Ella Fitzgerald – Ella At Juan-Les-Pins

Title: Ella Fitzgerald – Ella At Juan-Les-Pins
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1964, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Newport News, Virginia
Matrix #: V4065
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good, a few very light marks

Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: Antibes Jazz Festival was a rare European stage where American jazz artists were treated with prestige often denied at home during segregation-era touring.

2. Media Narrative: Fitzgerald’s European tours helped reshape her image from “songbook singer” to a dominant live improviser in front of younger festival crowds.

3. Family Ties: Raised in poverty and losing her mother young, Fitzgerald’s early instability shaped her relentless touring pace and guarded personal life.

3/21/2026 CC