101 Years Ago Today – Queen of Jazz/First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald Was Born (Watch Live in Australia ’60)

101 years ago today (4/125/18), the late American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald who was often referred to as the First Lady of Song and Queen of Jazz was born. With her improvisational ability and scat singing style, her collaboration with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are that of legend. Fitzgerald died at age 79 in 1996. Watch Fitzgerald perform live with a trio in Austalia (1960)…

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