In 1957 Ella Fitzgerald turned 40 years old, and her star was on the rise again. She had first hit the jazz scene as a teenager singing with Chick Webb's popular 1930s big band, going on to solo ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The City of Newport News is honoring jazz legend and Newport News native Ella Fitzgerald this spring with a celebration of her legacy and music. The concert series ...

Ella Fitzgerald, and Nat King Cole topped the charts. Drawing on the creative roots of jazz today are rap and hip-hop, among the most popular music genres in our country, and emblematic of the ...

Malek, a graduate of the New England Conservatory and Berklee Global Jazz Institute, has just released her debut EP Edge of the Earth. She joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz to share her ...

Purchase their music so they can continue to distract ... big bands as stage attractions rather than legitimate members of jazz ensembles, Sarah Vaughan, along with her predecessor Ella Fitzgerald, ...