ❤❤❤

And you thought she could not cover this kind of sophisticated material!?!? I confess . . . but then I saw her do this in the film and she floored me. Billy Strayhorn's Lush Life requires a sense of tragic drama but with a voice unstrangled by booze and cocktails. Sing it Queen!

she is so sublime in this interpretation...

her voice just wows me.. my jaw drops when queen started to sing...

She sure is underrated. I really like her voice and was quite surprised when she started singing classics like this. She's so capable.

The Queen absolutely takes it here. I tried to listen to them all, Gaga, Nancy Wilson, Strayhorn, Nat King Cole, Donna Summer, Natalie Cole, etc. Amazingly, she handles this with style, sophistication, and you can tell....personal reference. Truly amazing. My only fear, is that with current sound engineering technology, we could be listening to the audible equivalent to Photoshop and not know it.

Beautiful rendition of a great old song, sung by so many. QL (aka Dana) has a nice voice.

Beautiful.