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          Was friends with fellow jazz artist Billie Holiday..

          Ella Fitzgerald

          American jazz singer (–)

          Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, &#;&#; June 15, ) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella".

          She was the last of four great female jazz singers (including Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae) who defined one of the most prolific eras in jazz.

        1. She was the last of four great female jazz singers (including Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae) who defined one of the most prolific eras in jazz.
        2. A white former NBA professional retires from the pro game and gets a job as a basketball coach in a predominantly Black inner-city high school.
        3. Was friends with fellow jazz artist Billie Holiday.
        4. Tracing the story of Ella Fitzgerald's life, this documentary film explores how her music became a soundtrack for a tumultuous century.
        5. Willa Fitzgerald is an American actress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

          6. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, absolute pitch, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

          After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem.

          Her rendition of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in to start her solo career. Her manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy,[1] until she turned the rest of her career over to Norman Granz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records b