Ella Fitzgerald News

In the untouchable repertoire of the Great American Songbook for jazz, there's one tune that will be played at nearly every concert on or around Feb.

THERE MAY have been a St. Valentine among the martyrs of ancient Rome, but to my mind the patron saint of Valentine's Day is Ella Fitzgerald.

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Diana Ross has never won a Grammy, though this Saturday she'll be presented with a lifetime achievement award by the Recording Academy celebrating her five-decade career.

That band eventually broke up, so Kilgore bounced around between a few bands before going off on her own as a freelance jazz performer.

Fabulous Frames & Art has a hot new deal on Hey! It's Half Off! Fabulous Frames & Art is one of my favorite framing places downtown - I walk past it all... If it's possible to laugh and scowl at the same time, I just did.

Gardenia Swing will feature a wide variety of jazz and swing numbers - tunes made popular by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and more recently Diana Krall, Stacey Kent and Clare Teal - but be prepared, too, for a few musical surprises.

On March 16, 2012 at 8:00pm, The New York Pops orchestra, led by Music Director Steven Reineke , celebrates the 65th anniversary of Ella Fitzgerald 's Carnegie Hall debut with a commemorative performance at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.

The U.S. Army Band's Army Blues jazz ensemble rehearses "I'll Never Smile Again" in Brucker Hall's Minor Studio in preparation for a Black History Month concert at the Atlas Theater in the District.

Ella & Basie '79: The Perfect Match is an 85-minute concert DVD whose very title is misleading - Count Basie appears for only one song at the end of a good, not great, performance by Ella Fitzgerald at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival.

"Ella," which stars Tina Fabrique and tells the story of legendary singer Ella Fitzgerald reflecting on her life just prior to a performance in 1966, will kick off Capital Rep's 2012-13 season.

Of all the references that reviewers use to describe jazz performances perhaps the most common is the term "swing." We are all familiar with it and yet it is one of the most difficult expressions to define precisely.

It is easier to define Dionne Warwick by what she isn't rather than what she is.

Singer Sarah Vaughan looms large over jazz. Her phrasing, her ability to scat and her broad range of material all contributed to making her second only to Ella Fitzgerald as jazz's greatest singer.

Teen singer Kristi Krause struck gold yet again on the hit competition show American Idol , grabbing a golden ticket to the Hollywood round at her San Diego audition for the second year in a row.A Last year, it was the 18-year-old's performance of the late Etta James' At Last that earned her a spot in the next round.

Chris M. Slawecki has been published in music industry and related publications for more than thirty years and has served AllAboutJazz.com as Senior Editor since 1997.

Interpreting the legacy of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald shouldn't be easy as singer Patti Austin made it look at the Carpenter Theatre Saturday night.

Norman Granz cut a wide swath through the jazz world, as a concert promoter, record producer, label owner and musicians' manager.

The 67-year-old singer - whose 20 studio albums have earned dozens of awards and accolades - appears at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton on Saturday, February 18.

"In Alex Pangman's musical world, hot tunes flow like bathtub gin in a back-alley speakeasy.