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Les 5 Plus Grandes Divas Du Jazz by Ella Fitzgerald, Holliday, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington released in 2011. Find album reviews, t...
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and int…
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From the start, Ella Fitzgerald’s voice was a force, and one that grew more nuanced and respected with time – but the earliest tapes of her singing reveal a vibrant, vivacious appeal that charmed listeners and kept them coming back for more. Her first credited song, 1935’s “I’ll Chase the Blues Away” with the Chick Webb Orchestra, is a buoyant, che...
A list of the best Ella Fitzgerald songs simply must include a section on one specific part of her singing ability: With her exceptional enunciation, quick tongue, and mighty lungs, Ella Fitzgerald could deliver rapid-fire scat outbursts that took a straightforward performance into immortal territory. To say that Ella was a great scatter doesn’t qu...
As Ella Fitzgerald’s spotlight grew brighter and bigger, so did her range. “Satin Doll,” her 1953 version of Ellington’s jazz standard, is a textbook example of doing the most with less: accompanied by a tight, demure band, Ella vocalized, simply and wordlessly telling a story with the ebb and flow of the melody. Even when she flubbed the lines, sh...
Ella Fitzgerald’s best songs sometimes weren’t “her” songs at all. The compositions of Jerome Kern, the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, and more soundtracked the jazz age – and were revived, with great success, by Ella Fitzgerald’s refreshing vocals in the 50s. (She also tackled the Duke Ellington song book as well.) In 1955,...
A list of the best Ella Fitzgerald songs would hardly be complete without her fruitful collaborations with Louis Armstrong. Accompaniment, in many cases, came from the Oscar Peterson Quartet, with help from Herb Ellis and Buddy Rich. But these records are all about their contrasting voices, which somehow sound like soulmates in song: their first al...
Love Me or Leave Me Lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald from the Les 5 Plus Grandes Divas Du Jazz album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: This affair is killin' me I can't stand uncertainly Tell me now I've got to know Whether you want me to stay or to g…
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