Essays Tagged: "Ella Fitzgerald"
The 1930s-1940s
. Blues and jazz music exploded onto the scene and musicians such as Lena Horne, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald dazzled all of America with their incredible talents. Big Band music arose as well, ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
"Spoken Word" .
.1.You're in a coffee house, the lights are dimmed, and you sit by candlelight.2.Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald play softly in the background.3.You are now enjoying the Poetry readings of Langston ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts
Madonna
making the music industry less of a male opinionated society, from Aretha Franklin, Mo Tucker, and Ella Fitzgerald to pop icons like Courtney Love, Queen Latifa, and Melissa Ethridge. Along side thes ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers
"The First Lady of Song" - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald, "The First Lady of Song", was in a class of her own. She was probably themost amazi ... hemost amazing female jazz singer of all time. She was blessed with a gorgeous voice and widerange. Ella was "known for her pure and personal tone, remarkable voice control, ability toimprovise, and f ... ice control, ability toimprovise, and flawless intonation and phrasing" (Feather168). The only flaw Ella was known forwas her inability to sing the downbeat; all of songs were joyful and she did not k ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers
Women in Jazz - History
zz instrumentalists. Women basically emerged as Jazz singers by the start of1930. Some of them were Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.Some of the famous women in the American Jazz history are:Bessie ... is helped her gaining more fame and making those people her fans who have never even heard of her. 5Ella Fitzgerald: "The First Lady of Song" (1918-1996)Ella Fitzgerald was known to be the finest fema ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
Contrasting Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald on "Summertime"
! "Summertime" is a song sung by both Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday with each of them holding their own meaning and interpretation of ... holding their own meaning and interpretation of the lyrics by their voice alone. While listening to Ella's version of this song, one can feel soothed by the careful but confident sound of her voice ca ... voice can be easily comparable to a brook trickling over moss-covered rocks; cool and smooth. When Ella sings the lyrics, "Summertime, and the livin' is easy, fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high" ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers