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Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat in New York Eartha Kitt The energetic pose highlights thePortrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N. Y., circa Sept. 1947. Ella Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer sometimes 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, intonation, and a "horn like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.