Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald
Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald

Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald

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2017-02-19

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Ella Fitzgerald's voice is a phenomenon and unrivalled to this day. She had the perfect pitch and perfect intonation. Ella's voice spanned three octaves, her phrasing seemed effortless. There is almost no style of music, in which she did not excel, and her numerous - now legendary - recordings of the 'Great American Songbook' with pieces of US composers such as George and Ira Gershwin, Harald Arlen, Cole Porter or Duke Ellington, remained a benchmark for the "right" interpretation of those songs for generations of singers. In the film the focus will be on the voice of Ella Fitzgerald. We want to unravel the secret of her voice through many different people (musicians, singers, critics etc.), who will tell about what impact her voice had on them and still has. We want to learn more about Ella´s life to find out what made her sing like she did and only she could.

Music

Documentary

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Characters

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage)

Jim Blackman

Jim Blackman

Self - Ella Fitzgerald's friend and road manager

Theo Bleckmann

Theo Bleckmann

Self

Regina Carter

Regina Carter

Self

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Self

Terri Lyne Carrington

Terri Lyne Carrington

Self

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