The Jazz Queen would have had a birthday today which no doubt would have been widely celebrated not only in her motherland – the USA – but around the whole world, because this woman deserved a lot of praise and honors even after her death. “Lady Ella” was born today in 1917 to become the first lady of song and a remarkable personality in the world of music, particularly jazz. Let’s mark this event!
Lady Ella
When going through Ella’s bio one can’t but be astonished by the many hardships she had to live through but despite which she still managed to turn into American Jazz-Queen with impeccable diction and singing technique. Ella went through various phases, not to be the one who gets everything easy. She used to be married to a drug-dealer, was homeless, lost her mother when a child, was abused by her step father, had legs amputated and suffered from diabetes. But it didn’t stop her from becoming a strong woman. Music community can be thankful to destiny for discovering such a ‘rough diamond’ as Ms. Fitzgerald. A unique voice covering three octaves span got her a diverse repertoire: songs "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", "How High the Moon", "Sugar Blues" and many other are still up in the memory. During her almost 60-years career Ella’s albums were sold in 40 mln copies, brought her 13 Grammies and Medals handed by Reagan and Bush personally.
