#ella fitzgerald

[nattousan]

ladies and gents may i present you with my favorite photo of Ella Fitzgerald ft. that guy

homie was down bad, and can we blame him?

[seule-s]

Ella Fitzgerald signing autographs.

[jazz-improvisation]

Singer Ella Fitzgerald (born: April 25, 1917)

photo: © Georg Oddner

[saydesole]

Happy Black History Month

Black Jazz Musicians

Their names are presented below, in chronological order from top to bottom

Louis Armstrong 1901-1971

Ella Fitzgerald 1917-1996

Duke Ellington 1899-1974

Miles Davis 1926-1991

Billie Holiday 1915-1959

Count Baise 1904-1984

Sarah Vaughn 1924-1990

Nancy Wilson 1937-2018

[nothingbutpoison]

[forever70s]

jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald in a photo from 1970. She was the first Black woman to win a Grammy Award (in 1958).

[summertimenoir]

Marilyn Monroe is pictured with Ella Fitzgerald on November 18, 1954, at a nightclub in Hollywood, where Fitzgerald was performing.

[mias-playground]

😥 Lest we forget. 1955 and Ella Fitzgerald jailed for singing to an integrated audience.