Ella Fitzgerald
FemmeNaissance25/04/1917
Décès15/08/1996
Âge au décès79 ansaurait 109 ans aujourd'hui
NationalitéEtats-Unis
Biographie
Ella Fitzgerald (née le 25 avril 1917 à Newport News — décédée le 15 juin 1996 à Beverly Hills) est l'une des plus importantes chanteuses de jazz.
D'abord connue sous le surnom de « The First Lady of Swing », qui est devenue « The First Lady of Song » après l'apogée du « Swing » (littéralement « La Première Dame de la chanson », mais traduit plus volontiers par « La Grande Dame du Jazz »), elle a remporté de nombreuses récompenses, dont 13 Grammy Awards.
Avec une tessiture de voix de trois octaves, elle est remarquable pour la pureté de sa voix et sa capacité d'improvisation, particulièrement en scat.
La chanteuse a réalisé une de ses improvisations les plus célèbres en concert sur Mack the Knife (extrait de L'Opéra de quat'sous) lors d'un concert à Berlin en 1960, morceau au cours duquel elle a eu un trou de mémoire et qu'elle a poursuivi sans hésitation en alternant scat et paroles improvisées.
Cette version de Mack the Knife est certainement l'un des succès les plus connus d'Ella Fitzgerald, avec Mr Paganini et How High the Moon.
Une autre de ses improvisations fameuses eut lieu au cours d'un concert à Antibes / Juan-les-Pins à l'été 1964, alors qu'elle se produisait dans la Pinède Gould à l'occasion du Festival Jazz à Juan, quand elle rendit hommage aux cigales qui y chantaient (The Cricket Song).
14Discographie
Support
| Artiste | Titre | Année | Format | Classement | Pépite, coup de cœur, envie d'écoute | |
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 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella | - | Vinyl LP, Compilation, Mono | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | Pour L'Amour D'Ella Fitzgerald | - | CD Compilation × 2 | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Best Of Ella Fitzgerald | - | Vinyl LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve Jazz No. 7 | - | Vinyl LP, Compilation | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin | ℗1960 | Vinyl LP, Album, Mono | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella In Hollywood | ℗1961 | Vinyl LP, Album, Mono | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | Get Happy! | ℗1961 | Vinyl LP, Album, Repress, Mono | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald | ℗1977 | Vinyl LP, Compilation, Stereo | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | Fine And Mellow | ℗1979 | Vinyl LP, Album | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald | I Got The Rhythm | ℗1987 | CD Compilation | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie Orchestra | On The Sunny Side Of The Street | ℗1963 | Vinyl LP, Album, Mono | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong | Ella Fitzgerald Meets Louis Armstrong | - | Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald | Porgy And Bess | - | Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] | |
 | Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles | I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 1 | ℗1980 | Vinyl LP, Compilation | Jazz [Dixie / Bebop / autre] |
189Chansons
| Chanson | Année | Disques |
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| A Fine Romance | 1998 |
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| A Foggy Day In London Town | 1998 |
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| A Four Leaf Clover In Your Pocket | 2004 |
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| A Kiss Goodnight | 2004 |
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| A Night In Tunisia | - | |
| A-Tisket A-Tasket | 1977 |
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| A-Tisket, A-Tisket | - |
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| Ain't Misbehavin' | 1963 | |
| Airmail Special | 1961 |
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| And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine | 2004 |
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| Autumn In New York | - | |
| Azure | 2006 |
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| Baby Doll | - |
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| Baby What Else Can I Do | 1977 |
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| Baby, Won't You Please Come Home | 1961 |
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| Basin Street Blues | 1977 |
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| Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar | 1961 |
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| Because Of Rain | - |
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| Bess You Is My Woman Now | 2006 |
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| Bess, Oh Where's My Bess | - | |
| Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | - | |
| Bidin' My Time | 1987 |
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| Blue Moon | 1961 |
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| Blue Skies | 1961 |
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| Blues In The Night | - | |
| By Strauss | 1987 |
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| Can Anyone Explain? | - | |
| Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man | 2004 |
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| Can't We Be Friends | 1998 |
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| Caravan | - | |
| Cheek To Cheek | 1998 |
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| Cheerful Little Earful | 1961 |
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| Chewing Gum | 1977 |
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| Clap Yo'Hands | 1987 |
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| Come Love | - | |
| Come On-A My House | - |
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| Come Rain Or Come Shine | 2006 |
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| Cool Breeze | 1961 |
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| Cotton Tail | - | |
| Cottontail | - | |
| Cow Cow Boogie | 1998 |
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| Cry You Out Of My Heart | 2004 |
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| 'Deed I Do | 1963 | |
| Do You Really Love Me? | - |
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| Don't Be That Way | - | |
| Don't Get Around Much Any More | - | |
| Dream A Little Dream Of Me | 1963 | |
| Drop Me Off In Harlem | - | |
| Early Autumn | - | |
| Even As You And I | - |
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| Everything But You | - | |
| Fascinating Rhythm | 1987 |
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| Fine And Mellow | 1979 |
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| Flying Home | 1977 |
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| For Sentimetal Reasons | 2004 |
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| Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You | - | |
| Give A Little, Get A Little | - |
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| Gone With The Wind | 1960 | |
| Goody Goody | 1961 |
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| Gypsy In My Soul | 1961 |
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| He's My Guy | 2004 |
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| Honeysuckle Rose | 1963 | |
| How High The Moon | 1960 |
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| How Long, How Long Blues | - | |
| I Can't Be Bothered Now | 1987 |
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| I Can't Get Started | - | |
| I Can't Give Anything But Love | 1979 |
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| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 2006 |
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| I Didn't Mean A Word I Said | 2004 |
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| (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance With You | 1979 |
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| I Don't Want To Take A Chance | - |
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| I Got It Bad | 2004 |
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| I Got Plenty O'Nuttin' | - | |
| I Got Rhythm | 1987 | |
| I Love Paris | - | |
| (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons | - | |
| I Love Your Porgy | - | |
| I Wants To Stay Here | - | |
| I Wished On The Moon | - | |
| I Won't Dance | 2006 |
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| I'm Beginning To See The Light | 1963 | |
| I'm In The Mood For Love | 1979 |
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| I'm Just A Lucky So And So | 1979 |
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| I've Got The World On A String | 1961 | |
| (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have To Swing It | - | |
| In A Mellow Tone | - | |
| Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | 1963 | |
| Isn't It Romantic | 1997 |
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| It Ain't Necessarily So | - | |
| It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 1997 |
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| It Might As Well Be Spring | 1961 |
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| It's A Blue World | 1977 |
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| It's Only A Paper Moon | 1977 |
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| It's Too Soon To Know | - | |
| Just In Time | 1961 |
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| Lady Bug | - |
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| Laura | - | |
| Lazy Day | - |
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| Let's Do It | 2006 |
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| Like Young | 1961 |
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| Lorelei | 1960 | |
| Love Is Here To Stay | 1987 |
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| (Love Is) The Tender Trap | - | |
| Love You Madly | - |
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| Lover Come Back To Me | 1977 |
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| Lullaby Of Birdland | 2001 |
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| Mack The Knife | 1960 | |
| Make Love To Me | 2004 |
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| Makin' Whoopee | - | |
| Midnight Sun | 2006 |
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| Misty | 1960 | |
| Mixed Emotions | - | |
| Mood Indigo | - | |
| Moonlight Becomes You | 1961 |
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| MoonLight In Vermont | 1998 |
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| Mr. Paganini | - | |
| My Cousin In Milwaukee | 1987 |
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| My Last Affair | 1963 | |
| My Man | 2004 |
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| My One And Only Love | - | |
| Necessary Evil | - |
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| Of Thee I Sing Baby | 1987 |
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| Oh Lady, Be Good | 2006 |
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| Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way | - | |
| On The Sunny Side Of The Street | 1963 | |
| Once Too Often | 2004 |
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| Oops! | - |
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| Party Blues | - | |
| Petootie Pie | 2004 |
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| Polka Dots And Moonbeams | 1979 |
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| Rock In My Bed | - | |
| Rockin' In Rhythm | 1979 | |
| 'Round Midnight | 1979 |
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| 'S Wonderful | 1987 |
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| Satin Doll | 1961 |
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| See See Rider | - | |
| Sentimental Journey | 1989 |
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| Shall We Dance | 1987 |
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| She Didn't Say << Yes >> | 2006 |
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| Shiny Stockings | 1963 | |
| Sing Song Swing | 1977 |
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| Smooth Sailing | - | |
| Solitude | - | |
| Somebody Loves Me | 1961 |
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| Someone To Watch Over Me | 2006 |
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| Soon | 1987 |
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| Sophisticated Lady | 1980 | |
| Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most | 2006 |
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| Squatty Roo | - | |
| St. Louis Blues | 1961 |
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| Stairway To The Stars | 1961 | |
| Stompin' At The Savoy | - | |
| Stormy Weather | - | |
| Summertime | 1960 | |
| Sweet Georgia Brown | - | |
| Take The "A" Train | 1961 | |
| Tea For Two | 1963 | |
| That Certain Feeling | 1987 |
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| That Old Black Magic | 1977 |
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| The Can't Take That Away From Me | 1987 |
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| The E And D Blues (E For Ella, D for Duke) | 2006 |
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| The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues | 1987 |
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| The Hot Canary | - |
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| The Lady Is A Tramp | 1960 |
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| The Man I Love | 1960 |
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| Them There Eyes | 1963 | |
| There Never Was A Baby | - |
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| There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York | - | |
| These Foolish Things | - | |
| They All Laughed | - | |
| They Can't Take That Away From Me | 1998 |
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| Things Are Looking Up | 1987 |
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| This Could Be The Start Of Something Big | 1961 |
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| Time Alone Will Tell | 2004 |
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| Too Darn Hot | 1960 | |
| Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer | - |
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| Walkin' By The River | - | |
| We Can't Go On This Way | 1977 |
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| What Does It Take | - |
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| What Will I Tell My Heart | 2006 |
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| Whisper Not | 2006 |
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| Who Walks In When I Walk Out? | - |
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| Would You Like To Take A Walk? | - |
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| You Can Depend On Me | 2006 |
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| You Make Me Feel So Young | 1961 |
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| You Turned The Tables On Me | 1961 |
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| You Won't Be Satisfied | 2004 |
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| You'll Have To Swing It Mr. Paganini | 1961 |
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| You're Driving Me Crazy | 1961 |
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