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Ella Fitzgerald
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Biography - Ella Fitzgerald

In 1938, at the age of 21, Ella recorded a playful version of the nursery rhyme, “A-Tisket, A-Tasket.” The album sold 1 million copies, hit number one, and stayed on the pop charts for 17 weeks. Suddenly, Ella Fitzgerald was famous.

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American singer, songwriter and composer, 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, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.



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I stumbled upon listening to Ella Fitzgerald about three weeks ago. Old School for sure! I had an Upper GI and was in the "getting ready zone" before going into the "let's look into that esophagus" phase. Some loud rock music emerged through the walls as I waited. After I was rolled into the procedure room, I asked the doctor where the music was coming from. He told me every room had music and what was my choice. I said "JAZZ" and your choice. He pulled out his iPhone and started the music without telling me the artist. Soothing music until the Propofol kicked in. Afterwards in the "wake up zone", he told me he picked Ella Fitzgerald. Look at the names of those songs above; I had heard many of them, but did not know the impact and the detail of her music.

Ron Carter and Donald Vega are continuing the Golden Striker Trio tour as a duo, with Russell Malone's now-empty chair accompanying them on stage.