Entering by chance, Fitzgerald — a native of Newport News, Virginia — meant to dance but switched to singing “The Object of ...

A talented cast of twenty-eight vocalists will be joined by eighteen of the region's finest jazz musicians and renowned guest artists to provide an evening celebrating the First Lady of Song, Ella ...

THR review: Leslie Woodhead's doc 'Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things' traces the life and half-century career of the jazz luminary. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic When a ...

Angela Rippon, a veteran broadcaster with nearly 60 years of experience, was described as the "dream signing" when she agreed ...

This article was first published in June 2004. Considered by many to be the 20th century's greatest female singer of jazz and American popular song, Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) is one of the few ...

The photo indeed showed Ella Fitzgerald in police custody in 1955 after she and other performers held a concert for a mixed-race audience at the Houston Music Hall. Afterwards, at least one ...

Hear two versions of Ella's 1938 smash, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket." The first was recorded in 1938 by the Chick Webb Orchestra. The later version was from a 1973 Newport Jazz Festival concert at New York's ...