Ella Fitzgerald

Sinopse

"The Jazz Itineraries series, a new format based on Ken Vail's Jazz Diaries, charts the careers of famous jazz musicians, listing club and concert appearances with details of recording sessions and movie appearances. Copiously illustrated with contemporary photographs, newspaper extracts, record and performance reviews, ads and posters, the series provides an insight into the lives of the greatest jazz musicians of our time." "No. 2 in the series, Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years & Beyond 1935-1948, chronicles Ella's life from her discovery and development by Chick Webb, the shock of Webb's early death, her years as a bandleader, her success as a solo singer, her marriage to Ray Brown and her first tour of England."--Jacket.