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. There are several live albums on Verve that are highly regarded by critics. Take the ingenious prologue ... [or] take the fleeting scenes when the wonderful Ella Fitzgerald, allotted a few spoken lines, fills the screen and sound track with her strong mobile features and voice. [17][18] Performing in the style of Connee Boswell, she sang "Judy" and "The Object of My Affection" and won first prize. Cheek To Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings. En 1936, Ella Fitzgerald enregistre pour son premier disque, « Loves and Kisses », pour le label Decca. Ella Fitzgerald, in full Ella Jane Fitzgerald, (born April 25, 1917, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.—died June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, California), American jazz singer who became world famous for the wide range and rare sweetness of her voice. Fitzgerald recorded some 20 albums for the label. For Capitol she recorded Brighten the Corner, an album of hymns, Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas, an album of traditional Christmas carols, Misty Blue, a country and western-influenced album, and 30 by Ella, a series of six medleys that fulfilled her obligations for the label. Cassandra Wilson Pays Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald With "Cry Me a River" Ella Fitzgerald Biography by Matt Collar + Follow Artist. [76], The primary collections of Fitzgerald's media and memorabilia reside at and are shared between the Smithsonian Institution and the US Library of Congress[77], Fitzgerald won thirteen Grammy Awards,[78] and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1967. She was also frequently featured on The Ed Sullivan Show. [67] The Jazz at the Philharmonic tour would specifically target segregated venues. Submit Corrections. Enter the password that accompanies your username. [7] She and her family were Methodists and were active in the Bethany African Methodist Episcopal Church, where she attended worship services, Bible study, and Sunday school. [5] She began her formal education at the age of six and was an outstanding student, moving through a variety of schools before attending Benjamin Franklin Junior High School in 1929. During this period, she had her last 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. Her, This page was last edited on 19 February 2021, at 09:08. [citation needed]. Can Anyone Explain? Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book, released in 1956, was the first of eight Song Book sets Fitzgerald would record for Verve at irregular intervals from 1956 to 1964. 05:53 02. lang, Queen Latifah, Ledisi, Dianne Reeves, Linda Ronstadt, and Lizz Wright, collating songs most readily associated with the "First Lady of Song". In 1993, after a career of nearly 60 years, she gave her last public performance. [63] Her second marriage was in December 1947, to the famous bass player Ray Brown, whom she had met while on tour with Dizzy Gillespie's band a year earlier. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (1956) - [Best of Vocal Jazz] ... la déclaration troublante de son fils adoptif entendu par la police en 2014 - Voici. Ella Fitzgerald. 908107 fans -Top tracks. Three years later, she died at the age of 79 after years of declining health. She loved the Boswell Sisters' lead singer Connee Boswell, later saying, "My mother brought home one of her records, and I fell in love with it...I tried so hard to sound just like her. [18][21], Webb died of spinal tuberculosis on June 16, 1939,[22] and his band was renamed Ella and Her Famous Orchestra with Fitzgerald taking on the role of bandleader. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book [1956] theUnforgettablesTv. Ella Fitzgerald – Just One of Those Things Documentaire de Leslie Woodhead (Royaume-Uni, 2019, 1h30mn) #Ella #Fitzgerald #Jazz Le vibrant portrait d’une immense artiste. Ella Fitzgerald est une chanteuse de jazz américaine, née le 25 avril 1917 à Newport News, en Virginie, aux (États-Unis), et morte le 15 juin 1996 à Beverly Hills, dans un quartier de la ville de Los Angeles, en Californie.. Issue d’un milieu modeste, elle commence très jeune à chanter au théâtre Apollo de Harlem (New York) en 1934. 1, We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born), I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me), NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ella_Fitzgerald&oldid=1007670229, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, United States National Medal of Arts recipients, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014, Articles needing additional references from April 2020, All articles needing additional references, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, From 1943 to 1950, Fitzgerald recorded seven songs with the Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny. The greatest female interpreter of the American songbook, a unique vocalist combining scat and jazz, with enduring influence. She worked as a lookout at a bordello and with a Mafia-affiliated numbers runner. The New York Times wrote in 1996, "These albums were among the first pop records to devote such serious attention to individual songwriters, and they were instrumental in establishing the pop album as a vehicle for serious musical exploration. Za svůj život napsala a nazpívala stovky oblíbených písní. She performed at top venues all over the world, and packed them to the hilt. [84] 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. Elle est issue de deux fils de Gérald FitzWalter de Windsor et de la princesse galloise Nest ferch Rhys, fille de Rhys ap Tewdwr.. Les descendants de Maurice FitzGerald le fils aîné (mort en 1177) arrivé en Irlande en 1169, furent successivement barons d'Offaly en 1205 et Comte de Kildare en 1316 puis vicomte de Leinster en 1746, marquis de … Trumpet player Mario Bauzá, who played behind Fitzgerald in her early years with Chick Webb, remembered that "she didn't hang out much. Sa mère qui travaillait dans une blanchisserie, se met alors en ménage avec Joseph Da Silva, un immigré portugais. Mother of jazz pianist/singer Ray Brown Jr., ex-wife of jazz double-bassist Ray Brown. ", Wilson, John S. "A Tribute to Fitzgerald With Heart and Soul. The statue's location is one of 14 tour stops on the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (Newport News, 25 de abril de 1917 — Beverly Hills, 15 de junho de 1996) foi uma cantora e compositora estadunidense. She is also honored in the song "First Lady" by Canadian artist Nikki Yanofsky. [15], 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. Her accolades included fourteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ella in Rome and Twelve Nights in Hollywood display her vocal jazz canon. Sa mère travaille dans une blanchisserie et son père abandonne sa famille alors qu’Ella n’a pas encore un an. X. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. She died in her home from a stroke on June 15, 1996, at the age of 79. Ella Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's most famous collaborations were with the vocal quartet Bill Kenny & the Ink Spots, trumpeter Louis Armstrong, the guitarist Joe Pass, and the bandleaders Count Basie and Duke Ellington. června 1996 Beverly Hills, Kalifornie) byla americká jazzová zpěvačka. [85], There is a bronze sculpture of Fitzgerald in Yonkers, the city in which she grew up, created by American artist Vinnie Bagwell. Her material at this time represented a departure from her typical jazz repertoire. Ella s’intéresse très tôt à la danse, qu’elle pratique dès qu’elle peut, sur le trajet de l’école et pendant la pause … Bonnie Greer dramatized the incident as the musical drama, Marilyn and Ella, in 2008. [81] 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. I thought be-bop was 'it', and that all I had to do was go some place and sing bop. [42][56] 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. Ella Fitzgerald. [25][26] While working for Decca Records, she had hits with Bill Kenny & the Ink Spots,[27] Louis Jordan,[28] and the Delta Rhythm Boys. [79], In 1958 Fitzgerald was the first African American female to win at the inaugural show. 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. Her first marriage was in 1941, to Benny Kornegay, a convicted drug dealer and local dockworker. [37] The booking was instrumental in Fitzgerald's career. Ella Fitzgerald, known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an immensely popular American jazz and song vocalist who … Son fils adoptif, Ray Brown Jr., devenu musicien, témoigne ici de son indéfectible amour pour sa mère. Over the next five years she flitted between Atlantic, Capitol and Reprise. She had her own side project, too, known as Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight.[24]. Harvard gave her an honorary degree in 1990. 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. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" became a major hit on the radio and was also one of the biggest-selling records of the decade. Fitzgerald made her first tour of Australia in July 1954 for the Australian-based American promoter Lee Gordon. Ella Fitzgerald, Soundtrack: When Harry Met Sally.... On Saturday, June 15th, 1996, an era in jazz singing came to an end, with the death of Ella Fitzgerald at her home in California. Her accompanist Tommy Flanagan affectionately remembered Fitzgerald on his album Lady be Good ... For Ella (1994). 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Atteberry, Listen to Big Band Serenade podcast, episode 6, Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph", Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book, Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It), Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport, Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall, The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve, Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. Verve Records was sold to MGM in 1963 for $3 million and in 1967 MGM failed to renew Fitzgerald's contract. Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia. In 1997, Newport News, Virginia created a week-long music festival with Christopher Newport University to honor Fitzgerald in her birth city. The theater is located several blocks away from her birthplace on Marshall Avenue. She recorded several albums with piano accompaniment, but a guitar proved the perfect melodic foil for her. [2] She was the daughter of William Fitzgerald and Temperance "Tempie" Henry. [66] In 1949, Norman Granz recruited Fitzgerald for the Jazz at the Philharmonic tour. 1:44:30. Her audiences were as diverse as her vocal range. [52] The tape was played back and the recording also broke another glass, asking: "Is it live, or is it Memorex? The sets are the most well-known items in her discography. In addition, she supported several nonprofit organizations like the American Heart Association, City of Hope, and the Retina Foundation. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (ur.25 kwietnia 1917 w Newport News, zm. [1 The career history and archival material from Fitzgerald's long career are housed in the Archives Center at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, while her personal music arrangements are at the Library of Congress. Though the relationship ended after a year, Fitzgerald regularly returned to Denmark over the next three years and even considered buying a jazz club there. [16] But it was her 1938 version of the nursery rhyme, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", a song she co-wrote, that brought her public acclaim. Popularly known as the ‘First Lady of Song’, she harbored the dream of becoming an entertainer from a young age and entered in an amateur contest at Harlem's Apollo Theater in 1934. Sa demi-sœur, Frances, nait en 1923. "[9], Days after Fitzgerald's death, The New York Times columnist Frank Rich wrote that in the Song Book series Fitzgerald "performed a cultural transaction as extraordinary as Elvis' contemporaneous integration of white and African American soul. 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. 100 Songs For A … The house was sold in 1963, and Fitzgerald permanently returned to the United States.[41]. Together they adopted a child born to Fitzgerald's half-sister, Frances, whom they christened Ray Brown Jr. With Fitzgerald and Brown often busy touring and recording, the child was largely raised by his mother's aunt, Virginia. With Verve she recorded some of her more widely noted works, particularly her interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Her extensive cookbook collection was donated to the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University, and her extensive collection of published sheet music was donated to UCLA. Ella Jane Fitzgerald, född 25 april 1917 i Newport News, Virginia, död 15 juni 1996 i Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, var en amerikansk jazz sångerska.Hon gick under hedersbenämningen The First Lady of Jazz.Fitzgerald var en av USA:s absolut största sångerskor under 1900-talet inom jazz och populärmusik. Granz helped solidify her position as one of the leading live jazz performers. [61] Her eyesight was affected as well.[9]. The composers and lyricists spotlighted on each set, taken together, represent the greatest part of the cultural canon known as the Great American Songbook. (Or rather, some might say all the jazz greats had the pleasure of working with Ella). She was awarded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Equal Justice Award and the American Black Achievement Award. Ella Fitzgerald (Newport News, Virginia, 25. travnja 1917.- Beverly Hills, Kalifornija, 15. lipnja 1996. Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer counted amongst the most influential jazz singers of all time. She left Decca, and Granz, now her manager, created Verve Records around her. [65], Fitzgerald was a civil rights activist; using her talent to break racial barriers across the nation. She was the last of four great female jazz singers (including Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae) who defined one of the most prolific eras in jazz vocal style. [49], She made numerous guest appearances on television shows, singing on The Frank Sinatra Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and alongside other greats Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Mel Tormé, and many others. "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. In 1942, with increasing dissent and money concerns in Fitzgerald's band, Ella and Her Famous Orchestra, she started to work as lead singer with The Three Keys, and in July her band played their last concert at Earl Theatre in Philadelphia. "[42] 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. [23] She recorded nearly 150 songs with Webb's orchestra between 1935 and 1942. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (Newport News, 25 de abril de 1917-Beverly Hills, 15 de junio de 1996), apodada Lady Ella, la Reina del jazz y la Primera dama de la canción, fue una cantante estadounidense de jazz. It was a turning point in my life."[9]. Ze werd dan ook roemend 'The First Lady of Song' genoemd en won dertien Grammy Awards.Fitzgerald had een groot bereik van vier octaven en een duidelijke uitspraak. [16][17] 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. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6). Élete. The Song Book series ended up becoming the singer's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful work, and probably her most significant offering to American culture. 03:11 10. [11] This seemingly swift change in her circumstances, reinforced by what Fitzgerald biographer Stuart Nicholson describes as rumors of "ill treatment" by her stepfather, leaves him to speculate that Da Silva might have abused her. [16], 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. Austin's album, For Ella (2002) features 11 songs most immediately associated with Fitzgerald, and a twelfth song, "Hearing Ella Sing" is Austin's tribute to Fitzgerald. Il a été réalisé par Leslie Woodhead et produit par Reggie Nadelson. [3] Her half-sister, Frances Da Silva, was born in 1923. [73][74][75], On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Ella Fitzgerald among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. Related Blog Posts. I realized then that there was more to music than bop. [64], Fitzgerald was notoriously shy. Her rendition of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. The Decca Singles 1949-1958. 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. [59] In March 1990 she appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England with the Count Basie Orchestra for the launch of Jazz FM, plus a gala dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel at which she performed. Odznaczona Medalem Wolności przez prezydenta George’a Busha [10] Her stepfather took care of her until April 1933 when she moved to Harlem to live with her aunt. 17. Ella had extraordinary … Fitzgerald features on one track on Basie's 1957 album, Fitzgerald and Joe Pass recorded four albums together toward the end of Fitzgerald's career. Ses parents n'étant pas mariés, son père abandonne le domicile conjugal deux ans et demi après sa naissance. [11], Fitzgerald began skipping school, and her grades suffered. Ella Fitzgeraldová (25. dubna 1917 Newport News, Virginie – 15. A travers de nombreux entretiens - Tony Bennett, Jamie Cullum, Norma Miller, Ray Brown Jr. (le fils adoptif de la chanteuse)… -, le film met en lumière la remarquable ascension d’Ella Fitzgerald qui a embrassé de sa voix d’or la révolution du be-bop dès 1944, fait voler en éclats le swing avec des improvisations en scat épatantes. Although the tour was a big hit with audiences and set a new box office record for Australia, it was marred by an incident of racial discrimination that caused Fitzgerald to miss the first two concerts in Sydney, and Gordon had to arrange two later free concerts to compensate ticket holders. "She frequently used shorter, stabbing phrases, and her voice was harder, with a wider vibrato", one biographer wrote. "[52] She also appeared in a number of commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken, singing and scatting to the fast-food chain's longtime slogan, "We do chicken right! Ella Fitzgerald Just One of those Things est un film sur sa vie comprenant des interviews de nombreux chanteurs et musiciens célèbres qui ont travaillé avec elle et son fils. By submitting this form, you agree to the. The album was nominated for a Grammy. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. "[19], Her 1945 scat recording of "Flying Home" arranged by Vic Schoen would later be described by The New York Times as "one of the most influential vocal jazz records of the decade....Where other singers, most notably Louis Armstrong, had tried similar improvisation, no one before Miss Fitzgerald employed the technique with such dazzling inventiveness. Possibly Fitzgerald's greatest unrealized collaboration (in terms of popular music) was a studio or live album with Frank Sinatra. 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. ), američka pjevačica jazz glazbe. Ella Fitzgerald aura passé la plus grande partie de son existence en tournée, sacrifiant beaucoup de sa vie personnelle. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start her solo career. [43], In her most notable screen role, Fitzgerald played the part of singer Maggie Jackson in Jack Webb's 1955 jazz film Pete Kelly's Blues. Ezután Ella egyre gyakrabban hiányzott az iskolából, … Histoire de la famille. It was released in the UK in 2019.[55]. [3] Her parents were unmarried but lived together in the East End section of Newport News[4] for at least two and a half years after she was born. "[53] Her last commercial campaign was for American Express, in which she was photographed by Annie Leibovitz.

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