Album: Brighten the Corner by Ella Fitzgerald (1967)
Genre: Pop | Style: Jazz | Mood: Happy
Format: Album

Description: Even though Ella Fitzgerald performs 14 religious hymns and the arrangements (which use the Ralph Carmichael Choir and Orchestra) are tasteful and reverent, she cannot help giving a little swing to a few of these songs. The music is taken quite straight and is outside of jazz yet, due to the beauty of her voice, this listenable set is still worth picking up.

Artist Background: Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 59-year recordin... Part of the Newport News, Virginia, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Related Artists: Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington

Music Scene: Part of the Newport News, Virginia, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Pop, Jazz, Happy, 1960s, Album


Even though Ella Fitzgerald performs 14 religious hymns and the arrangements (which use the Ralph Carmichael Choir and Orchestra) are tasteful and reverent, she cannot help giving a little swing to a few of these songs. The music is taken quite straight and is outside of jazz yet, due to the beauty of her voice, this listenable set is still worth picking up.

Brighten the Corner

Ella Fitzgerald

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