Ella Fitzgerald acquired a handful of nicknames that speak to her legend through the years – the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, Lady Ella. The vocalist – who died in 1996 at age 79 – is prized for ...

Ella Fitzgerald mostly kept her sadnesses to herself, which allows a new documentary to spend a lot of time focused on her music. Early on in “Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things,” singer Patti ...

This album cover image released by Verve shows "The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum" by Ella Fitzgerald. (Verve via AP) The setting is less grand than suggested by the title of a new Ella ...

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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The majesty and magic of Ella Fitzgerald performing live is brought to vivid life ...

The music festival focuses on the life of the "First Lady of Song," Newport News native and jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald. A modern-day role model, Fitzgerald was born out of poverty in Newport News in ...

The album spans nine tracks, most never heard before, and features Fitzgerald accompanied by members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra. Photo: Tom Copi In the summer of 1967, Fitzgerald was in the midst ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. On August 16, 1958, just a few months after Ella Fitzgerald recorded her ...

It’s impossible to rank the records in Ella Fitzgerald’s songbook series, but the 1958 Irving Berlin collection is surely essential in any music library. This Verve reissue packages the two CDs ...

Music is no longer about hitting the highest note for two-time Grammy Award winner and Tony Award-winning singer and actress Jennifer Holliday. With nearly 40 years of professional performing arts ...

The setting is less grand than suggested by the title of a new Ella Fitzgerald album, “The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum.” In this case, the coliseum is not in Rome or Los Angeles, but the ...