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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Daughter Of Temple-Mother Of Scat by Kathrine

Ella was born in Newport News VA 1917
Ella was child of William and Temple/Tempie
Ella lived in Yonkers and Harlem NY
Ella sang blues, scat, and bebop music
Ella overcame racial segregation by singing to mixed audiences
Ella worked as an amazing scat singer, a vocal virtuosa, the first lady of jazz
Ella was challenged by racial segregation
Ella's personality was bold and strong, she never gave up no mater what
Ella was always loud and proud, and stayed strong
Never meek or quiet
Ella was best known for her scat singing, she became the best scatter for decades
Ella was a mind boggling vocalist

2 comments:

Rm 12 said...

I love your picture of Ella

Rm 12 said...

it was a very descriptive poem and i love the colors of the picture