<p> A pre-eminent American singer who brought a classic sense of musical proportion and balance to everything she touched, Ella Fitzgerald won the sobriquet "first lady of song" and earned the ...

BOOK REVIEW ‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald’ presents the First Lady of Song as a consummate artist who wrote for both the connoisseur and the public Judith Tick’s biography also gives readers a ...

Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) was a gifted American jazz artist. She had a warm and lovely voice, with notable rhythmic sense, versatility, and intonation, as well as exceptional talent at scat singing.

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald covers the wide and long territory of Fitzgerald's career, digging into the music, getting behind the public persona, filling gaps and correcting misconceptions to present a ...

Ella Fitzgerald changed what a music star could be Industry folk were sceptical of her gender, her look and her music. She succeeded in spite of them, as a new biography shows ...

When Ella Fitzgerald was young, no one would have guessed she’d grow up to be one of the most-famous singers in the world. That people would call her “The First Lady of Song.” That she would ...

Blending historical knowledge with insights gleaned from newly available archives of Black newspapers, Judith Tick recounts Ella Fitzgerald’s trailblazing career.

Cannily switching gears from a sweet-voiced ‘thrush’ to a swinging bandleader, Fitzgerald battled the doubts of her peers and her own stage fright.

Ella Fitzgerald: The Official Graphic Novel Ngozi Nwadiogbu 112 Pages ISBN: 978-1970047295 Fantoons 2025 There are few voices in jazz, and perhaps in all of music, that carry the warmth, depth and ...

Celebrate the musical legacy and singular style of Ella Fitzgerald, a Carnegie Hall icon who performed at the Hall more than 40 times between 1947 and 1991.

<p> A pre-eminent American singer who brought a classic sense of musical proportion and balance to everything she touched, Ella Fitzgerald won the sobriquet "first lady of song" and earned the ...