LoginKen Burns JAZZ Collection: Ella Fitzgerald
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Throughout much of her career, Ella Fitzgerald was the reigning queen of jazz singers, applying her consummate musicality to uptempo swing and bop material, as well as the usual mix of ballads and show tunes. Fitzgerald's ability to swing was immediately apparent in her early work with drummer Chick Webb, which produced the novelty rhythm hit "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" from 1938. However, the breadth of her talent becomes apparent here with the inspired scat improvising on "Flying Home" from 1945 and the mature balladry of "Nice Work If You Can Get It," recorded with just the accompaniment of pianis
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Manufacturer: Polygram Records
Release date: 7 November 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731454908726 UPC: 731454908726
Release date: 7 November 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731454908726 UPC: 731454908726
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