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: ...

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 majesty and magic of Ella Fitzgerald performing live is brought to vivid life in the new animated video for the incredible, one-of-a-kind performance of her beloved tune, "Cheek To Cheek," ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This album cover image released by Verve shows "The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum" by Ella Fitzgerald. (Verve via AP) The ...

On August 16, 1958, just a few months after Ella Fitzgerald recorded her now-classic album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook, The First Lady Of Song performed selections from that ...

Ella Fitzgerald often said, "I'm not going to be left behind. If you don't learn new songs, you're lost." The year was 1967 and she was 51 years old. She said more in 1968: "I want to stay with it.

RECORDING OF “STELLA BY STARLIGHT”, PERFORMED BY ELLA FITZGERALD. Rob Hudson: what are the things that really tell the story of the hall? A block of wood, a pair of glasses. There's something about ...

There are few voices in jazz, and perhaps in all of music, that carry the warmth, depth and precision of Ella Fitzgerald's. Her effortless swing, her impeccable phrasing, her ability to transform even ...

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 ...

YONKERS, N.Y. -- The city of Yonkers is honoring the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most beloved figures in history, who spent the happiest years of her youth there. As CBS2's Tony Aiello ...

The Ella Fitzgerald Papers reveal a surprising connection between Fitzgerald and the Kennedy Inauguration Corey Schmidt Frank Sinatra had been planning the gala since Kennedy’s victory in November ...