Ella Fitzgerald
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Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone,
Fitzgerald in 1940
A young Fitzgerald, photographed by Carl Van Vechten in January 1940
Fitzgerald with Dizzy Gillespie (right) and Ray Brown (left), in New York City, 1947
Fitzgerald performing at the Helsinki Culture Hall in Finland in April 1963
Ray Brown (musician)
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Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He was also a founding member of the group that would later develop in
Ella Fitzgerald
…a convicted drug dealer and local dockworker. The marriage was annulled in 1942. Her second marriage was in December 1947, to the famous bass player Ray Brown, whom Fitzgerald had met while on tour with Dizzy Gillespie's band a year earlier. Together, they adopted a child born to Fitzgerald's half-sister…
Brown in a 1961 DownBeat advertisement
Milt Jackson and Ray Brown (left), New York, between 1946 and 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 04461)
Brown, c. 1947 in a band with Dizzy Gillespie