Centenarian Ella Fitzgerald: the First Lady of Song

Jazz letter put Ella Fitzgerald, with a style unsurpassed warm, natural, clear, clear, timeless voice.

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1917, and since the 30s began to captivate lovers wonderful genre of jazz, scattered throughout the world, thanks to the recordings that helped spread his art.

Soon the nickname of the First Lady of Song is earned. However, he started very young, at age 17, after winning an amateur competition in New York. What helped her win the prize was his deft handling of scat, which consists of using syllables and even nonsense words, and became his particular stamp.

In 1938 he released a song dedicated to Chick Webb, "A Tisket a Tasket" which achieved great popularity. From there, his name became famous, even with other jazz luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie.

Among his most iconic hits they include "Night and Day," "I Get a Kick out of You" and "They can not take that away from me". We can enjoy this excellent rendition of "Summertime" by George Gershwin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2bigf337aU

Ella Fitzgerald died on June 15, 1996, at 99 years old. Surely all this year will be for her, what the world of jazz is concerned. And with all the worthiness of the world.