Factoids:
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
- American jazz vocalist known for her amazing diction and "horn-like" improvisational scat singing
- Won 14 Grammy Awards
- Greatly influenced by Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, and the Boswell Sisters
- Had a VERY tough early childhood where she was abused by her stepfather, worked for the mafia as a lookout, put into an all-black orphanage, escaped and was homeless for quite some time
- Made her big break at the age of 17 while singing at an amateur night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York
- Listen to her amazing diction and how syllables seem to effortlessly fall from her mouth
- She also throws in a musical quotation at the 5:00 minute mark to play with the audience
- Her scat style is very indicative of jazz instrumentalists
- She alters the timbre of her voice just as horn player would - even mimicking how different mutes would alter the sounds of a trombone or trumpet player's instrument
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