Vocalist Sheryl Renee will perform as Fitzgerald, the iconic singer known as the “First Lady of Song.” Renee will be joined ...
A new Berlin-based radio station named after jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald is aiming to revive the genres fortunes. As the ...
There are few things music geeks love more than an unearthed, previously unknown recording, and that’s exactly what’s in store for fans of iconic jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. On Feb. 28, an album of a ...
This concert is not just an afternoon or evening of Fitzgerald’s songs or an imitation of the legendary singer. Lots of singers have sung the same classic songs, but not like Fitzgerald. Her warm ...
R&B legend, Detroit native and Grammy nominee Freda Payne is bringing jazz luminary Ella Fitzgerald back to life onstage at Meadow Brook Theatre’s “Ella, First Lady of Song,” opening this weekend at ...
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, First Lady of Song traces the 60-year career of the woman Mel Torme called “the best singer on the planet.” The story of Ella Fitzgerald truly challenges the age-old saying “The show must go on.
America's Jazz Heritage: A Partnership of the The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution provided the funding to produce many of the video master and reference copies.
A slice of London's West End is coming to Christchurch this summer. Swing 'n' Sinatra will hit the Regent Theatre, in High Street, on Sunday, July 27, at 7.30pm. The show promises an evening of ...