Ella Fitzgerald’s music is timeless, and these eight songs serve as a perfect introduction to her legendary catalog. Whether you’re a longtime jazz fan or a newcomer, her voice remains as ...

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in 1917 in Newport News, Virginia. At the age of two her family joined the “Great Migration” of Southern blacks to the industrial cities of the North, eventually ...

Ella Fitzgerald, “the First Lady of Song,” had a voice so nuanced that it conveyed vast emotions within the contexts of jazz and soul with unparalleled grace and dignity. Born April 25, 1917 ...

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 ...

Fitzgerald, like Holiday, had more than her share of heartache. Born in Virginia in 1917, she lost her mother to a car accident at age fifteen and was left with a stepfather who abused her.

Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife is master class in why Fitzgerald is such a legend. Jazz Night In America breaks down the grace under pressure and improvisational skills on display in this performance.

One hundred and one years after her birth and two decades after her death, Ella Fitzgerald’s voice still sounds like your best day, your most clever retort, your most glamorous party.