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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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton and Company,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Young Ella (1917-1932)
- Amateur Nights (1933-1935)
- Into Chick Webb's Orbit (1935)
- Swing-Song Singer (1935-1936)
- The Second Feature (1936-1937)
- "Truckin' On Down The Avenue" (1938)
- Chick And Ella (1939)
- Orchestra Leader (1940-1942)
- The Home Front (1941-1945)
- "Going Dizzy" (1945-1947)
- Ella's Moon (1947-1949)
- "The Singer And The Label Are In It Together" (1948-1953)
- Early Years With Jazz At The Philharmonic (1949-1952)
- Europe With Jazz At The Philharmonic (1952-1953)
- Upwardly Mobile (1954-1955)
- "We Got Ella!" (1954-1956)
- The Cole Porter Experiment (1956-1957)
- Sing Me A Standard (1956-1957)
- Flouting Categories (1957-1958)
- Midcentury Modern Triumphs (1959)
- "It's Quite A Problem Trying To Please Everyone" (1960-1964)
- Generation Gaps (1963-1965)
- A Jazz Oasis In A Changing Scene (1966-1967)
- Reinventing Herself (1968-1969)
- Keeping On (1970-1972)
- "You Can Always Learn" (1973-1978)
- "Push Me, Push Me" (1979-1985)
- "Don't Ever Wish For The Phrase To End" (1986-1996).
