Judith Tick - Becoming Ella Fitzgerald

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial:https://mediabooks.space/il-3923/Title: Becoming Ella Fitzgerald Author: Judith Tick Narrator: Carmen Jewel Jones Format: mp3 Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins Release date: 12-26-23 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 9 ratings Genres: Entertainment & Celebrities Publisher's Summary: Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. Historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's difficult childhood, the tragic death of her mother, and the year she spent in a girls' reformatory school—where she sang in its renowned choir and dreamed of being a dancer.