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Ella Fitzgerald released many stand alone singles throughout her Verve years. These were re-issued in 2003 on the 2-CD set, Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 . The late 1960s and early 1970s saw Fitzgerald release albums on several major record labels, including three albums on Capitol Records and two on the Reprise Records label.
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 ...
Little Church of the West is a wedding chapel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, [1] that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Built of redwood, it was intended to be a replica of a typical pioneer town church. It is the oldest building on the Las Vegas Strip.
Ella Fitzgerald at the Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall is a 1973 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a reconstructed Chick Webb Band, the pianist Ellis Larkins, and for the second half of the album, the Tommy Flanagan Quartet (featuring Joe Pass).
Ella Swings Lightly is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with the Marty Paich Dek-tette. Ella also worked with Marty Paich on her 1967 album Whisper Not . The album features a typical selection of jazz standards from this era, songs from musicals like Frank Loesser 's If I Were a Bell , and a famous jazz ...
Fitzgerald's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female, at the 33rd Grammy Awards. [ 3 ] Reviewing the album in The New York Times , music critic Stephen Holden wrote, "Although the voice of the first lady of song has lost much of its heavenly sweetness, the years have not seriously undermined ...
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book (1958) (Paul Weston) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959) (Nelson Riddle) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book (1961) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (1963) (Riddle) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (1964) (Riddle)
Easy Living is a 1986 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by guitarist Joe Pass. Fitzgerald was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards for her performance on this album. [1]