Life of one of the most astounding jazz voices of the 20th century chronicled in new biography 'Becoming Ella'
Ella Fitzgerald is pictured in her dressing room at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, sharing the evening with Duke Ellington in 1966. (Courtesy of James W. Blackman)
The great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald once said, “I always try to tell a story and sing only what I have experienced…And I try to bring the story that I sing to life because I believe that music is a narrative art.”
Fitzgerald’s artistry is at the heart of “Becoming Ella,” a new biography by professor Judith Tick that chronicles the life and career of Ella Fitzgerald.
In this interview, Tick joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to speak more about the biography.
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