Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song. By Judith Tick. W.W. Norton & Company; 592 pages; $40 and £30 But, as a new biography makes clear, for a long time this ...

Ella Fitzgerald often said, "I'm not going to be left behind. If you don't learn new songs, you're lost." The year was 1967 and she was 51 years old. She said more in 1968: "I want to stay with it.

In 1963, at the height of the civil rights movement, Ella Fitzgerald sat down for an interview with her friend Fred Robbins, a popular New York radio host. Fitzgerald, a legendary Black jazz ...

BECOMING ELLA FITZGERALD: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song, by Judith Tick Ella Fitzgerald was born in 1917 in Newport News, Va., but spent most of her childhood in a poor section of ...

In early 1933, a 15-year-old Ella Fitzgerald spent many a day dancing for dimes and nickels on the sidewalks of Yonkers, N.Y. At least she did until a truant officer caught her and hauled her to ...

The title of “Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,” Judith Tick’s incisive, doggedly researched new biography of the 20th century’s preeminent songstress, suggests action and movement. This is no ...

Including Ella Fitzgerald in Top Hat; Follow the Fleet with Fred and Ginger, and Judy Garland as Hannah Brown in Easter Parade. Plus White Christmas with Bing Crosby. 1 hour Playlist Monday 27th ...

Ella: An American Miracle will receive an Aug. 25-Sept. 21 work session, with Tony-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater and Charity Angél Dawson portraying the iconic singer at different points in her life.

See the full tracklist below. According to a press statement, “There is no denying the potency of Ella Fitzgerald’s work, from her dynamic, instantly recognizable vocal range to her one-of-a ...