01577cam a2200361 i 4500 1078362883 TxGeo 20231208120000.0 230129s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780393241051 hbk. 039324105X hbk. (OCoLC)1362864580 TxGeo rda Tick, Judith, author. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald : the jazz singer who transformed american song / Judith Tick. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2024] xxii, 580 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald's death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist"-- Provided by publisher. 20241112. Fitzgerald, Ella. Women jazz singers United States Biography. Jazz singers United States Biography. African American jazz musicians United States Biography. Biographies. QS5