Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

by Judith Tick

Book Overview

Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald's death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist.

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324105224
• ISBN13: 9781324105220
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 608 Pages