Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1917. ... Ella was soon discovered by Chick Webb. ... Ella Fitzgerald's musical career spans six decades and includes thousands of recordings. ... Billie Holliday didn't have the vocal range Ella Fitzgerald had. ... Ella also perfected the art of scat singing. ...
These situations include his encounters with the famous jazz musician Ella Fitzgerald, his unforgettable prison experience and his adult pilgrimage to Mecca. ... Malcolm X met many people in his lifetime, Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) being one of those people. ... Fitzgerald received the name "first lady of song"(Ella Fitzgerald, Encarta), when she successfully brought jazz into the mainstream culture. Within the 60 years of Fitzgerald's life she had created an everlasting record of art, Fitzgerald's jazz styles and scat singing ("improvised nonsense syllables usually sung to instrume...
Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. ... Fitzgerald met Ginevra in St. ... (Lehan "Careless People- 67) Robert Stallman also noted that, "both of the women who deceived him in the novel, rhyme with his name, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Fay and Ella Kay- (qtd. in Bruce Stark 61). ... "Oh, - you're Jordan Baker- (Fitzgerald 23). ... Ella Kaye, was based on Nellie Bly, a mistress to the yachtsman (Bruccoli 212). ...
Scat is most closely associated by the general public with Ella Fitzgerald and her many imitators. ... Ella Fitzgerald's recording of "Flying Home" was thought to be her first scat-based recording ! ... The recording also showed that Ella Fitzgerald was already educated on the fast up-and-coming Bebop movement. ...
Song Vs Book When Ella Fitzgerald sang the hit single, "It's Only a Paper Moon," she never expected it to go as far as it did. It is metaphorically rich & full of symbolism. It has meaning to all that have lost the love, or never actually felt the warmth of true love in a lifetime. It shows the ...
The Great Gatsby Is his novel the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins life as just an ordinary, lower-class, citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy, he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Through...
Contemplating the colors of a picturesque fall afternoon, I'm reminded of the scenic sunsets behind the Agua Volcano in Guatemala that I saw as a child, and hearing a jazz ballad sung in Ella Fitzgerald's charming voice takes me back to the apartment where I flipped through pictures of Frank Lloyd Wright's skillfully designed buildings and discussed them with an attractive lover. ...
The 1930's were a decade of great change politically, economically, and socially. The Great Depression wore raw the nerves of the people, and our true strength was shown. No other nation could have weathered such an intense and disastrous period better than the United States, and we are truly bless...
The foundation of jazz music is built on several musical styles including gospel, the blues, European influences, ragtime, and spirituals. The early spirituals began as an outcry of southern slaves who tended to the fields and wishes of their masters. which played a significant role in the heart-wrenching qualities of jazz. Known for it's deep emotion and improvisational styling, jazz has always had a unique effect on it's audiences. The complete history of jazz has been controversial because it is so interconnected to many genres of music therefore it is captivating. Jazz music or...
Han Nolan in my view is a wonderful author, she has written books that reflect on the harsh problems people face in their lives. Nolan is the author of "Born Blue" which tells the story of a child growing up and making her life a mess. Janie was four years old when she had almost drowned. As sh...
"Rock and roll can save the world," some music junkie might say, most likely of the male species. Dating back to the wonder eras of the 1950's through the 1970's, rock and roll was predominantly written and performed by male musicians, ultimately creating a void of female artistry. Even in the subge...
The Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, N.Y. The opening of the Savoy Ballroom marked a change in the social pattern. For the first time in history, status quo in America was challenged. There was no segregation in the Savoy. Blacks and whites entered through the same door, sat across from each other in ...
Big Band Big band refers to a jazz group of 10 or more musicians, usually featuring at least three trumpets, two or more trombones, four or more saxophones, and a rhythm section of accompanists playing some combination of piano, guitar, bass, and drums. Big-band music as a concept for music fans is identified most with the swing era, though there were large, jazz-oriented dance bands before the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s and large jazz-oriented bands after the swing era. Classification difficulties occur when music stores shelve recordings by all large jazz ensembles as though it were ...
