Comments on: Worth a Lick

By: Dawna Mapel

Dawna Mapel — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:04:44 +0000

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By: afrobella » Lost Ones — Dinah Washington

afrobella » Lost Ones — Dinah Washington — Sun, 13 May 2007 18:22:14 +0000

[...] Whenever people think about all-time great jazz divas, the order typically goes: Billie, Ella, Sarah, Nina. Dinah Washington doesn’t necessarily get that first-name recognition, but she should. Because she was one bad bella. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:16:46 +0000

Worth a Lick

Ella Fitzgerald is commemorated for Black History Month with a stamp of her very own. The jazz diva would have been pleased and proud.

By: bella

bella — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:35:44 +0000

AppleDiva, I LOVE Amy Winehouse! It’s like you peeked into my playlist. Back to Black is my favorite song right now.

By: Glib Gurl

Glib Gurl — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:09:40 +0000

Great post! I *adore* Ella – and along the lines of this blog’s theme, I wonder if she would’ve gotten more accolades and attention if she had looked more like the European beauty standard that dominated even more heavily back in the day? I recall reading a passage from Dorothy Dandridge’s autobiography where she admits that she doesn’t have the best singing voice, yet she was able to book more club dates than Ella. (Maybe that was only in the USA? *shrug*) The reason, she said, was that men don’t dream about sleeping with Ella. I was shocked and impressed by her frankness . . . much like Ms. Berry, Dorothy was very aware of the downsides of being (what society calls) beautiful.

By: AppleDiva

AppleDiva — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:44:22 +0000

Hey Afrobella,

Please check out Amy Winehouse’s “Frank”. If you like Ms. Ella, you will like her. She is a UK singer. Let me know what you think.

By: jazmin

jazmin — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:54:58 +0000

This woman is one of my all time favorite jazz singers. She had such a beautiful and clear voice, i listened to her cds and saw videos of her live and her voice was still great. With such talent and confidence she performed with, i still can’t believed she considered herself a shy person. I applaud her from one shy person to another

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:17:15 +0000

OH I love this post! I adore her music – hearing “Mack the Knife” for the first time in a music class I took in high school got me hooked! Aside from that, my two favorites are Black Coffee and Night and Day. She is sort of slept on, right? I never really cared to buy a book of commemorative stamps (because I rarely make use of stamps!) but I will definitely be buying these!

By: Black Honey

Black Honey — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:39:12 +0000

Her voice was as clear as a bell. Beautiful

By: LBellatrix

LBellatrix — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:35:39 +0000

Seeing Ella perform live, about 5-6 years before her death, remains one of the concert highlights of my life.

Imagine an old woman who looks like she could be a relative of yours, having to be helped onto a stage where it’s just her sitting on a chair (the orchestra’s in the pit, of course). Then the music starts up and the woman opens her mouth and…WOW…it’s like she’s still in her 30s and you’re listening to her and sipping a drink at some swanky 1950s nightclub.

(Okay, this is assuming they’d even let you in the door, but let’s not let this bit of history spoil the image…)

And each time she finishes she says “Thank you” with this little giggle like she’s even younger than her 30s.

Will there ever be another Ella? I doubt it.