My Kind of Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald

[Alan Dale]

I once escorted her on my left arm from a Symphony stage to her dressing room. I sat with her as she greeted her fans and signed autographs. I said to her, "You're the greatest that's ever been." She responded by saying, "Aww, no."

Genuinely humble. My favorite American musician of the 20th century.

Ella Fitzgerald Dont Be That Way 13 November 1967
Ultimate Ella, Nov., 1967

Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie Orchestra 'Booty's Blues' (1979)(MUSIC series - Jazz)
Booty's (C-Jam) Blues, Ella with Count Basie
Montreux, '79

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8C67gnApLs

Ella Fitzgerald & Mel Torme perform and present the Grammy.

Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald & Sarah Vaughan-1979
^ Historic.