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Ella Fitzgerald dazzles sold out Hancher in Iowa City
In summer 1935 Ella Fitzgerald rose from a Harlem amateur show to fame with Chick Webb. In Iowa City she returned to Hancher Auditorium before a full house, backed by Jimmy Rowles Peter Betts and Bobby Durham. She delivered a vibrant set of standards and novelty tunes, ending with a poignant Summer Time.
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Iowa City
New York
Harlem
Chick Webb
Ella Fitzgerald
Webb
Ella
Norman Grant
Philharmonic
Hancher Auditorium
Jimmy Rowles
Goodman
Herman
Tommy Dorsey
Peter Betts
Bobby Durham
Iowa
Ellington
Fitzgerald
Rowles
George Gershwin