On August 16, 1958, just a few months after Ella Fitzgerald recorded her now-classic album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook, The First Lady Of Song performed selections from that ...

A new exhibit at Carmel’s Palladium will showcase photos, sheet music and other artifacts related to Ella Fitzgerald, the “First Lady of Song” who won 13 Grammy Awards during a recording career that ...

Jazz, like any art, is a rich loam of inspiration and direction. A given contemporary artist has many options for smartly programmed recordings centered on paying tribute. It may be homage to a ...

If you're new to jazz, go to our Getting Into Jazz primer for some hints on how to listen. The Great American Songbook—songs written from the 1920's to the 1950's by giants such as Cole Porter, Rogers ...

The Queen of Jazz. The First Lady of Swing. Lady Ella. No matter what you call her, Ella Fitzgerald’s sweet, silvery voice and scintillating scat improvisations are unmistakable and unforgettable.

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Verve Label Group and UMe are pleased to announce some of the major initiatives confirmed as part of this year’s Ella 100 centennial celebration honoring one ...

Ella Fitzgerald has been hailed as “The First Lady of Song” — she won 13 Grammy awards and sold more than 40 million albums. She was a queen of jazz, although her music transcended genres and ...

Dubbed the “Queen of Jazz,” singer Ella Fitzgerald exhilarated the music industry with her youthful exuberance, purity of sound, rhythmic phrasing and improvisational ability for more than half a ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Fitzgerald's Song Book recordings, widely considered her greatest ...