- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Trafalgar Square (September 26, 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0575400323
- ISBN-13: 978-0575400320
Ella Fitzgerald lived to sing - and not only because she sang so
superlatively well. Only in the ecstatic excitement of performance could
she leave behind a life that was often unhappy: the voice that
transported generations of listeners took Ella herself to a place where
she was in control. This remarkable biography cuts through the legend of
Ella to the reality, but it reaches the woman by setting the singer
where she always wanted to be: on centre stage. The first biographer to
place Ella's music firmly in the foreground, Stuart Nicholson ends up
creating by far the fullest picture yet of one of the most enigmatic,
but unforgettable personalities in jazz.
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