🎤🎶👑🎂 #ArtIsAWeapon #EllaFitzgerald #FirstLadyOfSong Reposted from @nmaahc - Ella Fitzgerald is one of the greatest architects in the history of jazz music, with her mastery of ‘scatting,’ a vocal improvisation of sound and syllables. Fitzgerald, known as the “First Lady of Song,” was born on this day in 1917. She got her big break while performing at Harlem’s Apollo Theater [@apollotheater] at the age of seventeen in 1934. Throughout her lifetime she was the recipient of many awards, including 13 Grammy Awards (one for lifetime achievement), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. #BecauseOfHerStory #SitesAndSounds #JazzAppreciationMonth 🎥: Ca, 1950s, Kinoscope, Collection of the NMAAHC #BlackBrilliance #Jazz #MusicIsLife #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/Bws065Ll6Dl/?igshid=1b748d8bva5jv
