Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgeraldwas an American jazz singer often 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 and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth25 April 1917
CityNewport News, VA
CountryUnited States of America
buy edward
I told Edward to buy it when it was $515,000.
ella fitzgerald
American Masters: Ella Fitzgerald - Something To Live For,
advice american-musician love trying
Just don't give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
sweet player men
Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along with singers. He exactly knows how to play with you, how to answer you about what you just sang ... On top of that, he has some great sense of humor, both as a musician and as a man. Every time I see him, I'm laughing so much. Sweets is impeccable and incomparable.
running song flying
Sometimes when we're flying or in the hotel, I might run over songs, or in the bathroom.
song moon years
[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang.
voice looks jazz
Listen to her voice, don't look at her.
mean years today
Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today - that's what it means, it means it was worth all of it.
music people stories
The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.
song class creative
She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world.
thinking work-out people
I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put people down, but I think all the fabulous places I've been, the wonderful things that have happened for me, the great people I've met - that ought to make a story.
block holiday house
Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between shows to catch her, and afterwards we went backstage. I did something then, and I still don't know if it was the right thing to do—I asked her for her autograph.
music block holiday
When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.
cheer blue sky
Every time I look down on this timeless town, whether blue or gray be her skies, whether loud be her cheers, or whether soft be her tears, more and more do I realize that...I love Paris.