The Late Ella Fitzgerald.. The Late Ella Fitzgerald Thanks a Million Brian, Loved Her... Don D.👍😎 On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 ~ Brian C. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917

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Dec 3, 2017 18:14:40 #

Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

The Late Ella Fitzgerald

Thanks a Million Brian, Loved Her... Don D.👍😎

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 ~ Brian C.

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer often 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 and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

After tumultuous teenage years, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country, but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Fitzgerald's rendition of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start a solo career that would last effectively the rest of her life.

Signed with manager and Savoy co-founder Moe Gale from early in her career, she eventually gave managerial control for her performance and recording career to Norman Granz, who built up the label Verve Records based in part on Fitzgerald's vocal abilities. With Verve she recorded some of her more widely noted works, particularly her interpretation of the Great American Songbook.

While Fitzgerald appeared in movies and as a guest on popular television shows in the second half of the twentieth century, her musical collaborations with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and The Ink Spots were some of her most notable acts outside of her solo career. These partnerships produced recognizable songs like "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Cheek to Cheek", "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall", and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)". In 1993, Fitzgerald capped off her fifty-nine year career with her last public performance. Three years later, she died at the age of 79, following years of decline in her health. After her passing, Fitzgerald's influence lived on through her fourteen Grammy Awards, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and tributes in the form of stamps, music festivals, and theater namesakes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - Cry Me A River - Live 1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9RPk3FXMY

Ella sings "Stormy Weather" with Joe Pass, Hannover 1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teXOPAFMOp0

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6IDPZ6CDLU

Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - Ellington/Jobim Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYMV6tfDJws

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnYnpApOkQg

ELLA FITZGERALD & JOE PASS "Georgia On My Mind" in Japan - 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeAhUiawOAo

Days of Wine and Roses - Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RSosf6im6w

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Why don't you do right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnkokQWNHi8

Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - Duets in Hannover - 1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VereDuTz1rY

Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie - Honeysuckle Rose - 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PMB-wgHM4Y

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington orch. - Sweet Georgia Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFp_I7-N4

Ella Fitzgerald Duke Ellington Duke's Place C Jam Blues 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlCDIuASObM

Ella Fitzgerald - Satin Doll (with Duke Ellington Orchestra)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI2ieY4qqYQ

Duke Ellington - Caravan (with Ella Fitzgerald)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ADroVuFwM

Ella Fitzgerald - All the Best (FULL ALBUM)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHCJ8Nsy4zg

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella In Berlin (Full Album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IXlJyvum_E

DEAN MARTIN, ELLA FITZGERALD, GORDON MacRAE: 15-Song Broadway/C&W Medley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mowAM9UBn7Q

Karen Carpenter/Ella Fitzgerald medley, recorded for "Music,Music,Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDp9b9eYoLM

Toni Tennille and Ella Fitzgerald
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhNojg0kLRI

RAY ANTHONY and ELLA FITZGERALD Live TV 1955 Pete Kelly's Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoBv7ETdxDc

Ella Fitzgerald - Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eivJTwjkHDA

Sammy Davis Jun. - Ella Fitzgerald
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQLmQpgv1w4

Frank Sinatra - The Lady Is A Tramp ft. Ella Fitzgerald
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafBWOxqssg

Frank Sinatra & Ella Fitzgerald - Moonlight In Vermont
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyyRi3l7E_k

Dinah Shore & Ella Fitzgerald.mpeg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skth17Ky-HA

Dinah Shore & Ella Fitzgerald - "Sentimental Journey".... (1963
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGZz2UKXtF0

Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUEm2rM6rIM

Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson - Midnight Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0JF8RTUDag

Ella Fitzgerald sings In a Mellow Tone with Oscar Peterson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpVUy0EYcZM

More Than You Know - Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsgP4Hjgyv4

Stuff Smith with Ella Fitzgerald and the Oscar Peterson Trio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8gDlSeTQ5E

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - Again (Full Album) - 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGkXG4YOsDs

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - ELLA & LOUIS Classic Album Collection:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSpnZZqUBpk

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIYS9EQWkXg

Louis & Ella - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxrws7omOHQ

Ella & Louis - Autumn in New York (HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50zL8TnMBN8

Ella Fitzgerald - Misty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQouJdvB80U

Ella Fitzgerald - Round Midnight (with Oscar Peterson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEaDj6TXiQQ

Dec 3, 2017 20:02:26 #

PLT Sarge Loc: Alabama

Always a Lady, and OMG that voice. Remember listening to her when I was younger. These female singers now can never equal or compare to Lady Ella.

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

The Late Ella Fitzgerald br br br Thanks a Milli... (show quote)

Dec 3, 2017 20:12:36 #

rumitoid

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

The Late Ella Fitzgerald br br br Thanks a Milli... (show quote)

After the HS prom in 1965, I took my date, Kathy Weldon to the Hawaii Kai in Manhattan to listen to her; another thing on a checklist to impress my date. (The Staten Island Ferry was next.) I had never heard her sing and if she could made little difference to me: it was all the part of the impress package. Then I heard her. And I still hear her that night. Overwhelming. Kathy who?

Dec 4, 2017 09:45:17 #

pappadeux Loc: Phoenix AZ

Just a really sweet and talented lady. there I said it all.

Dec 4, 2017 17:49:59 #

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

I Saw her live in NYC back in the early 60s about 8 time's. She was so great!

Dec 4, 2017 18:48:23 #

rumitoid

goofball wrote:

I Saw her live in NYC back in the early 60s about 8 time's. She was so great!

At the Hawaii Kai in Manhattan?

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