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Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald

Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald

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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.

Date: 02/19/2017
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Ella Fitzgerald, Jim Blackman, Theo Bleckmann, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terri Lyne Carrington, Will Friedwald, Tad Hershorn, Sheila Jordan, Dianne Reeves, Judith Tick

Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage) in Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald

Jim Blackman

Theo Bleckmann as Self in Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald Theo Bleckmann

Regina Carter

Dee Dee Bridgewater as Self in Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald Dee Dee Bridgewater

Terri Lyne Carrington as Self in Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald Terri Lyne Carrington

Will Friedwald

Tad Hershorn

Sheila Jordan

Dianne Reeves as Self in Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald Dianne Reeves

Judith Tick

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