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Album Review

Norman Granz: The Sound Of America

Read "The Sound Of America" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
October 26, 2026

If there were a more important “back office" figure in the history of American jazz than Norman Granz, who would it be? When Granz first heard Coleman Hawkins, he knew that the music was going to have a major role in his life--but he did not yet know how many others would be in his debt as well. Hundreds, if not thousands of musicians would owe him a living. Some, like Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, would nearly become his ...

Album Review

Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Live at Falkoner Theatre Copnhagen 1966

Read "Ella Fitzgerald Live at Falkoner Theatre Copnhagen 1966" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
July 2, 2026

The night before Ella Fitzgerald's historic concert with Duke Ellington in Stockholm, she played two concerts in Copenhagen. For Ella Fitzgerald, this was like playing at home because she had an apartment in the city. It was one place where she felt relaxed and it shows in the music. It is Fitzgerald at her most at ease. In fact, she sings more at this concert than she did in Stockholm The tape emanates from a Danmarks Radio broadcast, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Ella Fitzgerald, Gregory Porter, Olivia Van Goor, Leslie Odom Jr. and More!

by Jua Howard
December 14, 2025

Happy Holidays! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got a lot of holiday cheer to share with new music from April Varner, Wycliffe Gordon, Olivia Van Goor,Christian Wiggs; and a lot of other timeless holiday music including from Ella Fitzgerald, Kevin Mahogany, Laila Biali, Joe Williams, Natalie Cole, Leslie Odom Jr. and many more. Come get lost in the music with me! Playlist Intro 00:00 Gregory Porter “Heart for Christmas" from Christmas ...

Book Review

Ella Fitzgerald: The Official Graphic Novel

by Nenad Georgievski
June 2, 2025

Ella Fitzgerald: The Official Graphic Novel Ngozi Nwadiogbu 112 Pages ISBN: 978-1970047295 Fantoons 2025 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 the simplest melody into something transcendent--these qualities made her the undisputed “First Lady of Song." Capturing such a luminous career in any medium is a challenge, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Hiromi, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, Deborah Silver, Johnny O'Neal & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 5, 2025

This broadcast celebrates the close of Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Deborah Silver, Hiromi, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist and Johnny O'Neal, with birthday shoutouts to Kay Swift, Ella Fitzgerald, Ma Rainey, Ariane Racicot, Blossom Dearie and Kendra Shank, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place ...

Readers Poll Results

Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Vocalists

by Michael Ricci
June 30, 2024

Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz vocalists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite legacy vocalists poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through June 28, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1Ella Fitzgerald2Sarah Vaughan3Billie Holiday4Carmen McRae5Barbara Morrison6Frank Sinatra7Dinah Washington8Nina Simone9Nat King Cole10Tony Bennett11Anita O'Day12Mel Torme13Al Jarreau14Johnny Hartman15Peggy Lee16Abbey ...

Book Review

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald

by Katchie Cartwright
April 19, 2024

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald Judith Tick 560 Pages ISBN: 978-0-393-24105-1 W.W. Norton & Company 2024 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 wasn't room to cover two singers, and he had chosen Billie Holiday" (Becoming Ella Fitzgerald, p. 429). Tick's meticulously researched and insightful Becoming Ella Fitzgerald fills that hole ...