Menu
  • Excerpts
  • Exhibits
  • Collections
  • Originals
  • Categories
  • Map
  • Search
Book

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald

The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
  • Judith Tick
2023
W. W. Norton & Co.

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Loading...

  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  

Featured Excerpts

  • Ella Fitzgerald performing in Paris, 1961
    Book Review

    Rare Gift, Rare Grit

    Ella Fitzgerald performed above the emotional fray.
    by Martha Bayles via The Hedgehog Review on May 23, 2025
  • Ella Fitzgerald at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, 1970.
    Book Review

    The Genius of Ella Fitzgerald

    She remade the American songbook in her image, uprooting the very meaning of musical performance.
    by Sam Fentress via The Nation on May 28, 2024
  • How Bunk Works
  • Who We Are
  • About Bunk
  • Recommend a Resource
  • Bunk on Instagram
  • Bunk on Twitter
  • Bunk on Bluesky
brought to you by
© Bunk History