Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald was born in 1918 in Newport News (Virginia). She
grew up in a waifs home in New York.
At the age of 16 her talent was discovered at a competition in
Harlem in New York.
In the years 1934 to 1939 she sang in Chick Webb’s orchestra,
which she lead after the death of Chick Webb for 2 years.
She had her first success in 1938 with ‘A tisket, a tasket’.
She could improve this success with bebop-like scat-singing. In the
middle 40’s she made huge tours to Europe and Asia. In 1958 she
had a concert with Duke Ellington in New York’s Carnegie Hall. On
her several tours she was accompanied from such famous musicians as
Oscar Peterson and Louis
Armstrong.
Later in the 60’s she often had engagement with Count Basie’s
orchestra. In this time she offered more time for Blues again.
Due to her clear voice, her fine intonation and good feeling for
rhythmic timing, she was often called the best jazz-singer in the
world.
Some her greatest songs were: ‘Oh, But I Do’ and ‘You
Showed Me The Way’.
Ella Fitzgerald died the 15th June 1998 in Beverly
Hills.
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