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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald the jazz singer who transformed American song

A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.

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Main Author: Tick, Judith (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton and Company, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Fitzgerald, Ella.
Women jazz singers > United States > Biography.
Jazz singers > United States > Biography.
African American jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
Biographies.
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Summary:A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.
Physical Description:xxii, 560 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-539), discography (page 539), and index.
ISBN:9780393241051
039324105X
Author Notes:Judith Tick is professor emerita of music history at Northeastern University. She has published award-winning books and articles about American music and women's history in music, including Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music . She lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Studio City, California.

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