Baldwin Street Music has come out with another set of previously unavailable material by a top jazz vocalist. This album caputures Ella Fitzgerald's broadcasts from New York City jazz venues, mostly ...

Like Charlie Parker on the saxophone or Jimi Hendrix on the guitar, Ella Fitzgerald redefined what could be done with her instrument — which, in her case, was her singular voice — with a mix of ...

The Western Canon Can Help Us Resist the Totalitarian Temptation The Amon Carter Museum Flops in East-Meets-West Exhibition Charlie Kirk: A Serious Man The Siren Song of Despair Nashville’s ...

Fitzgerald, who died in 1996, had her first hits with Chick Webb's big band before going out on her own in the 1940s. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Fitzgerald at her best is as good as it gets. This is ...

Ella Fitzgerald, born on April 25, 1917, is remembered as the 'First Lady of Song' and the 'Queen of Jazz' for her vocal skills and legendary contributions to the musical world. Throughout her lengthy ...

“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April 25: Institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon.

In his 859-page monograph The Swing Era (1989), composer and historian Gunther Schuller skipped past Ella Fitzgerald. In 2011, when Judith Tick asked him about the omission, he responded that "there ...

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the first lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald, on what would have been her 96th birthday. The stylized doodle puts her in the spotlight on stage leading a quartet.

This article was corrected on July. 8, 2002. Ray Brown, the jazz bassist who redefined the way the instrument is played in bebop and swing while backing Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson and Ella ...

Ella, however, took more time to warm up to the blond bombshell. “Initially, she only knew what she had seen on film or read in the newspaper,” explains Bryce, adding that they met at a pivotal time ...

Fred Payne will perform “A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald” at Centenary Stage Co. in Hackettstown this Sunday, January 14. Though known for R&B songs like “Band of Gold,” Payne began her career in the ...

LOS ANGELES - "You can only be an innovator once ... and I hate that," joked Patti Austin backstage at a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Austin joined host Natalie Cole, Wynonna Judd, Nancy Wilson and ...