Ella Fitzgerald collection, 1956-1992 (bulk 1960-1985).

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Ella Fitzgerald collection, 1956-1992 (bulk 1960-1985).

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The Ella Fitzgerald Collection chiefly consists of musical arrangements made for her by more than fifty arrangers and orchestrators. Arrangers whose works are found in this collection include: Buddy Bregman, Erich Bulling, Tee Carson, Benny Carter, Frank DeVol, Bill Doggett, Duke Ellington, Sid Feller, Russ Garcia, Bill Holman, Jim Hughart, Billy May, Marty Paich, Nelson Riddle, Paul Weston, and Gerald Wilson. The arrangements consist of a combination of full scores and parts, and are often accompanied by piano-conductor short scores, reduced scores, lead sheets and lyric sheets. Music is found in the form of manuscripts, printed music, photocopies, and ozalids, often in multiple or different versions. In addition, the collection contains repertoire and program lists and other miscellaneous material, including a minimal amount of correspondence and photographs.

23,500 items (285 boxes, 176 linear feet)

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May, Billy

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American arranger, composer, musician, and bandleader (b. Nov. 10, 1916, in Pittsburgh, Penn.; d. Jan. 22, 2004, in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.). May began his career as trumpeter and arranger for Charlie Barnet's big band. He was best known for his collaborations with Frank Sinatra. In addition, he composed for film, television, and children's albums. From the description of Billy May arrangements, 1939-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 692085363 ...

DeVol, Frank

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Frank DeVol (b.1911) was a composer, conducter and arranger for radio, motion pictures and television. He received Academy Award nominations for "Pillow Talk," "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and "Cat Ballou." His music was heard on radio during the "Rudy Vallee Show," "Ginny Sims," "Jack Carson," and "Jack Smith-Dinah Shore" programs. On television he continued to write and arrange for Dinah Shore and others, including the series "Family Affair, ." "Brady Bunch," "Love Boat," and "McCloud." In fi...

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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Duke Ellington (b. Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899, Washington, DC–d. May 24, 1974, New York, NY) was a composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader. He began piano lessons at 7 and wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag", in 1914. Ellington became a more serious piano student as a teenager after hearing poolroom pianists in Washington, DC. Ellington moved to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance in the early 1920s. He began a regular booking at the Cott...

Riddle, Nelson

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Nelson Riddle was one of America's most prolific composer/arrangers of the post-World War II period. His credits include success with television, radio, film, and records. He worked with many of the popular icons in American culture including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Dean Martin. From the description of Papers of Nelson Riddle, 1900-1995 (bulk 1945-1985). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 57457251 ...

Garcia, Russell.

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Garcia (1916- ) led his own jazz and big band orchestra during the 1940s and 1950s and later was a composer and arranger for motion pictures and television. From the description of Papers, ca. 1940-ca. 1970. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31727298 ...

Paich, Marty

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Holman, Bill

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Weston, Paul, 1912-1996

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Wilson, Gerald Stanley, 1918-2014

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Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918, Shelby, Mississippi – September 8, 2014, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson....

Hughart, Jim

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Carson, Tee

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Carter, Benny

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Benny Carter and Maxwell Glanville, composers and lyricists. Gertrude Greenidge and Maxwell Glanville, librettists. Besseye Scott, lyricist for "Save His Soul Instead." From the description of Twit: typescript, 1974, 1979. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122363948 ...

Doggett, Bill, 1916-1996

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Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

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Ella Fitzgerald (b. April 25, 1917, Newport News, VA–d. June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, CA) was an American jazz singer often 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 and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After tumultuous teenage years, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country, but...

Bregman, Buddy

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Feller, Sid

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Bulling, Erich

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