This article originally appeared on The Conversation. "The First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on Tuesday, April 25: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy ...
The centennial of the birth of celebrated American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald—which took place on April 25, 1917 in Newport News, Va.—is being celebrated this week by live webcasts of concerts at ...
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, nor is it the ...