Ella Fitzgerald

Born: 
04/25/1917
City: 
Newport News
Region: 
Virginia
Country: 
USA
Died: 
06/15/1996
Years Active: 
1934-1993
Genre(s): 
Bebop
Jazz
Swing
Traditional Pop
Instruments: 
Piano, Vocals
Associated Artists: 
Cat Anderson
Louis Armstrong
Everett Barksdale
George Barnes
Kenny Barron
Count Basie
Louie Bellson
Joe Benjamin
Max Bennett
Eddie Bert
Art Blakey
Ray Brown
Ray Bryant
Larry Bunker
Harry Carney
Benny Carter
Serge Chaloff
Teddy Charles
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cobb
Al Cohn
Henry Coker
Willie Cook
Wild Bill Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Buddy DeFranco
Jerry Dodgion
Bill Doggett
Bobby Durham
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Roy Eldridge
Duke Ellington
Herb Ellis
Victor Feldman
Maynard Ferguson
Tommy Flanagan
Frank Foster
Panama Francis
Stan Getz
Dizzy Gillespie
Paul Gonsalves
Freddie Green
Jim Hall
Coleman Hawkins
Louis Hayes
Eddie Heywood
Milt Holland
Johnny Hodges
The Ink Spots
Ike Isaacs
Quentin "Butter" Jackson
Illinois Jacquet
Gus Johnson
J. J. Johnson
Eddie Jones
Hank Jones
Papa Jo Jones
Thad Jones
Louis Jordan
Connie Kay
Barney Kessel
Lee Konitz
Gene Krupa
Harold Land
Hubert Laws
Lou Levy
Mel Lewis
Melba Liston
Johnny Long
Mundell Lowe
Junior Mance
Shelly Manne
Wendell Marshall
Billy May
Carmen McRae
Charles Mingus
Red Mitchell
Ray Nance
Joe Newman
Sy Oliver
Joe Pass
Sonny Payne
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Benny Powell
Russell Procope
Buddy Rich
Emil Richards
Ernie Royal
Marshall Royal
Bud Shank
Zoot Sims
Sonny Stitt
Alvin Stoller
Billy Taylor
Tommy Tedesco
Clark Terry
Toots Thielemans
Ed Thigpen
Lucky Thompson
Kai Winding
Mal Waldron
T-Bone Walker
George Wallington
Bill Watrous
Ernie Watts
Ben Webster
Frank Wess
Ernie Wilkins
Jimmy Woode
Britt Woodman
Phil Woods
Sam Woodyard
Specs Wright
Lester Young
Played With: 
Tiny Bradshaw
Chick Webb
Recorded With: 
Quincy Jones
Frank Sinatra
Joe Williams
Image Credit: 
William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress

Discography

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
Released: 1961
Ella at Juan-Les-Pins
Released: 1964
Ella in Hamburg
Released: 1965
Sunshine of Your Love
Released: 1969
Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
Released: 1970
Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
Released: 1972
Ella Loves Cole
Released: 1972
Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall
Released: 1973
Ella in London
Released: 1974
Montreux '75
Released: 1975
Montreux '77
Released: 1977
Fine & Mellow
Released: 1979
Ella à Nice
Released: 1982
Ella in Budapest
Released: 1999

Concerts

Event Datesort descending Venue City Region Country
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 06/14/1937 Graystone Ballroom Detroit Michigan USA
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 06/24/1938 Fox Theatre Detroit Michigan USA
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 06/25/1938 Fox Theatre Detroit Michigan USA
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 06/26/1938 Fox Theatre Detroit Michigan USA
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 06/27/1938 Fox Theatre Detroit Michigan USA
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 06/28/1938 Fox Theatre Detroit Michigan USA
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 06/29/1938 Fox Theatre Detroit Michigan USA
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 06/30/1938 Fox Theatre Detroit Michigan USA
Chick Webb & His Orchestra 07/11/1938 Graystone Ballroom Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 12/12/1941 Colonial Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 12/13/1941 Colonial Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 12/14/1941 Colonial Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 12/15/1941 Colonial Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 12/16/1941 Colonial Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 12/17/1941 Colonial Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 12/18/1941 Colonial Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 02/26/1942 Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 10/05/1942 The Bowery (1) Hamtramck Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 10/06/1942 The Bowery (1) Hamtramck Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 10/07/1942 The Bowery (1) Hamtramck Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 10/08/1942 The Bowery (1) Hamtramck Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 10/09/1942 The Bowery (1) Hamtramck Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald 10/10/1942 The Bowery (1) Hamtramck Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald & the Four Keys 12/11/1942 Paradise Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Ella Fitzgerald & the Four Keys 12/12/1942 Paradise Theater Detroit Michigan USA

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