query: what type of music does ella fitzgerald sing?

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: Fitzgerald. Callaway's album "To Ella with Love" (1996) features fourteen jazz standards made popular by Fitzgerald, and the album also features the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Bridgewater's album "Dear Ella" (1997) featured many musicians that were closely associated with Fitzgerald during her career, including the pianist Lou Levy, the trumpeter Benny Powell, and Fitzgerald's second husband, double bassist Ray Brown. Bridgewater's following album, "Live at Yoshi's", was recorded live on April 25, 1998, what would have been Fitzgerald's 81st birthday. Austin's album, "For Ella" (2002) features 11 songs most immediately associated with Fitzgerald, and a twelfth song, "Hearing Ella Sing" is

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: On April 25, 2017, the centenary of her birth, UK's BBC Radio 2 broadcast three programmes as part of an "Ella at 100" celebration: "Ella Fitzgerald Night" introduced by Jamie Cullum, "Remembering Ella" introduced by Leo Green and "Ella Fitzgerald - the First Lady of Song" introduced by Petula Clark. Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer 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, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly

title: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong collaborations

text: a host of instrumentalists from the Jazz At The Philharmonic troupe. The idea of entire duet album came about from Verve's Norman Granz who had the idea to pair Fitzgerald and Armstrong. Granz also persuaded Armstrong to forsake his own trad jazz group and embrace the modern sound of Oscar Peterson and composers such as Porter and Berlin. Fitzgerald allowed Louis to choose the keys in which to sing the repertoire and together they recorded the first of three albums, "Ella and Louis". "Ella and Louis" found Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. The studio

title: Ella (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: label. In late 1969 Fitzgerald signed to Reprise Records and recorded two albums for the label, before returning to a Norman Granz owned label in 1972, when Granz began the Pablo Records label. For the 1969 LP on Reprise Records; RS 6354 ; Re-issued by Reprise-Warner Bros. in 1989 on CD; Reprise 9 26023-2 Side One: Side Two: Ella (Ella Fitzgerald album) Ella is a 1969 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and the first of two albums she recorded for the Warner Bros. owned Reprise label. This album continues the theme set on Fitzgerald's previous album,

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a box set by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that contains songs by George and Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. Fifty-nine songs were recorded in the span of eight months in 1959. Fitzgerald's recording of "But Not for Me" won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female. Ira Gershwin said, "I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them". For the 1998 4-CD set Verve re-issue, Verve 314 539

title: Ella Fitzgerald discography

text: Ella Fitzgerald discography This article presents the discography of the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald from 1936 to 1989. Between 1935 and 1955 Ella Fitzgerald was signed to Decca Records. Her early recordings as a featured vocalist were frequently uncredited. Her first credited single was 78 RPM recording "I'll Chase the Blues Away" with the Chick Webb Orchestra. 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

title: Ella (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Ella (Ella Fitzgerald album) Ella is a 1969 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and the first of two albums she recorded for the Warner Bros. owned Reprise label. This album continues the theme set on Fitzgerald's previous album, consisting in the main part of cover versions of popular songs from the late 1960s. The production of this recording was in the hands of Richard Perry, who had joined the Reprise label in 1967. Perry later went on the produce albums by Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork, in

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers is a 1959 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with a studio Orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. Ella focuses on well known jazz standards by lesser known songwriters, a useful counterbalance to her continuing songbooks project, which at this time found her in the midst of recording the epic "George and Ira Gershwin Songbook". Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "Ella Fitzgerald is in fine form on this obscure LP, performing a dozen standards... An enjoyable

title: Ella Fitzgerald

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

title: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

text: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books The Ella Fitzgerald Song Books were a series of eight studio albums released in irregular intervals between 1956 and 1964, recorded by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, supported by a variety of orchestras, big bands, and small jazz combos. The eight albums are as follows, with arrangers in parentheses: As stated in the liner notes, Fitzgerald and Norman Granz made one final edition to the series in 1981 on "Pablo Records" with: They are considered a cornerstone of 20th century recorded popular music, and as a whole, represent some of the finest interpretations

text: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong collaborations The collaborations between Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong have attracted much attention over the years. The artists were both widely known icons not just in the areas of big band, jazz, and swing music but across 20th century popular music in general. The two African-American musicians produced three official releases together in "Ella and Louis" (1956), "Ella and Louis Again" (1957), and "Porgy and Bess" (1959). Each release earned both commercial and critical success. As well, tracks related to those albums have also appeared in various forms in multi-artist collections and other such records.

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook

text: July 14, 1961 in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May. This album marked the only time that Fitzgerald worked with May. The Harold Arlen "Song Book" is the sixth album in Fitzgerald's series of recordings of songs written by the pantheon of Broadway composers who formed the body of work now considered the "Great American Songbook". The cover art is a drawing by

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May. This album marked the only time that Fitzgerald worked with May. The Harold Arlen "Song Book" is the sixth album in Fitzgerald's series of recordings of songs written by the pantheon of Broadway composers who formed the body of work now considered the "Great American Songbook". The cover art is a drawing by Henri Matisse. For the 2-LP set originally

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: side project, too, known as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight. In 1942, Fitzgerald left the band to begin a solo career. While working for Decca Records, she had hits with Bill Kenny & the Ink Spots, Louis Jordan, and the Delta Rhythm Boys. Producer Norman Granz became her manager in the mid-1940s after she began singing for Jazz at the Philharmonic, a concert series begun by Granz. With the demise of the Swing era and the decline of the great touring big bands, a major change in jazz music occurred. The advent of bebop led to new developments in

title: All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald album) All That Jazz was the last studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. "All That Jazz" eschewed a tendency by Fitzgerald in past decades to record popular and commercial songs of the day, and instead concentrated on jazz standards from the Swing era, a period which some fifty years earlier had seen her begin her career in music. Fitzgerald's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female, at the 33rd Grammy Awards. Fitzgerald also appeared on Quincy Jones "Back on the Block", which won the

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: When she got into the band, she was dedicated to her music...She was a lonely girl around New York, just kept herself to herself, for the gig." When, later in her career, the Society of Singers named an award after her, Fitzgerald explained, "I don't want to say the wrong thing, which I always do but I think I do better when I sing." From 1949 to 1956, Fitzgerald resided in St. Albans, New York, an enclave of prosperous African Americans where she counted among her neighbors, Illinois Jacquet, Count Basie, Lena Horne, and other jazz luminaries. Fitzgerald was a

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" is a 1960 (see 1960 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the pianist Paul Smith. "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" was a 1960 Hollywood movie featuring Fitzgerald. Until 2014 this album was only available on CD as The Intimate Ella, and is considered one of Ella's greatest recordings. Ella's 1950 Decca album "Ella Sings Gershwin", is in a similar vein, with Ella accompanied by the pianist Ellis Larkins. The album hints

title: All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the same ceremony. For the 1992 Pablo CD Issue, PACD-2310-938-2 All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald album) All That Jazz was the last studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. "All That Jazz" eschewed a tendency by Fitzgerald in past decades to record popular and commercial songs of the day, and instead concentrated on jazz standards from the Swing era, a period which some fifty years earlier had seen her begin her career in music. Fitzgerald's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female,

title: A Perfect Match (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Montreux". A Perfect Match (Ella Fitzgerald album) A Perfect Match is a 1979 (see 1979 in music) live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, and featuring Count Basie himself on the last track. This is the last of four albums Fitzgerald recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival to be released. Ella's performance on this album won her the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. Two further tracks from this concert, "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" and "Flying Home" appeared on the 1979 album "Digital III

title: A Perfect Match (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: A Perfect Match (Ella Fitzgerald album) A Perfect Match is a 1979 (see 1979 in music) live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, and featuring Count Basie himself on the last track. This is the last of four albums Fitzgerald recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival to be released. Ella's performance on this album won her the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. Two further tracks from this concert, "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" and "Flying Home" appeared on the 1979 album "Digital III at

text: form on these dates, Fitzgerald's sweetly melodic voice contrasting nicely with Armstrong's coarse rasp." In his view, the related 2011 compilation album that included most of their collaborations, while missing several tracks, "captures some of the finest vocal work of the past century". Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong collaborations The collaborations between Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong have attracted much attention over the years. The artists were both widely known icons not just in the areas of big band, jazz, and swing music but across 20th century popular music in general. The two African-American musicians produced three official releases together

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: respectively, "Ella Loves Cole" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It". A later collection devoted to a single composer was released during her time with Pablo Records, "Ella Abraça Jobim", featuring the songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim. While recording the Song Books and the occasional studio album, Fitzgerald toured 40 to 45 weeks per year in the United States and internationally, under the tutelage of Norman Granz. Granz helped solidify her position as one of the leading live jazz performers. In 1961 Fitzgerald bought a house in the Klampenborg district of Copenhagen, Denmark, after she began a relationship with

title: Hello, Dolly! (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Hello, Dolly! (Ella Fitzgerald album) Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 (see 1964 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. "Hello, Dolly!," "People," "Can't Buy Me Love," and "The Sweetest Sounds" were recorded in London, England, on April 7. The other eight tracks were recorded in New York City on March 3 and March 4. Three songs recorded at the latter sessions remain unreleased: "There! I've Said It Again," "I'll See You in My Dreams," and "There Are Such Things." It is unknown whether the recordings exist in the Verve Records vaults today. Her version of the

title: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

text: Song Book (1964) "(Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book)" All lyrics by Johnny Mercer, composers indicated. Arrangements by Nelson Riddle. Recorded from February 7, 1956 – August 21, 1964 in Hollywood, Los Angeles: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books The Ella Fitzgerald Song Books were a series of eight studio albums released in irregular intervals between 1956 and 1964, recorded by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, supported by a variety of orchestras, big bands, and small jazz combos. The eight albums are as follows, with arrangers in parentheses: As stated in the liner notes, Fitzgerald and Norman

text: Side One: Side Two: Recorded April 14–19, 1960 at United Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles: Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" is a 1960 (see 1960 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the pianist Paul Smith. "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" was a 1960 Hollywood movie featuring Fitzgerald. Until 2014 this album was only available on CD as The Intimate Ella, and is considered one of Ella's greatest recordings. Ella's 1950 Decca album "Ella Sings Gershwin", is

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book

text: released on the Verve label in 1958: Verve MGV 4019-2. Side One: Side Two: Side Three: Side Four: Bonus Track; Issued on the Verve 2000 2CD re-issue, Verve 830533-2 32."Blue Skies" – 3:43 All music and lyrics written by Irving Berlin. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin. It was part of the popular and influential "Songbook" series. At the inaugural Grammy

title: Hello, Dolly! (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Beatles song "Can't Buy Me Love" was a minor hit single in 1964, peaking at #34 in the UK singles chart. For the 1964 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4064; Re-issued in 2005 on CD, Verve B0004675-02 Recorded March 3-March 4, 1964, New York City: Tracks 5-12 Recorded April 7, 1964, London: Tracks 1-4 Hello, Dolly! (Ella Fitzgerald album) Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 (see 1964 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. "Hello, Dolly!," "People," "Can't Buy Me Love," and "The Sweetest Sounds" were recorded in London, England, on April 7. The other eight tracks were

text: In terms of touring performances, Fitzgerald once again teamed up with Armstrong, after the success of their first album, to hold a series of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. The duo's music proved popular with the live audiences. Two live tracks from those 1956 concerts would end up being released as album bonus material in the 1990s. Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an African-American jazz vocalist often referred to by honorific nicknames such as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz". "Lady Ella" attracted notoriety for her purity of tone, impeccable diction,

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: the first of eight Song Book sets Fitzgerald would record for Verve at irregular intervals from 1956 to 1964. The composers and lyricists spotlighted on each set, taken together, represent the greatest part of the cultural canon known as the "Great American Songbook". Her song selections ranged from standards to rarities and represented an attempt by Fitzgerald to cross over into a non-jazz audience. The sets are the most well-known items in her discography. "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book" was the only Song Book on which the composer she interpreted played with her. Duke Ellington and his

title: Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport

text: Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport is a 1958 live album by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. Fitzgerald's first track promoted her recent album "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook" (1956), and after several teething problems with the microphone, and tempo problems on "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)", she delivers a stunning scat solo on "Air Mail Special", quoting from several recent pop hits. Holiday is introduced by Johnny Mercer, and Carmen McRae's performance of that year was

text: featured on the 2000 Verve CD reissue. Side One: Side Two: Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport is a 1958 live album by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. Fitzgerald's first track promoted her recent album "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook" (1956), and after several teething problems with the microphone, and tempo problems on "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)", she delivers a stunning scat solo on "Air Mail Special", quoting from several recent pop hits. Holiday is introduced

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: and Duke Ellington. Fitzgerald had a number of famous jazz musicians and soloists as sidemen over her long career. The trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, the guitarist Herb Ellis, and the pianists Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Peterson, Lou Levy, Paul Smith, Jimmy Rowles, and Ellis Larkins all worked with Ella mostly in live, small group settings. Possibly Fitzgerald's greatest unrealized collaboration (in terms of popular music) was a studio or live album with Frank Sinatra. The two appeared on the same stage only periodically over the years, in television specials in 1958 and 1959, and again on 1967's "A Man

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book is a 1963 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The album focuses on the songs of the composer Jerome Kern. This was the second of Fitzgerald's Song Book series to have been orchestrated by Riddle; their previous collaboration was her "George and Ira Gershwin Song Book" in 1959. Fitzgerald and Riddle also recorded two albums of standards, "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson" and "Ella Swings Gently with Nelson", in 1962. This

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin. It was part of the popular and influential "Songbook" series. At the inaugural Grammy Awards, "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Fitzgerald won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female for her performance on this album. For the 2-LP set originally

text: Grammy Hall of Fame by 2001. "The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve" attracted praise in the same vein as the original releases that the compilation albums took songs from, such as from Richard S. Ginell of Allmusic. Writing for "All About Jazz", music critic David Rickert stated that the collaborations were "a match made in heaven" and lauded "Ella and Louis", "Ella and Louis Again", and "Porgy and Bess" all as "terrific albums". He remarked, "Their work together is a highlight of the 1950s, a busy time for classic vocal jazz records, and both were in fine

text: if not classic release." For the 1959 Verve LP album, Verve MG VS-6072, re-issued in 2003 on CD; Verve B0000762-02 Side A: Side B: Recorded in two sessions held on November 24, 1958 and July 1, 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles: Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers is a 1959 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with a studio Orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. Ella focuses on well known jazz standards by lesser known songwriters, a useful counterbalance to her continuing songbooks project, which at this time

title: Whisper Not (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Whisper Not (Ella Fitzgerald album) Whisper Not is a 1967 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Marty Paich Orchestra. She had previously recorded with Marty Paich and his more familiar Dek-tette on the 1957 album "Ella Swings Lightly". "Whisper Not" is Ella's penultimate recording for the Verve label. Her 11 years on the Verve label had seen her make her most acclaimed recordings, critically and commercially. The jazz critic Will Friedwald described her pre-Verve work on Decca as "seeming a mere prelude", and her "post-Verve years as an afterthought". For the 1967 Verve LP release; Verve

title: Ella Fitzgerald discography

text: labels, including three albums on Capitol Records and two on the Reprise Records label. In 1972 Norman Granz formed Pablo Records, the label continued to release Ella Fitzgerald's albums up until her last recorded album "All That Jazz" in 1989. In recent years the Ella Fitzgerald back catalogue has continued to grow, this includes complete albums of previously unreleased live material and alternative recordings from her studio sessions. From 1935 to the late 1940s Decca issued Ella Fitzgerald's recordings on 78rpm singles and album collections, in book form, of four singles that included eight tracks. These recordings have been re-issued

title: Whisper Not (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: V6-4071; Re-issued in 2002 on CD, Verve 314 589 478-2 Recorded July 20, 1966 at United Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles: Tracks 3–6 Tracks 1–2, 7–12 Whisper Not (Ella Fitzgerald album) Whisper Not is a 1967 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Marty Paich Orchestra. She had previously recorded with Marty Paich and his more familiar Dek-tette on the 1957 album "Ella Swings Lightly". "Whisper Not" is Ella's penultimate recording for the Verve label. Her 11 years on the Verve label had seen her make her most acclaimed recordings, critically and commercially. The jazz critic Will

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, focusing on the songs of Johnny Mercer. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California. This is Fitzgerald's fifth and final collaboration with Riddle during her years on the Verve label. The album is notable as Fitzgerald's only Song Book to concentrate on the work of a lyricist. Riddle's lush arrangements interact most beautifully with Fitzgerald on ballads like "Midnight Sun" and "Skylark". Fitzgerald's impeccable swing is most

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, focusing on Ellington's songs. Part of Fitzgerald's "Song Book" series, it is the only one where the composer is also featured as a performer and the first occasion Fitzgerald recorded with Ellington. It is also the entry in the "Song Book" series that provided her with the most opportunities to exhibit her skill at scat singing. The greater part of disc three is devoted to

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs of Cole Porter. This was Fitzgerald's first album for the newly created Verve Records (and the first album to be released by the label.) Granz decided to have Fitzgerald record well-established popular works becauseI was interested in how I could enhance Ella’s position, to make her a singer with more than just a cult following amongst jazz fans.

text: 1966". Their only other studio album is "Ella at Duke's Place" (1965). For the 1957 Verve 4-LP set: Verve MGV 4010-4 Disc one Disc two Disc three Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1999 3CD re-issue, Verve 314 559 248-2 Recorded June 15–October 27, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, focusing on Ellington's songs. Part of Fitzgerald's "Song Book" series, it is the only one where

title: Get Happy! (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: (g) Joe Mondragon (vb; Alvin Stoller (d) Get Happy! (Ella Fitzgerald album) Get Happy! is a 1959 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with various studio orchestras over a two-year period. The original 12 songs on the album come from 5 different sessions, featuring orchestras led by Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russell Garcia or Paul Weston. The first two tracks are from the sessions for the "George and Ira Gershwin Songbook", which were later included on the 1998 reissue of the album, and Berlin's "Blue Skies" was recorded at the sessions for the 1958 album "Sings the

title: Get Happy! (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Get Happy! (Ella Fitzgerald album) Get Happy! is a 1959 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with various studio orchestras over a two-year period. The original 12 songs on the album come from 5 different sessions, featuring orchestras led by Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russell Garcia or Paul Weston. The first two tracks are from the sessions for the "George and Ira Gershwin Songbook", which were later included on the 1998 reissue of the album, and Berlin's "Blue Skies" was recorded at the sessions for the 1958 album "Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook", but inexplicably omitted from

title: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

text: Most of the rest of us didn't know, either. By the time she had gone through the entire canon, songs that had been pigeonholed as show tunes or jazz novelties or faded relics of Tin Pan Alley had become American classical music, the property and pride of everyone." Frank Sinatra was moved out of respect for Fitzgerald to block Capitol from re-releasing his own albums in a similar, single composer vein. Verve reissued the eight albums in 1994 in this expansive boxset, which won the 1995 Grammy for Best Historical Recording. The Cole Porter Song Book (1956) "(Ella Fitzgerald Sings

text: by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. All tracks written by Cole Porter, except when noted. Side one Side two Side three Side four 1997 reissue, previously unreleased bonus tracks Personnel adapted from the liner notes of CD reissue. Performance Brass and woodwind members Rhythm members Rudimental string members Technical Reissue Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs of

title: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book

text: Side two: Side three: Side four: Bonus track; Issued on disc two of 2009 the Verve 2CD Reissue, Verve 314-5372582 18 "Lover" – 3:15 2012: Verve also released an audiophile, downloadable version of the LP in up to 192 kHz/24 bit lossless FLAC quality. All songs composed by Richard Rodgers and all lyrics written by Lorenz Hart. Liner notes by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, William Simon and Norman Granz. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book is a 1956 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald,

text: indicated. Recorded January 5-7, 1963 at Radio Recorders Studio 10H, Los Angeles: Tracks 1,3,5-6 and 8 On Tracks 2,4, and 7: Personnel same as tracks 1,3,5-6, and 8 except Felix Slatkin and Marshall Sosson violin replace Don Lube and Sidney Sharp; Edgar Lustgarten cello replaces Ray Kramer; and add Ann Stockton on harp. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book is a 1963 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The album focuses on the songs of the composer

text: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book is a 1956 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. 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." For the 1956 Verve 2-LP album, Verve MG V-4002-2 Side one:

text: evident on "Something's Gotta Give" and "Too Marvelous for Words". For the 1964 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4067; Re-issued in 1984 on CD, Verve-PolyGram 823 247-2 Side One: Side Two: "All lyrics by Johnny Mercer, composers between brackets." Recorded October 19–21, 1964 at Radio Recorders Studio 10-H, Hollywood: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, focusing on the songs of Johnny Mercer. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California. This is Fitzgerald's fifth and

title: Easy Living (Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass album)

text: fading, although her charm and sense of swing were still very much present. But this CD is not one of her more significant recordings, other than being one of the final chapters." Easy Living (Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass album) Easy Living is a 1986 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the celebrated jazz guitarist Joe Pass. Cover photo by Tad Hershorn. This was the fourth and final album in Fitzgerald's series of duets with Pass, the three earlier albums being "Take Love Easy" (1973), "Fitzgerald and Pass... Again" (1976) and "Speak Love" (1983). Fitzgerald was nominated for the

text: Easy Living (Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass album) Easy Living is a 1986 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the celebrated jazz guitarist Joe Pass. Cover photo by Tad Hershorn. This was the fourth and final album in Fitzgerald's series of duets with Pass, the three earlier albums being "Take Love Easy" (1973), "Fitzgerald and Pass... Again" (1976) and "Speak Love" (1983). 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. In his Allmusic review, critic Scott Yanow wrote "her voice was visibly

text: 759-2 All Tracks composed by George Gershwin and all lyrics written by Ira Gershwin, unless otherwise indicated. Disc One Disc Two Disc Three Disc Four - Tracks 3 to 16 are Alternate Takes and Remixes String section Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a box set by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that contains songs by George and Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. Fifty-nine songs were recorded in the span of eight months in 1959. Fitzgerald's recording of "But Not for Me" won

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: US chart single with a cover of Smokey Robinson's "Get Ready", previously a hit for the Temptations, and some months later a top-five hit for Rare Earth. The surprise success of the 1972 album "Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72" led Granz to found Pablo Records, his first record label since the sale of Verve. Fitzgerald recorded some 20 albums for the label. "Ella in London" recorded live in 1974 with pianist Tommy Flanagan, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Keter Betts and drummer Bobby Durham, was considered by many to be some of her best work. The following year she again

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: In 1993, she had to have both of her legs amputated below the knee due to the effects of diabetes. Her eyesight was affected as well. She died in her home from a stroke on June 15, 1996 at the age of 79. A few hours after her death, the Playboy Jazz Festival was launched at the Hollywood Bowl. In tribute, the marquee read: "Ella We Will Miss You." Her funeral was private, and she was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Fitzgerald married at least twice, and there is evidence that suggests that she may have married

title: Like Someone in Love (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Like Someone in Love (Ella Fitzgerald album) Like Someone in Love is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. This album represents a fine example of Ella's singing from this period, recorded at the same time as her albums with Louis Armstrong. The album was also recorded in the midst of her epic 'Songbooks' project, celebrating the composers of the 'Great American Songbook' and Broadway. The album features only four songs written by the composers featured in her 'Songbooks', instead concentrating on very famous ballads by

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: song from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta "The Mikado" alongside Joan Sutherland and Dinah Shore on Shore's weekly variety series in 1963. A performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London was filmed and shown on the BBC. Fitzgerald also made a one-off appearance alongside Sarah Vaughan and Pearl Bailey on a 1979 television special honoring Bailey. In 1980, she performed a medley of standards in a duet with Karen Carpenter on the Carpenters' television program "Music, Music, Music". Fitzgerald also appeared in TV commercials, her most memorable being an ad for Memorex. In the commercials, she sang a note

title: Ella Mai

text: classic Nineties R&B." Ella Mai Ella Mai Howell (born 3 November 1994) is an English singer and songwriter. She signed to DJ Mustard's label 10 Summers Records in 2014. Her EP's include "Time", "Change", and "Ready". Her debut studio album, "Ella Mai", was released in October 2018 and featured the single "Boo'd Up," which was released on February 20, 2018. Ella Mai was born on November 3, 1994 to a Jamaican mother and Irish father in London. According to the singer, her mother, a lover of American jazz music, named her after Ella Fitzgerald. Mai moved from London to New

title: Ella Mai

text: Ella Mai Ella Mai Howell (born 3 November 1994) is an English singer and songwriter. She signed to DJ Mustard's label 10 Summers Records in 2014. Her EP's include "Time", "Change", and "Ready". Her debut studio album, "Ella Mai", was released in October 2018 and featured the single "Boo'd Up," which was released on February 20, 2018. Ella Mai was born on November 3, 1994 to a Jamaican mother and Irish father in London. According to the singer, her mother, a lover of American jazz music, named her after Ella Fitzgerald. Mai moved from London to New York City at

title: Ella Sings Broadway

text: Ella Sings Broadway Ella Sings Broadway is a 1963 (see 1963 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with an orchestra arranged and conducted by the American bandleader Marty Paich. Ella had previously recorded with Paich and his more familiar Dek-tette on the 1957 album "Ella Swings Lightly", and was to record with him again on her 1967 album "Whisper Not". Shortly before the sessions for " Ella Sings Broadway ", Ella had recorded two singles with Marty Paich, the Antonio Carlos Jobim song 'Desafinado' and a Bossa Nova version of the jazz standard 'Stardust'. This

title: Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album)

text: Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album) Porgy and Bess is a 1958 studio album by jazz vocalist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong and singer Ella Fitzgerald, collaborating on selections from George and Ira Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. In 2001, it was awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, a special achievement prize established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance." The album was originally issued on the Verve label as Verve MGV 4011-2, then reissued on PolyGram on CD in 1990, as Verve-PolyGram 827 475-2. The

title: Ella Sings Gershwin

text: Ella Sings Gershwin Ella Sings Gershwin is a 1950 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the pianist Ellis Larkins. Issued on DL5300 on the Decca label, this was Fitzgerald's first album. Originally on 10" vinyl, which preceded album releases on 12" vinyl, it featured eight tracks. The complete album was combined with Fitzgerald's 1954 album "Songs in a Mellow Mood" and re-issued on CD in 1994 by MCA Records on the GRP Jazz label under the title "Pure Ella". Fitzgerald released two other albums of all Gershwin material, "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook" (1959) and

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: crucial, saying, "I had gotten to the point where I was only singing be-bop. I thought be-bop was 'it', and that all I had to do was go some place and sing bop. But it finally got to the point where I had no place to sing. I realized then that there was more to music than bop. Norman ... felt that I should do other things, so he produced "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book" with me. It was a turning point in my life." On March 15, 1955, Ella Fitzgerald opened her initial engagement at the

title: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim

text: enough for her." Fitzgerald and Sinatra came close to recording together around this period, but the plans were eventually scuppered. A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim was a 1967 television special starring Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. The medley that Jobim and Sinatra sing together was arranged by Claus Ogerman. The title is a reference to Sinatra's previous two television specials by this name, 1965's "A Man and His Music", the following years "A Man and His Music

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: to win at the inaugural show. Other major awards and honors she received during her career were the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Medal of Honor Award, National Medal of Art, first Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award, named "Ella" in her honor, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement, UCLA Spring Sing, and the UCLA Medal (1987). Across town at the University of Southern California, she received the USC "Magnum Opus" Award which hangs in the office of the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation. In 1990, she received an honorary doctorate

title: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim

text: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim was a 1967 television special starring Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. The medley that Jobim and Sinatra sing together was arranged by Claus Ogerman. The title is a reference to Sinatra's previous two television specials by this name, 1965's "A Man and His Music", the following years "A Man and His Music - Part II" and his 1965 album, "A Man and His Music", which won the Grammy Award for Album of

title: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

text: Arrangements by Paul Weston. The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959) "(Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book)" All music written by George Gershwin and all lyrics written by Ira Gershwin, unless otherwise indicated. Arrangements by Nelson Riddle. The Harold Arlen Song Book (1961) "(Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book)" All songs composed by Harold Arlen, with lyricists indicated. Arrangements by Billy May. The Jerome Kern Song Book (1963) "(Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book)" All music written by Jerome Kern with lyricists as indicated. Arrangements by Nelson Riddle. The Johnny Mercer

text: was the seventh and penultimate album in Fitzgerald's Song Book series of songs written by musical theater composers; it was preceded by 1961's "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book" and followed by "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book" in 1964. This is the only Song Book where the composer does not contribute any of the lyrics. Awarded four and a half stars by "Down Beat" magazine in 1963. For the 1963 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4060; Re-issued in 2005 on CD, Verve B0003933-02 Side One: Side Two: All music written by Jerome Kern with lyricists as

title: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

text: the Cole Porter Song Book)" All songs written by Cole Porter, except where indicated. Arrangements by Buddy Bregman. The Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956) "(Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book)" All songs composed by Richard Rodgers and all lyrics written by Lorenz Hart. Arrangements by Buddy Bregman. The Duke Ellington Song Book (1957) "(Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book)" All music written by Duke Ellington, lyricists indicated. Arrangements by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The Irving Berlin Song Book (1958) "(Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book)" All songs written by Irving Berlin.

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: song "First Lady" by Canadian artist Nikki Yanofsky. In 2008, the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center in Newport News named its brand new 276-seat theater the Ella Fitzgerald Theater. The theater is located several blocks away from her birthplace on Marshall Avenue. The Grand Opening performers ( October 11 and 12, 2008) were Roberta Flack and Queen Esther Marrow. In 2012, Rod Stewart performed a "virtual duet" with Ella Fitzgerald on his Christmas album "Merry Christmas, Baby", and his television special of the same name. There is a bronze sculpture of Fitzgerald in Yonkers, the city in which she grew up,

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: Austin's tribute to Fitzgerald. The album was nominated for a Grammy. In 2007, "", was released, a tribute album recorded for the 90th anniversary of Fitzgerald's birth. It featured artists such as Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Queen Latifah, Ledisi, Dianne Reeves, Linda Ronstadt, and Lizz Wright, collating songs most readily associated with the "First Lady of Song". Folk singer Odetta's album "To Ella" (1998) is dedicated to Fitzgerald, but features no songs associated with her. Her accompanist Tommy Flanagan affectionately remembered Fitzgerald on his album "Lady be Good ... For Ella" (1994).

title: Ella Fitzgerald discography

text: music and reissued many of her previous single-only releases. In 1956 Ella Fitzgerald signed with Verve Records the Norman Granz record label, Fitzgerald recorded with Verve until the mid-1960s. Included in this era were a series of eight Song Book albums, with interpretations of the greater part of the Great American Songbook, with songs from the pens of Cole Porter (1956), Rodgers & Hart (1956), Duke Ellington (1957), Irving Berlin (1958), George and Ira Gershwin (1959), Harold Arlen (1961), Jerome Kern (1963) and Johnny Mercer (1964). The late 1960s and early 1970s saw Fitzgerald release albums on several major record

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: "Ella, elle l'a", a tribute to Fitzgerald written by Michel Berger and performed by French singer France Gall, was a hit in Europe in 1987 and 1988. Fitzgerald is also referred to in the 1976 Stevie Wonder hit "Sir Duke" from his album "Songs in the Key of Life", and the song "I Love Being Here With You", written by Peggy Lee and Bill Schluger. Sinatra's 1986 recording of "Mack the Knife" from his album "L.A. Is My Lady" (1984) includes a homage to some of the song's previous performers, including 'Lady Ella' herself. She is also honored in the

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: Mocambo nightclub in Hollywood, after Marilyn Monroe lobbied the owner for the booking. The booking was instrumental in Fitzgerald's career. Bonnie Greer dramatized the incident as the musical drama, "Marilyn and Ella", in 2008. It had previously been widely reported that Fitzgerald was the first black performer to play the Mocambo, following Monroe's intervention, but this is not true. African-American singers Herb Jeffries, Eartha Kitt, and Joyce Bryant all played the Mocambo in 1952 and 1953, according to stories published at the time in "Jet" magazine and "Billboard". "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book", released in 1956, was

title: Ella Abraça Jobim

text: Ella Abraça Jobim Ella Abraça Jobim or Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook is a 1981 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, devoted to the songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim. It was reissued on CD in 1991, although the CD version does not include the songs "Don't Ever Go Away" and "Song of the Jet". Though it is subtitled as such, this album is not usually considered part of Fitzgerald's 'Songbook' series, the last of the 'Songbook' albums having been recorded in 1964. It was Fitzgerald's first album of music devoted to a single composer since 1972's "Ella Loves

title: Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's

text: Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's is a live album of a 1958 Ella Fitzgerald performance at Mister Kelly's, and released in 2007. Released to coincide with the 90th anniversary of Fitzgerald's birth, this is one of several live albums that Fitzgerald recorded in the late 1950s. Sarah Vaughan had recorded an album at Mister Kelly's several months earlier. It was a rare outing for several of the songs on this album. Fitzgerald had only recorded "Your Red Wagon" as a single and featured here are her debut recordings of "Witchcraft", "In the Wee

title: Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's

text: Small Hours of the Morning" and "Across the Alley from the Alamo" among several others. For 2007 2CD release on Verve Records; Verve B0008923-02 Disc One: "The Main Show" Disc Two: "The Late Show" Recorded August 10, 1958 at Mister Kelly's, Chicago: Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's is a live album of a 1958 Ella Fitzgerald performance at Mister Kelly's, and released in 2007. Released to coincide with the 90th anniversary of Fitzgerald's birth, this is one of several live albums that Fitzgerald recorded in the late 1950s. Sarah Vaughan had recorded an

title: Ella Fitzgerald discography

text: on a series of 15 compact disc by the French record label Classics Records between 1992 and 2008. Ella Fitzgerald released many stand alone singles throughout her Verve years, these were re-issued in 2003 on the 2-CD set, "". Studio and live albums released at a later date are also included here. 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1969 1970 1972 1973 1966 1967 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1986 1989 2001 1952 1953 1955 1956 1957 1983 1989 Ella Fitzgerald discography This article

title: Gold (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: sizzling Fitzgerald of the '50s and '60s." Gold (Ella Fitzgerald album) Gold is a two-disc compilation album by Ella Fitzgerald that was released on the Verve Records label in 2007. The 40 tracks span Fitzgerald's career from 1938 to 1964. The first disc contains material originally released by Decca Records; the second is taken from Verve releases. The 40 tracks were recorded between May 1938 and October 1964. The "JazzTimes" reviewer commented that "Fitzgerald's fiery early collaborations with Chick Webb, Louis Jordan, Sy Oliver, Louis Armstrong and others bring the Decca half to a boil, and well-chosen selections from the

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: of "Hot from Harlem: Twelve African American Entertainers", referred to Fitzgerald as the "Civil Rights Crusader", facing discrimination throughout her career. In 1954 on her way to one of her concerts in Australia she was unable to board the Pan American flight due to racial discrimination. Although she faced several obstacles and racial barriers, she was recognized as a "cultural ambassador," receiving the National Medal of Arts in 1987 and America's highest non-military honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1993, Fitzgerald established the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation focusing on charitable grants for four major categories: academic opportunities for children,

title: Ella and Louis Again

text: either Fitzgerald or Armstrong singing without the other, although they're together more often than not on this fine recording. "For the original 1957 double LP, Verve MGV 4006-2" Side one: Side two: Side three: Side four: Ella and Louis Again Ella and Louis Again is a 1957 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. It is the "sequel" to their 1956 album, "Ella and Louis"; in contrast to their previous collaboration, this album does not only feature duets. It was reissued in 2006 on a 2 CD-set as Verve 0602517036918. Writing for Allmusic, music critic Alex Henderson wrote of

title: Get Happy! (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: the final cut, despite featuring one Ella's most impressive extended scat improvisations. Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." Although this was not her most essential release, the formerly obscure Get Happy finds Ella Fitzgerald at the peak of her powers." For the 1959 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4036 Side One: Side Two: Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1998 CD re-issue, Verve 314

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: hit on the radio and was also one of the biggest-selling records of the decade. Webb died of spinal tuberculosis on June 16, 1939, and his band was renamed Ella and Her Famous Orchestra with Fitzgerald taking on the role of bandleader. She recorded nearly 150 songs with Webb's orchestra between 1935 and 1942. In "The New York Times" obituary of 1996, Stephen Holder wrote that "the majority" of her recordings during this period were "novelties and disposable pop fluff". In addition to her work with Webb, Fitzgerald performed and recorded with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. She had her own

title: Gold (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Gold (Ella Fitzgerald album) Gold is a two-disc compilation album by Ella Fitzgerald that was released on the Verve Records label in 2007. The 40 tracks span Fitzgerald's career from 1938 to 1964. The first disc contains material originally released by Decca Records; the second is taken from Verve releases. The 40 tracks were recorded between May 1938 and October 1964. The "JazzTimes" reviewer commented that "Fitzgerald's fiery early collaborations with Chick Webb, Louis Jordan, Sy Oliver, Louis Armstrong and others bring the Decca half to a boil, and well-chosen selections from the Songbook recordings more than adequately characterize the

title: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

text: of the greater part of the musical canon known as the Great American Songbook. "The New York Times" columnist Frank Rich was moved to write a few days after Fitzgerald's death that in the Song Book series, she "performed a cultural transaction as extraordinary as Elvis's contemporaneous integration of white and African-American soul." Here was a black woman popularizing urban songs often written by immigrant Jews to a national audience of predominantly white Christians. As Ira Gershwin said, in the line quoted in every obituary: "I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them."

text: of the above titles are also sometimes known as "Porgy & Bess". On May 20, 1997, the compilation album "The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve" first came out. "The Complete Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Studio Recorded Duets" (also known as just "The Complete Studio Recorded Duets") was first released on March 31, 2008. It saw a re-release in 2011. Despite the latter's title, that two-CD album only featured a selection of thirty-five particular tracks by the duo, lifting just four of the pieces on "Porgy and Bess". "Ella and Louis" has picked up praise from a

title: Ella and Louis Again

text: Ella and Louis Again Ella and Louis Again is a 1957 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. It is the "sequel" to their 1956 album, "Ella and Louis"; in contrast to their previous collaboration, this album does not only feature duets. It was reissued in 2006 on a 2 CD-set as Verve 0602517036918. Writing for Allmusic, music critic Alex Henderson wrote of the album:One could nit-pick about the fact that Satchmo doesn't take more trumpet solos, but the artists have such a strong rapport as vocalists that the trumpet shortage is only a minor point. Seven selections find

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: 'diamond in the rough,'" he offered her the opportunity to test with his band when they played a dance at Yale University. Met with approval by both audiences and her fellow musicians, Fitzgerald was asked to join Webb's orchestra and gained acclaim as part of the group's performances at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom. Fitzgerald recorded several hit songs, including "Love and Kisses" and "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)". But it was her 1938 version of the nursery rhyme, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", a song she co-wrote, that brought her public acclaim. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" became a major

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: (she had sung briefly in the 1942 Abbott and Costello film "Ride 'Em Cowboy"), she was "delighted" when Norman Granz negotiated the role for her, and, "at the time ... considered her role in the Warner Brothers movie the biggest thing ever to have happened to her." Amid "The New York Times" pan of the film when it opened in August 1955, the reviewer wrote, "About five minutes (out of ninety-five) suggest the picture this might have been. Take the ingenious prologue ... [or] take the fleeting scenes when the wonderful Ella Fitzgerald, allotted a few spoken lines, fills the

title: Ella (Ella Fitzgerald album)

text: Records showed interest in signing Fitzgerald, as did Capitol Records and in September 1967 Granz signed Fitzgerald with Capitol Records. The four albums recorded at Capitol Records are the most diverse albums of Fitzgerald's career, they included a country music album; "Misty Blue" and one of spiritual music; "Brighten the Corner". Norman Granz was not involved in the production of these albums or the choice of material. Later in 1969 Granz again began producing Fitzgerald's albums, taking up this position on the live album "Sunshine of Your Love" recorded for the Prestige Records label, and distributed on the MPS Records

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: and His Music + Ella + Jobim", a show that also featured Antônio Carlos Jobim. Pianist Paul Smith has said, "Ella loved working with [Frank]. Sinatra gave her his dressing-room on "A Man and His Music" and couldn't do enough for her." When asked, Norman Granz would cite "complex contractual reasons" for the fact that the two artists never recorded together. Fitzgerald's appearance with Sinatra and Count Basie in June 1974 for a series of concerts at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, was seen as an important incentive for Sinatra to return from his self-imposed retirement of the early 1970s. The

text: Away from Me" as well as James Warburg with Kay Swift's "Can't We Be Friends?". "Ella and Louis Again", which features nineteen songs, primarily consists as a collection of vocal duets like its predecessor. However, seven selections do involve either Armstrong or Fitzgerald singing without the other. Examples of the popular music standards done in the album include the Irving Berlin compositions "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" as well as the Vernon Duke piece "Autumn in New York". The backing group remained the same except for Buddy Rich's

title: Ella at Duke's Place

text: Ella at Duke's Place Ella at Duke's Place is a 1965 (see 1965 in music) studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. While it was the second (and last) studio album made by Fitzgerald and Ellington, following the 1957 Song book recording, a live double album "Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur" was recorded in 1967. For the 1965 Verve LP album, Verve V6-4070; re-issued by PolyGram-Verve on CD in 1996: Verve-PolyGram 529 700-2. Side One: Side Two: All songs composed by Duke Ellington, with the exception of "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" and

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: for three days before they could get another flight to Sydney. Although a contemporary Australian press report quoted an Australian Pan-Am spokesperson who denied that the incident was racially based, Fitzgerald, Henry, Lewis and Granz filed a civil suit for racial discrimination against Pan-Am in December 1954 and in a 1970 television interview Fitzgerald confirmed that they had won the suit and received what she described as a "nice settlement". Fitzgerald was still performing at Granz's JATP concerts by 1955. She left Decca and Granz, now her manager, created Verve Records around her. She later described the period as strategically

title: Ella at Duke's Place

text: "Passion Flower". Lyricists indicated. Recorded October 18,19,20 1965 at United Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles: Tracks 1-10 Album produced by Norman Granz Engineering by Val Valentin Ella at Duke's Place Ella at Duke's Place is a 1965 (see 1965 in music) studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. While it was the second (and last) studio album made by Fitzgerald and Ellington, following the 1957 Song book recording, a live double album "Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur" was recorded in 1967. For the 1965 Verve LP album, Verve V6-4070; re-issued by PolyGram-Verve on CD in

title: Ella Fitzgerald

text: School for Girls, a state reformatory school in Hudson, New York. Eventually she escaped, and for a time she was homeless. While she seems to have survived during 1933 and 1934 in part from singing on the streets of Harlem, Fitzgerald made her most important debut at age 17 on November 21, 1934, in one of the earliest Amateur Nights at the Apollo Theater. She had intended to go on stage and dance, but she was intimidated by a local dance duo called the Edwards Sisters and opted to sing instead. Performing in the style of Connee Boswell, she sang

title: Ella Riot

text: a two-year period. In August 2010 the band performed at Lollapalooza music festival. In December 2010, the band completed work on their second studio release "Love Child EP". It was engineered by Oliver Strauss and recorded at Mission Sound studio in New York. In March 2011, My Dear Disco changed its name to Ella Riot, citing legal concerns and the old name's implied genre. The new name was in part a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. In Greek, "Ella" means bright light or torch, and "Ella Riot" was a tribute to the goals and image of the band. Shortly after the

title: Ella Loves Cole

text: Ella Loves Cole Ella Loves Cole is a 1972 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, arranged by Nelson Riddle, of songs written by Cole Porter. This was Fitzgerald's first album of songs dedicated to a single composer since 1964's "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book" (also arranged by Riddle), and her second collection of songs by Porter, her first since 1956's Cole Porter songbook. She later recorded "Ella Abraça Jobim", dedicated to Antonio Carlos Jobim. Fitzgerald and Riddle would collaborate again on her 1982 album "The Best Is Yet to Come". The album was re-released on Pablo as "Dream

title: Marilyn and Ella

text: Marilyn and Ella Marilyn and Ella is a 2008 play by Bonnie Greer. It is a musical drama about Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald. On March 15, 1955 Ella Fitzgerald opened her initial engagement at the Mocambo nightclub in Hollywood, after Marilyn Monroe lobbied the owner for the booking. The booking was instrumental in Fitzgerald's career. Bonnie Greer dramatized the incident as the musical drama, "Marilyn and Ella", in 2008. It has been widely reported that Fitzgerald was the first Black performer to play the Mocambo, following Monroe's intervention, but this is not true. African-American singers Herb Jefferies, Eartha Kitt,