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Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald

Released: 2017-02-19
Studios: TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, SWR/Arte,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Ella Fitzgerald
Character: Self (archive footage)
Jim Blackman
Character: Self - Ella Fitzgerald's friend and road manager
Theo Bleckmann
Character: Self

Regina Carter
Character: Self
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Character: Self
Terri Lyne Carrington
Character: Self

Will Friedwald
Character: Self - music critic
Tad Hershorn
Character: Self - archivist, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
Sheila Jordan
Character: Self

Dianne Reeves
Character: Self
Judith Tick
Character: Self - professor of music history, Northeastern University


Production and Crew

Katja Duregger
Screenplay