The singer Ray Brown Jr., Fitzgerald’s son, lives with his wife in western Ukraine. Tonight he’s stopping by Bryant Park for ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – On Friday night in New York City, there was a slew of outdoor events that had to be canceled because of ...

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 ...

But let’s be fair: Fitzgerald didn’t write “Mack the Knife,” making her mistake more understandable. Bobby Darrin and Louis Armstrong first sang the song, according to The Kids Should See This. Still, ...

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 ...

Ella Fitzgerald is one of the most iconic and celebrated jazz vocalists of all time, but she was known to dabble in rock ‘n’ roll every now and then, too. As rock music became increasingly popular in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Ella Fitzgerald’s latest posthumous album, The Moment of Truth: ...

Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe shared a one-of-a-kind friendship. A young Monroe was deeply inspired by Fitzgerald and in return would help boost Fitzgerald's career. Check out Ella Fitzgerald and ...

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 ...

The night before Ella Fitzgerald's historic concert with Duke Ellington in Stockholm, she played two concerts in Copenhagen. For Ella Fitzgerald, this was like playing at home because she had an ...

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 ...