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Ella Fitzgerald, 1977. Photo de Dany Gignoux.
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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?
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Ella Fitzgerald, April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996.
With Louis Armstrong in 1956.
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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
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I love this November 1954 shot of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe chatting during a jazz session at the Tiffany Club in Hollywood.
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jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald in a photo from 1970. She was the first Black woman to win a Grammy Award (in 1958).
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😥 Lest we forget. 1955 and Ella Fitzgerald jailed for singing to an integrated audience.
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Marilyn Monroe is pictured with Ella Fitzgerald on November 18, 1954, at a nightclub in Hollywood, where Fitzgerald was performing.
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claudia cardinale listening to ella fitzgerald records, 1959
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Classic photo of Ella Fitzgerald with Willie Mays, pure Black Excellence. 💕
#ella fitzgerald#willie mays#blacktumblr#black history#black liberation#african history#nodeinoblackbusiness#buy black
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Ella Fitzgerald & Dizzy Gillespie, 1947 ♡
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“Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.”
–Ella Fitzgerald, Queen of Jazz

#international womens day#Ella Fitzgerald#Queen of Jazz#jazz#jazz music#herbie hancock institute of jazz#womeninjazz#inspiration#inspirational quote
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Ella Fitzgerald, April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996.
Photo by Georg Oddner.
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Ella Fitzgerald with Vincente Minnelli, Luci Arnaz, and Shirley Bassey at an after party for her concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1979.
Photos by Andy Warhol
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Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole performing on a 1955 episode of 'Ford Star Jubilee,' New York.
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But in your dreams, whatever they be...
(You gotta make me a promise, promise to me)

You'll dream a little dream of me 🎶
#satchmo#ella fitzgerald#Spotify#louis armstrong#love this version#mood#evening mood#love me some satchmo ❤️
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