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Ella Fitzgerald never stopped moving. That's how the jazz singer became an icon

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 ...
The Virginian-Pilot

The ‘ultimate female jazz singer,’ Ella Fitzgerald, soars on ‘The Lost Berlin Tapes’

Where would we be without Ella? Without that voice, that propulsive sense of swing, that fleet technique and that seemingly inexhaustible well of improvisational creativity? Ella Fitzgerald, who died ...
Publishers Weekly

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

Tick (Ruth Crawford Seeger), a professor emerita of music history at Northeastern University, delivers a magisterial biography of singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), who “fearlessly explored ...
Christian Science Monitor

Ella Fitzgerald: An actress as well as a legendary singer

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The New York Times

Ella Fitzgerald

Thirteen tracks were just the start. Listen to interpretations of the Fab Four via Luther Vandross, Ella Fitzgerald, Sylvester and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Explore the catalog of “The First Lady of ...
Los Angeles Times

Ella Fitzgerald never stopped moving. That’s how the jazz singer became an icon

12:43 p.m. July 11, 2025This article incorrectly identifies Judith Tick as a professor at Northwestern University. She works at Northeastern University. Her reign began as a swing singer with the ...