Ella Fitzgerald

D **Ella Jane Fitzgerald ** (* 25. April 1917 z Newport News, Virginia, USA; † 15. Juni 1996 z Beverly Hills, Kalifornie, USA) isch en amerikanischi Dschäässängere gsi. Si isch as  "First Lady of Song" und  "Queen of Jazz" bezäichnet worde.  Si het e Stimmunmfang vo drei Oktave gha und isch berüemt gsi für d Räinhäit vom Doon, für iiri perfekti Dikzioon, Frasierig und Intonazioon. Si het hervorraagend chönne improwisiere, vor allem bim Scat.

D Fitzgerald isch e bekannti Interpretun vom Great American Songbook, wo vili vo de beste Songs vo dr amerikanische Unterhaltigsmuusig vo de 1930er bis 1960er Joor umfasst. Iiri Karriere isch 59 Joor lang gsi und in dere Zit het si me as 70 Album uusegee und  40 Millione Exemplar verchauft. Si het 13 Grammy Awards überchoo, d National Medal of Arts vom Ronald Reagan und die Presidential Medal of Freedom vom George H. W. Bush.

## Diskografii (Uswaal)

* 1938 – *A-Tisket, A-Tasket* (erster Single-Hiterfolg mit Chick Webb)
* 1944 – *[[I’m Making Believe]]* (Nummer-eins-Hit mit The Ink Spots)
* 1950 – *[[Ella Sings Gershwin]]*
* 1954 – *Lullabies of Birdland*
* 1954 – *Songs in a Mellow Mood*
* 1955 – *Songs from “Pete Kelly’s Blues”
* 1955 – *The First Lady Of Song* (Decca)
* 1956 – *Sings the Cole Porter Songbook'' Vol. 1 und Vol. 2
* 1956 – *[[Ella and Louis]]*
* 1956 – *Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook*
* 1957 – *Ella and Louis Again*
* 1957 – *Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook*
* 1957 – *Ella Fitzgerald at the Opera House*
* 1957 – *Like Someone in Love*
* 1957 – *Porgy and Bess*
* 1958 – *Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport*
* 1958 – *Ella Swings Lightly*
* 1958 – *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook*
* 1959 – *Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book*
* 1960 – *Ella Fitzgerald sings Songs from the Soundtrack of Let No Man Write My Epitaph*
* 1960 – *Ella in Berlin: Mack The Knife*
* 1960 – *[[Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas]]*
* 1961 – *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook *
* 1961 - *Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie* (Verve)
* 1962 – *Ella Swings brightly with Nelson*
* 1962 – *Ella Swings gently with Nelson*
* 1963 – *Ella Sings Broadway*
* 1963 – *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook*
* 1963 – *On the Sunny Side of the Street – Ella and Basie*
* 1963 – *These Are the Blues* (Verve)
* 1964 – *Hello, Dolly!* (Verve)
* 1964 – *Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook*
* 1965 – *Ella at Duke’s Place*
* 1965 – *Ella in Hamburg* (Verve)
* 1967 – *Whisper Not*
* 1967 – *Brighten the Corner* (Capitol Records)
* 1967 – *Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas* (Capitol Records)
* 1968 – *30 by Ella* (Capitol Records)
* 1968 – *Misty Blue* (Capitol Records)
* 1969 – *Sunshine of Your Love* (Capitol Records)
* 1969 – *Ella* (Reprise Records)
* 1970 – *Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)* (Reprise Records)
* 1971 - *Ella A Nice* (Pablo)
* 1972 – *Ella Loves Cole* (Atlantic Records)
* 1973 – *Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall* (Columbia Records)
* 1973 - *Take Love Easy* (Pablo)
* 1974 - *Fine And Mellow* (Pablo)
* 1974 – *Ella in London* (Pablo)
* 1974 – *Ella and Oscar* (Pablo)
* 1975 – *At the Montreux Festival* (Pablo)
* 1977 - *With The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Montreux '77* (Pablo)
* 1978 – *Dream Dancing*
* 1980 – *Ella Abraça Jobim | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook*
* 1990 – *All That Jazz*

## Filmografii

* 1942: Helden im Sattel *(Ride ’Em Cowboy)* … as Ruby
* 1952: *All Star Summer Revue* (TV)
* 1955: Es geschah in einer Nacht *(Pete Kelly’s Blues)* …&#160;as Maggie Jackson
* 1958: *St. Louis Blues*
* 1960: *Let No Man Write My Epitaph* … as Flora
* 1966: *All My Life* … as Vocalist
* 1980: *The White Shadow* (TV) … as Maxine Jefferies

## Litratuur

* Rainer Nolden: *Ella Fitzgerald: ihr Leben, ihre Musik, ihre Schallplatten.* Oreos, Gauting 1986, ISBN 3-923657-15-3.
* Stuart Nicholson: *Ella – die Stimme des Jazz.* Bertelsmann, Münche 1993, ISBN 3-570-02340-0.
* Jim Haskins: *Ella Fitzgerald – First Lady Of Jazz.* Heyne, Münche 1994, ISBN 3-453-07545-5.
* Leslie Gourse *The Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary.* Schirmer, New York 2000, ISBN 978-0-8256-7179-1.

## Weblingg

* Offizielli Website vo dr Ella Fitzgerald (änglisch)
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* Biografie, Diskografie und News bei JazzEcho
* Ella Fitzgerald Complete Discography altervista.org
* Zum Tode Ella Fitzgeralds Noochruef (Die Zeit, 1996)

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