Ella Fitzgerald
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, 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.
Known for
2025Quincy Jones | Music Man
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2024Ella Fitzgerald at the BBC
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202460 Songs: BBC Two at 60
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2023They All Came Out to Montreux
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2022Rat Pack
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2019Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
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2019The Apollo
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2017Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald
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2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
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2014Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
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2014Soul Boys of the Western World
2013Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
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2012…Sings Musicals
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2012The Music According to Tom Jobim
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2010Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010Ella Fitzgerald: Best of the BBC Vaults
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2006Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
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2006Jazz Icons Ella Fitzgerald Live in 57 & 63
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2005Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2004The Legendary Nat King Cole
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2004Ella Fitzgerald And Joe Pass - Duets In Hanover
2004Improvisation
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2002It's Black Entertainment
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1995Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
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