Ella Fitzgerald: The Singer Not the Song

Series: Jazz Heroes: Monk Ella and Dizzy Series

Duration: 25

Year Published: 1998

Creator: Films for the Humanities & Sciences

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Celebrates the life and career of Ella Fitzgerald through performance footage and interviews with contemporaries, scholars, and current jazz musicians. Assesses her unique vocal style and adoption of "scat" singing, and demonstrates her transition into swing and bebop, as well as her mastery of mainstream popular songs. Includes brief biographical information.

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