The Divas of Jazz!!!

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The Divas of Jazz!!!

• Miss Brownings
• Bach to Rock
• Music Appreciation
• 11th-12th Grade
• December 11th, 2005

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A Diva Hat Trick

• Billie Holiday
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Sarah Vaughan

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Miss Brownings quote of the day!

• These women are from a time,
• when the main requirement for being a singer...
• Was that you had to be able to sing
• (Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson and Hilary duff
• Have NOTHING on these ladies!)

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Billie Holiday (Lady Day)

• Born Eleanor Fagan on,
• April 7th, 1915
• Her Mother was 13 and her Father was 15. They
  divorced when she was 3 years old
• First Success at The Apollo Theatre on November
  23rd, 1934.
• Limited range (just over an octave)
• Compensated with impeccable timing, phrasing and
  emotion
• Nick Named Lady Day
• Trademark White Gardenia in her hair.

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Billie Holiday (Lady Day)

• One of the 1st black jazz singers to perform with
  white musicians.
• Still forced to use back entrance and wait in a
  dark room away from the audience.
• Popular songs I cried for you, Billies
  Blues, My Man.
• Miss Brownings Favorites Summertime, The Man
  I Love, God Bless the Child.

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Billie Holiday (Lady Day)

• Drug and Alcohol Abuser ?
• Started with marijuana at an early age
• Spent 8 months in prison for Heroin possession.
• Abusive Relationships
• Ruined her talent and undoubtedly ended her
  career.
• Died on July 17th, 1959 at age 44, with only
  0.70 in her bank account.

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DRUGS ARE BAD!!!!!!

• JUST SAY NO!!!!!!!!!

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Ella Fitzgerald (First Lady of song)

• Born April 25th, 1917 in Newport News, Virginia
• Grew up poor and homeless
• Most popular female jazz singer in the USA for
  more than ½ a century.
• Voice Flexible, wide ranging, accurate and
  effortless.
• Scat was magnificent. Could imitate every
  instrument in the orchestra.
• Won 13 Grammy Awards and sold over 40 million
  records

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Ella Fitzgerald (First Lady of Jazz)

• Big Break The Apollo Stage
• Was set to dance but would have been showed up by
  The Danciest Sisters around. Ella
• Faced with boos she asked the band to play one of
  her fathers favorite songs, Hoagy Carmichaels
  Judy.
• Audience demanded an encore
• Went on to work with all of the jazz greats!

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Ella Fitzgerald (First Lady of Song)

• Ella was a very shy and reserved person offstage
  and away from people she knew well.
• She was self-conscious of her appearance and her
  abilities.
• Onstage, she had no fear!

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Ella Fitzgerald (First Lady of Song)

• Died on June 15th, 1996 at age 78 (Miss Browning
  was 15)
• Recorded over 200 albums and over 2,000 songs.
• Popular songs A tisket a tasket, Caravan,
  Im Beginning to See the Light
• Miss Brownings Favorites How High the Moon
• The Boy from Impanema
• Summertime

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Sarah Vaughan (Sassy)

• Born March 27th, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey
• Nicknamed Sassy, and The Divine One
• 8 years of piano lessons as a child, sang in
  church
• Voice Great range, at least 3 octaves.
• Powerful Scat Singer
• Many felt should be an opera singer (strong
  classical voice)

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Sarah Vaughan (Sassy)

• Won amateur contest at The Apollo Theatre singing
  Body and Soul
• Got a gig with Earl Hines Big Band, but a
  musicians strike kept her from recording
  (1943-44)
• Landed 5 year recording contract with Columbia
  Records (same label as Destinys Child and Mariah
  Carey)

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Sarah Vaughan (Sassy)

• Died April 3rd, 1990 just after her 66th birthday
• Recorded about 100 albums
• Popular Songs Lover Man, Perdido, Sassys
  Blues
• Miss Brownings Favorites Honeysuckle Rose,
  Black Coffee, Summertime

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Were you paying attention??

• Where did all of our divas get their big break??
• (hint.its on after Saturday Night Live)

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Who got it right?

• The
• Apollo Theatre

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What else ya got?

• Who wore a white gardenia in her hair
• as her trademark?

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Survey Says!!

• Lady Day
• Billie Holiday

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Did you pick up on this?

• What is Miss Brownings favorite
• Song??

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Its all coming back now!!

• Summertime

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You have got to get this one right!!

• What does Miss Browning say about
• DRUGS????

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Say it together now!!!

• Drugs are
• BAD!!!

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References

• The Official Ella Fitzgerald Website (n.d.).
  Retrieved December 4th, 2005 From
  www.ellafitzgerald.com
• Ella Fitzgerald Tribute (n.d.) Retrieved December
  4th, 2005 From http//www.public.iastate.edu/vwin
  dsor/Ella.html
• First Lady of Song (The Ella Fitzgerald Web Site)
  (n.d.) Retrieved December 4th, 2005 From
  http//www.geocities.com/swing4243/
• Billie Holiday from Wikipedia, the free
  Encyclopedia (December 6th, 2005) Retrieved
  December 4th 2005 http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil
  lie_Holiday
• The Unofficial Billie Holiday Website (n.d.)
  Retrieved December 4th, 2005 http//www.ladyday.ne
  t/

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References

• A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan (n.d.) Retrieved
  December 4th, 2005 From http//parsec-santa.com/ce
  lebrity/celeb_pages/SarahVaughan.html
• Sarah Vaughan Page (n.d.) Retrieved December 4th,
  2005 From http//www.soulwalking.co.uk/Sarah20Vau
  ghn.html
• WAER Jazz 88 - 50 Greatest Female Jazz Vocalists
  (n.d.) Retrieved December 4th, 2005 From
  http//www.waer.org/50women.html
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