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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction , phrasing, timing, intonation , absolute pitch , and a "horn-like" improvisational ability ...
Fitzgerald continued recording with Webb until his death in 1939, after which the group was renamed Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra. With the introduction of 10" and 12" Long-Playing records in the late 1940s, Decca released several original albums of Fitzgerald's music and reissued many of her previous single-only releases.
These are the Blues is a 1963 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald featuring trumpeter Roy Eldridge and organist Wild Bill Davis. Sleeve artwork was painted by David Stone Martin. This is Fitzgerald's only example of recording an entire album of blues songs.
'Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,' by Judith Tick, is the first full biography of the multifaceted singer since her death — and captures her tireless evolution.
Ella Fitzgerald, who died in 1996 at age 79, remains the ultimate female jazz singer. It’s easy to treasure Billie Holiday’s interpretive depth, Sarah Vaughan’s extraordinary vocal range ...
Ella in Berlin is a 1960 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."
The singer has performed the Fitzgerald tribute musical several times at theaters around the country for the last 20 years. Its roots go back to 1995, when Payne and Maurice Hines were touring ...
Fitzgerald in 1962 This article contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. Awards and accolades Awards, citations and honors National Medal of Arts Honorary membership of Alpha Kappa Alpha (1960) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers highest honor (1965) Bing Crosby Lifetime Achievement Award (1967) Hollywood Walk of Fame ...