"Bardu Ali (September 23, 1906 \u2013 October 29, 1981) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an American jazz and rhythm and blues singer and guitarist, and a musical promoter.He became master of ceremonies of the bands in which he worked early in his career \u2013 Napoleon Zyas's, Leroy Tibbs', and Chick Webb's. He is credited with persuading Webb to hire Ella Fitzgerald."@en . . . "1906Z"^^ . . . "1981-10-29Z"^^ . "solo_singer" . . "Bardu Ali"@en . "American jazz and rhythm & blues singer and guitarist, and musical promoter" . "Bahadur Ali"@en . "1906-09-23Z"^^ . . . "Bardu Ali"@en . "Ali, Bardu"@en . "1981Z"^^ . .