Jazz

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald: 100 Songs For A Centennial

Blessed with an instantly recognizable voice full of youthful exuberance and a three-octave range, noted for its pristine and pure tone, the legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is, along with singer ...
South Carolina Public Radio

Rapp on Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, pt. II

TRANSCRIPT: I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong were groundbreaking solo artists ...
Jazz

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book

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 ...
Orange County Register

The music of Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie will fill the Hollywood Bowl in celebration of the jazz legends’ centennial

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...
Inverse

Ella Fitzgerald's Reefer Song Alludes to Drug Culture in Jazz

“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April 25: Institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon.
Orange County Register

Remembering ‘The First Lady of Song’ Ella Fitzgerald on 100th anniversary of her birth

On April 25, 1917, legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is born in Newport News, Virginia. She was called “The First Lady of Song,” an honor whose meaning is captured in a compliment paid to her by ...
Salon

Behind Ella Fitzgerald’s flirtation with reefer songs

“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on Tuesday, April 25: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the ...
The San Bernardino Sun

JAZZ Hollywood Bowl celebrates Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie 100 years after their births

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 ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Remembering Ella Fitzgerald, Who Made Great Songs Greater

On her 100th birthday, Tony Bennett, Cécile McLorin Salvant and others pay tribute to the woman whose voice and vivacity redefined the Great... Remembering Ella Fitzgerald, Who Made Great Songs ...
Variety

Ella Fitzgerald — First Lady of Song

The Crossroads Theater Co. in New Brunswick continues its bid to rebound from financial woes with "Ella Fitzgerald -- The First Lady of Song." This musical revue featuring former pop diva Freda Payne ...
South Carolina Public Radio

Rapp on Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, pt. I

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong shared one of jazz’s most iconic musical partnerships. Though their voices were very ...