Ella Fitzgerald
Singer
1917–1996, born in Newport News, Virginia
Moved to NYC Wikipedia
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Neighborhoods
Wikipedia ties Ella Fitzgerald to St. Albans in Queens and Harlem in Manhattan. A tie, not always an origin
On the map at 179-07 Murdock Avenue
179-07 Murdock Avenue, Queens: Her former home in Addisleigh Park, shared with the bassist Ray Brown.
Source: untappedcities.com
Places
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
Carnegie Hall
1891Opened in 1891. By the 1900s Sergei Rachmaninoff was among those staging or performing their own music here, the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini frequently recorded in the Main Hall, and Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis are among the many jazz performers who have played here, per Wikipedia.
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Savoy Ballroom
1926–1958The ballroom on Lenox Avenue between 140th and 141st Streets was open from 1926 to 1958. Ella Fitzgerald, fresh from a 1934 talent show win at the Apollo, became the teenage singer with Chick Webb’s house band, and in 1938 Count Basie’s band challenged Webb’s. A plaque for the ballroom was unveiled on the block in 2002, per Wikipedia.
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Brooklyn Paramount
1928–1962Opened in 1928 as a movie palace that occasionally hosted concerts. Michael Hittman, an anthropology professor, says it helped introduce Brooklyn to jazz, with artists like Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis, per Wikipedia.
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Apollo Theater
1934On 21 November 1934 the teenaged Ella Fitzgerald, a would-be dancer, decided on the Amateur Night stage to sing instead. She faltered, tried again with the emcee Ralph Cooper’s help, and won; within the year Chick Webb had discovered her, per HISTORY.
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