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 Jane Fitzgerald, born on April 25, 1917, in Newport News, Virginia, was an iconic American jazz singer and songwriter, often hailed as the "First Lady of Song," "Queen of Jazz," and "Lady Ella." ...

Columbia State Community College's First Farmers Performance Series is set to begin with a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald on Oct. 22.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ella, however, took more time to warm up to the blond bombshell. "Initially, she only knew what she had seen on film or read in ...

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 ...

Verve Records has announced a new, never-before-released live album from legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. Titled The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum, the album was recorded at the Oakland ...

"With a voice like Ella's ringing out, there's no way the band can lose." For a blind man, Stevie Wonder has always been enviably perceptive. When he sang those words in 1976, he expressed an ...

There are few things music geeks love more than an unearthed, previously unknown recording, and that’s exactly what’s in store for fans of iconic jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. On Feb. 28, an album of a ...

(Original Caption) 11/19/1954- Hollywood, CA: Marilyn meets Ella. Looking fit and well-groomed after her recent hospitalization, actress Marilyn Monroe (right) attends a jazz session at the Tiffany ...