Grammy Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1979
name: label: presenter
content: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), in 1979. It is a medium-brown stained wood base with a gold-tone gramophone on top and engraved metal plate. Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald received this Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, for the album, <i>Fine and Mellow</i>. The metal plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES<br>ELLA FITZGERALD<br>BEST JAZZ VOCAL PERFORMANCE – 1979<br>”FINE AND MELLOW”</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.065
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: award: 7 1/16 in x 4 13/16 in x 5 3/8 in; 17.93875 cm x 12.22375 cm x 13.6525 cm
label: Measurements
content: plate: 3 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 2.8575 cm