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Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz Book

The life of the very private and media-shy Ella Fitzgerald has long been shrouded in a mixture of half-truths and fiction. What emerges in Stuart Nicholsons...Read More

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    Ella Fitzgerald, who died in 1996, came from a poverty-stricken background. She was abandoned by her father, possibly abused by her stepfather and lived on the streets as a teenager. As a club singer she had to contend with racism, sexism and advances from predatory men. But in the 1950s, just when Billie Holiday, from a similar background, was falling toward drug addiction and a sordid death, Fitzgerald escaped the seeming inevitability of that fate. Her songbook albums relaunched her career in a new direction, and she became a beloved figure in American jazz, known for her musical precision and luminous clarity. This biography offers an assessment of the emotional strength apparent in both her life and music.

  • Product Description

    Today, Ella Fitzgerald defines "jazz singer," recognized as one of the greatest jazz performers in the world. Nicholson draws on fresh research and interviews with Ella's friends and colleagues to tell the remarkable story of how this poor, black girl realized her American Dream in the face of racial and sexual prejudice. 29 illustrations.

  • 0306806428
  • 9780306806421
  • Stuart Nicholson
  • 1 August 1995
  • Da Capo Press Inc
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 368
  • New edition
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