The vocal artistry of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald continues to shape modern jazz singing. Armstrong’s expressive ...

In his 859-page monograph The Swing Era (1989), composer and historian Gunther Schuller skipped past Ella Fitzgerald. In 2011, when Judith Tick asked him about the omission, he responded that "there ...

Vail Jazz presents Ella and Louis Together Again featuring Carmen Bradford and Byron Stripling, joined by pianist Eric Gunnison, bassist Ken Walker, guitarist Steve Kovalcheck and drummer Dru Heller.

The title of “Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,” Judith Tick’s incisive, doggedly researched new biography of the 20th century’s preeminent songstress, suggests action and movement. This is no accident. As ...

There are few voices in jazz, and perhaps in all of music, that carry the warmth, depth and precision of Ella Fitzgerald's. Her effortless swing, her impeccable phrasing, her ability to transform even ...

Where would we be without Ella? Without that voice, that propulsive sense of swing, that fleet technique and that seemingly inexhaustible well of improvisational creativity? Ella Fitzgerald, who died ...

These are trying times for fans of live music, but if you’re jonesing for a jolt of jazz, you might find sweet relief from a couple of documentaries — one just out, about vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, and ...

Like Charlie Parker on the saxophone or Jimi Hendrix on the guitar, Ella Fitzgerald redefined what could be done with her instrument — which, in her case, was her singular voice — with a mix of ...

A rare 1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 D Cabriolet custom-ordered and owned by American jazz great Ella Fitzgerald is now for sale by California dealership Scott Grundfor Co. Fitzgerald once posed with the car ...

Jazz singer Anita Jackson is busy. She’s just returned from a weeklong trip to Argentina, where she had the life-changing experience of conducting workshops with a group of gospel choirs. She’s ...

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