Ella Fitzgerald, one of the greatest jazz singers of all time
It's been 28 years today since she died Ella Fitzgerald. She was 79 years old. She was without question one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. She possessed a vocal range and an extraordinary personality. She made her debut at a very young age – in the 1930s – at the Apollo Theater in Harlem in New York, the temple of black music of those times. She became a star of swing, the most popular genre in the 1930s and 1940s. But she ranged with equal success between various musical genres and subgenres such as be-bop, calypso, samba, gospel, blues. She worked profitably with sacred monsters such as Duke Ellington And Louis Armstrong and not as a supporting actress.
The last years of her life were very tormented due to a series of health problems, first of all diabetes, which led to blindness and then to the amputation of her legs. She leaves us an impressive discography to enjoy an inimitable voice.
“Goodnight my love” with the Benny Goodman orchestra
“A-tasket, a-tasket”
“I'm making believe (it's you)” with Ink Spots
“Into each life some rain must fall” with Ink Spots
“That's my desire”
“It's cold outside” with Louis Jordan
“But not for me”
“How high is the moon”
“The lady is a tramp” with Frank Sinatra
“Cry Me A River”
“Summertime”
“One note samba”
“Night and day”
“It don't mean a thing”
