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Remembering Ella Fitzgerald on her birthday 🎂
📷 Richard Avedon, NY, 1959
"Amongst all of us who sing, she was the best."
- Johnny Mathis
📷 Richard Avedon, NY, 1959
"Amongst all of us who sing, she was the best."
- Johnny Mathis
Ella Fitzgerald by Annie Leibovitz, Beverly Hills, 1988
"As the years went by, her singing became more seasoned & brilliantly skilled, passing beyond anything anyone else could do... The strange thing is that the voice itself remained eternally young."
- Gene Lees
"As the years went by, her singing became more seasoned & brilliantly skilled, passing beyond anything anyone else could do... The strange thing is that the voice itself remained eternally young."
- Gene Lees
Ella Fitzgerald by Yale Joel for Life, 1958
"I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them."
- Ira Gershwin
"I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them."
- Ira Gershwin
Remembering Dave Brubeck on his birthday 🎂
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- @tedgioia
📷 Bob Willoughby, 1950
“Brubeck’s popularity proved surprisingly robust despite the obstacles he often put in the way of casual listeners, and his following never ebbed, even as other jazz stars came and went."
- @tedgioia
Wayne Miller's great photo of The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello, 1959
Live in Portland:
Live in Portland:
The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Idlewild Airport: Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello
📷 Dennis Stock, 1958
📷 Dennis Stock, 1958
