If the conditions were not met shows were cancelled. Although Webb was "reluctant to sign her...because she was gawky and unkempt, a 'diamond in the rough,'"[9] he offered her the opportunity to test with his band when they played a dance at Yale University. The New York Times wrote in 1996, "These albums were among the first pop records to devote such serious attention to individual songwriters, and they were instrumental in establishing the pop album as a vehicle for serious musical exploration. 2017 eröffnete zu ihrem 100. ― Ella Fitzgerald. Subscribe. These partnerships produced some of her best-known songs such as "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Cheek to Cheek", "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall", and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)". Ihr Vater war Fahrer, er verließ die Familie kurz nach der Geburt und starb ein Jahr später. [16], Met with approval by both audiences and her fellow musicians, Fitzgerald was asked to join Webb's orchestra and gained acclaim as part of the group's performances at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom. Ann Hampton Callaway, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Patti Austin have all recorded albums in tribute to Fitzgerald. Her material at this time represented a departure from her typical jazz repertoire. I realized then that there was more to music than bop. Ella Fitzgerald at the Opera House-Oh, Lady Be Good.wmv. [10] Her stepfather took care of her until April 1933 when she moved to Harlem to live with her aunt. Austin's album, For Ella (2002) features 11 songs most immediately associated with Fitzgerald, and a twelfth song, "Hearing Ella Sing" is Austin's tribute to Fitzgerald. Her years with Pablo Records also documented the decline in her voice. Eine weitere Folge der Krankheit war die Amputation beider Unterschenkel im Jahre 1993. [citation needed]. Ihr Repertoire reichte von Swing über Bebop, Blues, Bossa Nova, Samba, Gospel und Hip-Hop bis zu verjazzten Weihnachtsliedern. It was a turning point in my life."[9]. "She frequently used shorter, stabbing phrases, and her voice was harder, with a wider vibrato", one biographer wrote. [11], Fitzgerald began skipping school, and her grades suffered. She later described the period as strategically crucial, saying, "I had gotten to the point where I was only singing be-bop. In der Fernsehwerbung trat sie für Kentucky Fried Chicken und den Musikkassetten-Hersteller Memorex auf. Ella Fitzgerald - A House Is Not A Home cifra. 1947–1953 oder 10. She is also honored in the song "First Lady" by Canadian artist Nikki Yanofsky. The Grand Opening performers (October 11 and 12, 2008) were Roberta Flack and Queen Esther Marrow. B. Ihren wohl größten Filmauftritt hatte Fitzgerald 1955 in Jack Webbs Jazz-Film Pete Kelly’s Blues. The trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, the guitarist Herb Ellis, and the pianists Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Peterson, Lou Levy, Paul Smith, Jimmy Rowles, and Ellis Larkins all worked with Fitzgerald mostly in live, small group settings. When asked, Norman Granz would cite "complex contractual reasons" for the fact that the two artists never recorded together. Offstage, Miss Fitzgerald lived a quiet, self-protective life in a 13-room house in Beverly Hills. [81] In 1990, she received an honorary doctorate of Music from Harvard University.[82]. [3] Sie entwendete Geld und warnte als Wachposten ein Bordell vor der Polizei. Ihr Markenzeichen war eine Gesangsart, die sie mitentwickelte und der sie zu Weltruhm verhalf: der Scatgesang. When she got into the band, she was dedicated to her music....She was a lonely girl around New York, just kept herself to herself, for the gig. Her manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy,[1] until she turned the rest of her career over to Norman Granz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records by Fitzgerald. Although the four members of Fitzgerald's entourage – Fitzgerald, her pianist John Lewis, her assistant (and cousin) Georgiana Henry, and manager Norman Granz – all had first-class tickets on their scheduled Pan-American Airlines flight from Honolulu to Australia, they were ordered to leave the aircraft after they had already boarded and were refused permission to re-board the aircraft to retrieve their luggage and clothing. While Fitzgerald appeared in movies and as a guest on popular television shows in the second half of the twentieth century, her musical collaborations with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and The Ink Spots were some of her most notable acts outside of her solo career. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. Fitzgerald's most famous collaborations were with the vocal quartet Bill Kenny & the Ink Spots, trumpeter Louis Armstrong, the guitarist Joe Pass, and the bandleaders Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Ella Fitzgerald Accompanied By The Tommy Flanagan Trio *–. It featured artists such as Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, k.d. [51] In the commercials, she sang a note that shattered a glass while being recorded on a Memorex cassette tape. Her song selections ranged from standards to rarities and represented an attempt by Fitzgerald to cross over into a non-jazz audience. "[19], From 1949 to 1956, Fitzgerald resided in St. Albans, New York, an enclave of prosperous African Americans where she counted among her neighbors, Illinois Jacquet, Count Basie, Lena Horne, and other jazz luminaries. Fitzgerald also recorded albums exclusively devoted to the songs of Porter and Gershwin in 1972 and 1983; the albums being, respectively, Ella Loves Cole and Nice Work If You Can Get It. [A 2] Als der Moment des Auftritts gekommen war, zitterten ihr jedoch vor Aufregung so die Beine, da vorher bereits die Gruppe Edwards Sisters unter Applaus vorgetanzt hatte. In Harlem wurde sie von der Polizei aufgegriffen und zunächst im Colored Asylum Orphanage in Riverdale untergebracht. He ensured Fitzgerald was to receive equal pay and accommodations regardless of her sex and race. While recording the Song Books and the occasional studio album, Fitzgerald toured 40 to 45 weeks per year in the United States and internationally, under the tutelage of Norman Granz. A chair is still a chair Even though there's no-one sitting there But a chair is not a house And a house is not a home When there's no-one t [60] In 1993, she had to have both of her legs amputated below the knee due to the effects of diabetes. In 1993 both of her legs were amputated below the knees. These Foolish Things (Live at the Chicago Opera House) (Bonus Track) [16] She was introduced to drummer and bandleader Chick Webb, who had asked his recently signed singer Charlie Linton to help find him a female singer. März 2021 um 14:41 Uhr bearbeitet. Bridgewater's following album, Live at Yoshi's, was recorded live on April 25, 1998, what would have been Fitzgerald's 81st birthday. Nach Pete Kelly’s Blues war sie nur noch in Cameo-Auftritten zu sehen. Her first marriage was in 1941, to Benny Kornegay, a convicted drug dealer and local dockworker. Als sie nach kurzer Ehe von kriminellen Verwicklungen ihres Mannes erfuhr, ließ sie die Ehe annullieren. Darüber hinaus gibt es zahlreiche Live-Einspielungen der Konzerte von Fitzgerald, die zeigen, dass es keinen Unterschied zwischen einem Studio- oder Livegig bei ihr gab. Pause. 25.4K subscribers. At the Opera House shows a typical Jazz at the Philharmonic set from Fitzgerald. A House Is Not A Home Ella Fitzgerald From the album Sunshine Of Your Love. On April 10, 1933, according to records at the New York State Archives, Westchester County judge George W. Smyth sentenced a fifteen-year-old "colored" girl named Ella Fitzgerald to the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY because she was "ungovernable and will not obey the just and lawful commands of her mother." [68], Bill Reed, author of Hot from Harlem: Twelve African American Entertainers, referred to Fitzgerald as the "Civil Rights Crusader", facing discrimination throughout her career. Doo doo doo doo doo. [42][56] Fitzgerald's appearance with Sinatra and Count Basie in June 1974 for a series of concerts at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, was seen as an important incentive for Sinatra to return from his self-imposed retirement of the early 1970s. Ella Fitzgerald, America’s “First Lady of Song” (born in 1917 in Newport News, Virginia), got her start as a teenager by winning an amateur singing contest at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Pianist Paul Smith has said, "Ella loved working with [Frank]. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (* 25. So zum Beispiel in St. Louis Blues (1958) mit Nat King Cole oder Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960). Im Folgenden eine Auflistung ihrer klassischen Songbooks für das Label Verve und die dazugehörigen Arrangeure: Für andere Plattenfirmen nahm sie später ebenfalls Songbooks auf, unter anderem erneut mit Liedern der Gebrüder Gershwin sowie Cole Porter und Antônio Carlos Jobim. [11] This seemingly swift change in her circumstances, reinforced by what Fitzgerald biographer Stuart Nicholson describes as rumors of "ill treatment" by her stepfather, leaves him to speculate that Da Silva might have abused her. Fitzgerald also made a one-off appearance alongside Sarah Vaughan and Pearl Bailey on a 1979 television special honoring Bailey. ... More Than You Know - Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peter... Ella Fitzgerald: A House Is Not A Home (1969) A House is Not A Home - … A room is a still a room, even when there's nothin' there but gloom But a room is not a house and a house is not a home When the two of us are far apart And one of us has a broken heart Now and then I call your name And suddenly your face appears But it's just a crazy game When it ends, it ends in tears Fitzgerald married at least twice, and there is evidence that suggests that she may have married a third time. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Check out A House Is Not a Home by Ella Fitzgerald, Ernie Heckscher Big Band & Tommy Flanagan on Amazon Music. Die einzigen qualitativen Unterschiede bestehen bei der Aufnahmetechnik. So begann sie 1941 ihre Solokarriere und entwickelte sich zu einer der größten Jazzsängerinnen. Stattdessen sang sie das Lied Judy, komponiert von Hoagy Carmichael und ein Lieblingslied ihrer Mutter, wie auch The Object of My Affection, das im selben Jahr ein Nummer-eins-Hit der Boswell Sisters war. Play Song. 1957 kursierten Berichte in der skandinavischen Presse, sie habe den jungen Norweger Thor Einar Larsen heimlich geheiratet. Jazz Musician. Bridgewater's album Dear Ella (1997) featured many musicians that were closely associated with Fitzgerald during her career, including the pianist Lou Levy, the trumpeter Benny Powell, and Fitzgerald's second husband, double bassist Ray Brown. [7] She and her family were Methodists and were active in the Bethany African Methodist Episcopal Church, where she attended worship services, Bible study, and Sunday school. ", Wilson, John S. "A Tribute to Fitzgerald With Heart and Soul. "[12] Frank Sinatra, out of respect for Fitzgerald, prohibited Capitol Records from re-releasing his own recordings in separate albums for individual composers in the same way. Perhaps her most unusual and intriguing performance was of the "Three Little Maids" song from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta The Mikado alongside Joan Sutherland and Dinah Shore on Shore's weekly variety series in 1963. [63] Her second marriage was in December 1947, to the famous bass player Ray Brown, whom she had met while on tour with Dizzy Gillespie's band a year earlier. [61] Her eyesight was affected as well.[9]. [45] Even though she had already worked in the movies (she had sung briefly in the 1942 Abbott and Costello film Ride 'Em Cowboy),[46] she was "delighted" when Norman Granz negotiated the role for her, and, "at the time ... considered her role in the Warner Brothers movie the biggest thing ever to have happened to her. Da Webb auf Grund ihres Aussehens und Auftretens skeptisch war, lud er sie ein, erst einmal bei einem Tanzabend an der Yale University zusammen mit seiner Band zu singen. She loved the Boswell Sisters' lead singer Connee Boswell, later saying, "My mother brought home one of her records, and I fell in love with it...I tried so hard to sound just like her. As a result, they were stranded in Honolulu for three days before they could get another flight to Sydney. Ella and Louis (1956) Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter songbook (1956) Ella sings the Rodgers and Hart songbook (1956) Ella and Louis again (1957) Ella sings the Duke Ellington songbook (1957) Ella at the Opera House (1957) Like someone in love (1957) Porgy and Bess (1957) Get Happy! [4] Besonders gern mochte sie auch die Boswell Sisters, von denen Connee Boswell eines ihrer großen Vorbilder wurde. [42] Plagued by health problems, Fitzgerald made her last recording in 1991 and her last public performances in 1993. "[9], In 1932, when Fitzgerald was fifteen, her mother died from injuries sustained in a car accident. Sinatra's 1986 recording of "Mack the Knife" from his album L.A. Is My Lady (1984) includes a homage to some of the song's previous performers, including 'Lady Ella' herself. Paganini)". Ed Dwight created a series of over 70 bronze sculptures at the St. Louis Arch Museum at the request of the National Park Service; the series, "Jazz: An American Art Form", depicts the evolution of jazz and features jazz performers including Fitzgerald. Share. No comments: Post a Comment. [76], The primary collections of Fitzgerald's media and memorabilia reside at and are shared between the Smithsonian Institution and the US Library of Congress[77], Fitzgerald won thirteen Grammy Awards,[78] and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1967. [16] But it was her 1938 version of the nursery rhyme, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", a song she co-wrote, that brought her public acclaim. 1946 tourte sie mit Dizzy Gillespie und trat in der Jazz at the Philharmonic-Konzertreihe von Norman Granz auf, der sie auch in dem Musikfilm Improvisation (1950) mitwirken ließ. Ella Fitzgerald - A House Is Not a Home Lyrics. Fitzgerald had a number of famous jazz musicians and soloists as sidemen over her long career. Die Schule trennte strikt nach weißer und schwarzer Hautfarbe, weshalb Fitzgerald wohl auch nicht mit im Chor sang, obwohl ihr Gesang von manchen Angestellten bemerkt wurde. Info. African-American singers Herb Jeffries,[38] Eartha Kitt,[39] and Joyce Bryant[40] all played the Mocambo in 1952 and 1953, according to stories published at the time in Jet magazine and Billboard. Nach einem Auftritt im Film Pete Kelly’s Blues 1955 ging sie zu Verve Records. "A House Is Not a Home" is a 1964 ballad recorded by American singer Dionne Warwick, and written by the team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David for the 1964 film of the same name, starring Shelley Winters and Robert Taylor. [25][26] While working for Decca Records, she had hits with Bill Kenny & the Ink Spots,[27] Louis Jordan,[28] and the Delta Rhythm Boys. [85], On January 9, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that Fitzgerald would be honored with her own postage stamp.