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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

YONKERS, N.Y. -- The city of Yonkers is honoring the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most beloved figures in history, who spent the happiest years of her youth there. As CBS2's Tony Aiello ...

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 ...

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 ...

Join Newport News to celebrate city native and “First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald during the 26th Annual Ella Fitzgerald Music Festival April 26 and 27 at the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center. The ...

Signature Theatre is best known for its first-rate musical productions in Shirlingon, Virginia, but they also sprinkle in some dynamite cabaret tributes to legendary musicians. Next week, Signature ...