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.
Sound
Those archival recordings—crystal clear, devastatingly perfect
Direction
Katja Duregger lets the voice speak, keeps ego out
Director
Katja Duregger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ella's famous 'scat' improvisation in 'How High the Moon' was completely spontaneous during a 1960 Berlin concert that ran long.
The 'Great American Songbook' canonization largely happened through Ella's recordings—she didn't just interpret standards, she established them.
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