Ella Fitzgerald Bibliography

Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz Vocalist

ENCYCLOPEDIA & DICTIONARY ARTICLES

Editor: Don Michael Randel
Title: The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
Imprint: Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1996
Page: 107
Location: Music Library Reference ML105 H38 1996

Editor: Colin Larkin
Title: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Imprint: Middlesex, England: Guinness Publishing, 1995
Page: Vol. 2, 1463-4
Location: Music Library Reference ML102 P66 G84 1995 v.2

Editor: Barry Kernfeld
Title: The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Imprint: New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1994
Page: 388-389
Location: Music Library Reference ML102 J3 N48 1994

Editor: Donald Clarke
Title: The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music.
Imprint: New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1989.
Page: 416-417
Location: Music Library Reference ML102 P66 P46 1989

Authors: Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, and Brian Priestley
Title: Jazz: The Essential Companion.
Imprint: New York, NY: Prentice Hall, 1988.
Page: 169
Location: Music Library Reference ML102 J3 C32 1988

Editors: H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
Title: The New Grove Dictionary of American music.
Imprint: London, England: Macmillan, 1986.
Page: Vol. 2, page 364
Location: Music Library Reference ML101 U6 N48 1986

Editor: Charles Eugene Claghorn
Title: A Biographical Dictionary of Jazz
Imprint: Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1982
Page: 107
Location: Music Library Reference MLML105 L59 B5 1982

Editor: Stanley Sadie
Title: New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Imprint: London, England: MacMillan Publishers, 1980
Page: v. 6, pp. 621
Location: Music Library Reference ML100 N48 v. 6

Editors: Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler
Title: Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies
Imprint: New York, NY: Horizon Press, 1976
Page: 135
Location: Music Library Reference: ML105 F36 E5

Editor: Leonard Feather
Title: Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties
Imprint: New York, NY: Horizon Press, 1966
Page: 118
Location: Music Library Reference ML105 F35

SHORT ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Article: The Jazz Column. Michael Ullman.
Periodical: FANFARE
Citation: 20:?
Date: November-December 1996
Location: Music Library Stacks (Bound) ML156.9 F36

Article: Jazz Icon Ella Fitzgerald Dead at 78. Jim Macnie.
Periodical: BILLBOARD
Citation: 108:26
Date: June 1996
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Ella: A Voice We'll Never Forget. John McDonough.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 63:16-18+
Date: September 1996
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Riffs--Ella Fitzgerald: 1918-1996.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 63:12
Date: August 1996
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Remembering Ella Fitzgerald. Robert L. Doerschuk.
Periodical: MUSICIAN
Citation: 215:98
Date: October 1996
Location: Music Stacks (Bound) ML1 M328

Article: Ella Fitzgerald: 1917-1996. Mikal Gilmore.
Periodical: ROLLING STONE
Citation: 740:26
Date: 8 August 1996
Location: Joyner Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Ella 1918-1996.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 63:36-37
Date: September 1996
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Aritcle: Classic reviews: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (May 15, 1958 issue).
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 61:88
Date: July `94
Location: Music Library Microforms, Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through
NCLive

Article: In the news (both legs amputated below the knee). G. Kenny.
Periodical: ROLLING STONE
Citation: n683:17
Date: June 2, 1994
Location: Joyner Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Reviews: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks.
Periodical: MUSICIAN
Citation: n186:91-2
Date: April `94
Location: Music Library Stacks ML1 M328

Article: Reviews--popular music: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books.
Periodical: STEREO REVIEW
Citation: 59:102
Date: March `94
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Reviews--popular music: First Lady of Song.
Periodical: STEREO REVIEW
Citation: 58:96
Date: July `93
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Record reviews: Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas.
Periodical: POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY
Citation: 17:126
Date: n2 1993
Location: Music Library Stacks ML1 P69457

Article: CD reviews: The Early Years (1935-1938), Part 1.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 60:38
Date: February 1993
Location: Music Library Microforms, Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through
NCLive

Article: Caught.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 57:56
Date: May 1990
Location: Music Library Microforms, Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through
NCLive

Article: Record reviews (reprint).
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 56:54
Date: September 1989
Location: Music Library Microforms, Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through
NCLive

Article: Concert reviews.
Periodical: VARIETY
Citation: 327:76
Date: July 22 1987
Location: Joyner Library Microforms

Article: Concert reviews (JVC Jazz Festival).
Periodical: VARIETY
Citation: 327:132
Date: July 01 1987
Location: Joyner Library Microforms

Article: Concert reviews (JVC Jazz Festival).
Periodical: VARIETY
Citation: 323:74
Date: June 25 1986
Location: Joyner Library Microforms

Article: Concert reviews (Kool Jazz Festival, N.Y.).
Periodical: VARIETY
Citation: 319:62
Date: July 03 1985
Location: Joyner Library Microforms

Article: Black women in jazz. R. W. Massingale.
Periodical: THE SCHOOL MUSICIAN
Citation: 56:14-15
Date: October 1984
Location: Music Library Stacks MT733 S34x

Article: Record reviews: Nice Work If You Can Get It.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 51:32
Date: September 1984
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: Record reviews: The Harold Arlen Songbook.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 51:32
Date: September 1984
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: Verve's back! C. Albertson.
Periodical: STEREO REVIEW
Citation: 49:98
Date: April 1984
Location: Music Library Microforms

Article: Honor Ella Fitzgerald (Los Angeles Urban League's annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award).
Periodical: VARIETY
Citation: 314:93
Date: March 28 1984
Location: Joyner Library Microforms

Article: Record reviews: Ella in Hollywood.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 50:37
Date: April 1983
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: Record reviews: The Best Is Yet to Come.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 50:37
Date: April 1983
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: Record reviews: The Duke Ellington Songbook: Volume Two/The Small Group Sessions.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 50:37
Date: April 1983
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: Talent in action.
Periodical: BILLBOARD
Citation: 94:52
Date: October 30 1982
Location: Music Library Microforms

Article: Concert reviews.
Periodical: VARIETY
Citation: 302:178
Date: April 22 1981
Location: Joyner Library Microforms

Article: Review: Fine and Mellow
Periodical: DOWNBEAT
Citation: 47:44
Date: Feb 1980
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Library Stacks at Joyner (Bound) ML3561 J3 D64x

FEATURE ARTICLES

Article: The Singers. Nat Hentoff.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 66:96-97
Date: July 1999
Location: Music Library Current Periodicals and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Ella's Point of View. Jason Koransky.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 66:76-77
Date: January 1999
Location: Music Library Current Periodicals and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Reissues: The Complete 1940 Broadcasts.
Periodical: CADENCE
Citation: 24:23-4
Date: May 1998
Location: Joyner Library Stacks (Bound) T384 C32

Article: Tales from Ella's fellas. J. McDonough.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 62:24-7
Date: Sept. `95
Location: Music Library Microform, Music Stacks ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Swingers & singers (The War Years). L. Birnbaum.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 62:47
Date: Feb. `95
Location: Music Library Microform, Music Stacks ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Classic interview: Ella today (and yesterday too). L. Feather.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 61:36-9
Date: March `94
Location: Music Library Microform, Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: The-girl-next-door songbooks. O. Cordle.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 61:56-7
Date: Feb `94
Location: Music Library Microform, Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: In tribute: Ella Fitzgerald. A. J. Garcia.
Periodical: JAZZ EDUCATORS JOURNAL
Citation: 27:22-30
Date: n2 1994
Location: Music Library Stacks ML1 N124

Article: Weatherbird: Classical singing; Sinatra, Crosby, and Fitzgerald as objets d'art (reissue: Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song
Books). G. Giddins.
Periodical: VILLAGE VOICE
Citation: 38:81-2
Date: Nov. 23, 1993
Location: Joyner Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Ella, Verve mark milestones with a 16-CD celebration (The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song books). C. Morris.
Periodical: BILLBOARD
Citation: 105:10+
Date: Oct. 16, 1993
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Ella Fitzgerald: moments of perfection. D. Gelly.
Periodical: GRAMOPHONE
Citation: 71:26-7
Date: Sept. `93
Location: Music Library Microforms

Article: Jazz classics (Chronological retrospective). S. Simels.
Periodical: STEREO REVIEW
Citation: 58:62-6
Date: June `93
Location: Music Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: The jazz column. M. Ullman.
Periodical: FANFARE
Citation: 16:322-3
Date: n6 1993
Location: Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML156.9 F36

Article: Weatherbird: Joy of Ella (various reissues celebrating her 75th birthday). G. Giddins.
Periodical: VILLAGE VOICE
Citation: 38:90
Date: April 27, 1993
Location: Joyner Library Microforms and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: What becomes a legend most. J. McDonough.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 60:22-25
Date: June 1993
Location: Music Library Microform, Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML3561 J3 D64x and Bell & Howell Proquest through NCLive

Article: Ella Fitzgerald's solo on Lemon Drop: a vocal transcription. D. Gailey.
Periodical: JAZZ EDUCATORS JOURNAL
Citation: 20:38-9
Date: No. 1, 1987
Location: Music Stacks at Joyner Library ML1 N124

Article: Caught! J. McDonough.
Periodical: DOWNBEAT
Citation: 47:56-8
Date: Feb 1980
Location: Music Library Microforms and Music Stacks at Joyner Library (Bound) ML3561 J3 D64x

Article: Ella today (and yesterday too). L. Feather.
Periodical: DOWN BEAT
Citation: 32:20
Date: Nov. 18, 1965
Location: Music Library Microforms

BOOKS

Editor: Leslie Gourse
Title: Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary
Imprint: New York, NY: Schirmer Books, 1998
Location: Music Library Stacks ML410 F52 E45 1998

Author: Geoffrey Mark Fidelman
Title: First Lady of Dong: Ella Fitzgerald for the Record.
Imprint: Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing Group, 1994
Location: Music Library Stacks ML420 F52 F5 1994

Author: Stuart Nicholson
Title: Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz.
Imprint: New York, NY: C. Scribner's Sons, 1994
Location: Music Library Stacks ML420 F52 N5 1994

Author: Carolyn Wyman
Title: Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz Singer Supreme.
Imprint:New York, NY: F. Watts, 1993
Location: Music Library Stacks ML3930 F5 W9 1993

Author: Francis Davis
Title: Outcasts: Jazz Composers, Instrumentalists, and Singers.
Imprint: New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1990
Location: Music Library Stacks ML385 D29 1990

Author: Dempsey Travis
Title: An Autobiography of Black jazz.
Imprint: Chicago, IL: Urban Research Institute, 1983.
Location: Music Library Stacks ML3508 T7 1983

RECORDINGS

Title: Dear Ella
Label: Verve
Date: 1997
Location: Music Library Media CD-4331

Title: Lady Be good
Label: Verve
Date: 1994
Location: Music Library Media CD-2868

Title: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald song books.
Label: Verve
Date: 1993
Location: Music Library Media CD-3144 v. 1-16

Title: First Lady of Song.
Label: Polygram
Date: 1993
Location: Music Library Media CD-1795

Title: Cole Porter.
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Date: 1992
Location: Music Library Media CD-1466 vol. 3

Title: Harold Arlen.
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Date: 1992
Location: Music Library Media CD-1466 vol. 5

Title: Irving Berlin.
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Date: 1992
Location: Music Library Media CD-1466 vol. 1

Title: Best of the Jazz Vocalists.
Label: Verve
Date: 1992
Location: Music Library Media CD-1632

Title: Jerome Kern.
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Date: 1992
Location: Music Library Media CD-1466 Vol. 4

Title: George Gershwin.
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Date: 1992
Location: Music Library Media CD-1466 Vol. 2

Title: Rodgers, Hart.
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Date: 1992
Location: Music Library Media CD-1466 Vol. 6

Title: Duke Ellington.
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Date: 1992
Location: Music Library Library Media CD-1466 Vol. 10

Title: All that Jazz.
Label: Pablo
Date: 1990
Location: Music Library Media CD-607

Title: The best of Ella Fitzgerald.
Label: Pablo
Date: 1988
Location: Music Library Media CD-2491

Title: Ella Fitzgerald sings the Duke Ellington songbook.
Label: Verve
Date: 1988
Location: Music Library Media CD-2343

Title: Classic Jazz.
Label: CBS
Date: 1987
Location: Music Library Media CD- 318 vol. 2

Title: The George and Ira Gershwin songbook.
Label: Verve
Date: 1983-86
Location: Music Library Media CD-2599

Title: The Rodgers and Hart songbook.
Label: Verve
Date: 1985
Location: Music Library Media CD-2332 v.1

Title: American Popular Song.
Label: Smithsonian Collection
Date: 1984
Location: Music Library Media CD-2421 discs 3-5

Title: Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter songbook. Vol. 1.
Label: Verve
Date: 1984
Location: Music Library Media CD-28

Title: Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter songbook. Vol. 2.
Label: Verve
Date: 1984
Location: Music Library Media CD-34

Title: A Classy Pair
Label: Pablo
Date: 1982
Location: Music Library Media R-4643

Title: Whisper Not
Label: Polygram
Date: 1981
Location: Music Library Media R-4658

Title: Jazz-line.
Label: GEMA
Date: 1980
Location: Music Library Media RA-913

Title: When Malindy sings; jazz vocalists, 1938-1961.
Label: New World
Date: 1977
Location: Music Library Media R-2419

Title: The music goes around and around; the golden years of Tin Pan Alley.
Label: New World
Date: 1977
Location: Music Library Media R-3109

Title: Jazz Box
Label: Verve
Date 1952-1973
Location: Music Library Media RA 915

Title: I giganti del jazz.
Label: Valentine
Date: 1959
Location: Music Library Media R-4705

VIDEOS

Title: The story of jazz.
Label: BMG Video
Date: 1993
Location: Music Library Media VC- 312

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