Ella Fitzgerald
From that night in 1934, when she wowed the crowd at Amateur Night at the Harlem Opera House, Ella Fitzgerald continued to bring audiences from around the world to their feet, with the belle-like clarity of her voice and her superior musicianship. She recorded more than 2,000 songs, sold over 40 million records and won 13 Grammy Awards in her lifetime. Chick Webb, the drummer and bandleader, was her first mentor, and with his band, Ella recorded "A-Tisket-A-Tasket" in 1938. It went to number one on the hit parade and stayed there for several weeks. During an early tour in the south with another great influence, Dizzy Gillepsie, she learned how to bebop, and developed her famous facility for scatting. But it was Norman Ganz, the extraordinary producer and promoter, and creator of the concert series Jazz at the Philharmonic and the legendary Verve record label, who made Fitzgerald a superstar.
France / USA - 1999 - 2 X 44 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour
Réalisation
Charlotte Zwerin
Scénario
Charlotte Zwerin
Conseiller musical
Tommy Flanagan
Image
Vic Losick
Son
Mike Mc Curry, Roger Pietschmann
Montage
Bernadine Colish
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Production
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Co-Production
Thirteen / WNET, ARTE France
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Ventes
Doc & Co,
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75003 Paris, France
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