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Title: Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song (Carter G. Woodson Honor Book)
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0822549336
ISBN 13: 9780822549338
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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A biography of the celebrated jazz singer, known especially for her scat singing and "songbook" recordings of the works of many major American composers.

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Gr 4-8-A straightforward, factual biography that begins with Fitzgerald's years as a struggling, homeless teenager who entered singing contests in Harlem. The author continues with descriptions of her subject's early career as the lead vocalist with Chick Webb and His Orchestra; her rise to celebrity status in 1938 at age 20 with her first hit record, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"; her easy mastery of new techniques, such as bebop and scat singing; and her many awards and honors. Clear, detailed descriptions of the differences between swing bands and bebop bands, the art of scat, and the contributions of other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong make this book useful as a brief history of jazz as well as a biography. Bud Kliment's Ella Fitzgerald (Chelsea, 1988) has a chattier tone and includes more personal anecdotes and photos, but was written before Fitzgerald's 1996 death. However, Krohn incorrectly gives 1985 as the year Fitzgerald received the National Medal of Arts when it was really 1987, and her description of the Hollywood Bowl as "a club in Los Angeles" is an understatement roughly equivalent to calling the Grand Canyon a small indentation in the ground. Good-quality, black-and-white photos appear throughout, and there are two lists of online sources-one of sites devoted to Fitzgerald's life and career and a shorter one about the history of jazz.

Ginny Gustin, Sonoma County Library System, Santa Rosa, CA

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