Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat in New York Eartha Kitt creating a nostalgic snapshot of

creating a nostalgic snapshot of a classic American coastal community

circa 1939

and features Carroll Baker Jane Withers Chill Wills Mercedes McCambridge

Black and white studio portrait of actor Hugh Marlowe by Frank Worth

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Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat in New York Eartha Kitt creating a nostalgic snapshot ofPortrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N. Y., circa Sept. 1947. Ella Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, intonation, and a "horn like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.