When the concert to celebrate the centennial of jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald is billed in part as 100 Years, 1,000 Memories, it feels right to start this story with one of those ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Poll Winners, featuring Bruce Forman, John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton The list of diverse music greats guitarist Bruce Forman, bassist John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton have collaborated with is ...

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 ...

It was 100 years ago, on April 25, 1917, that legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was born. To mark the centennial anniversary of her birth, the National Museum of American History is telling her ...

This documentary from Leslie Woodhead gives the first lady of song a dry, PBS-ready treatment. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn ...

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 ...