All About Jazz — From July 9th to 11th in the Southern California Wine Country City of Temecula, thousands will converge to celebrate the "first lady of song, " Ella Fitzgerald, the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In... more info

Guardian Music — Jazz saxophonist and co-founder of Ronnie Scott's who strove to keep the club afloatThe instinct of most jazz musicians to chase down the unexpected improvisational twist and avoid the formulaic has been good for the art, but often bad for business. ... more info

Mercury News, California — 'Twelve Nights in Hollywood' captures the singer in her peak years, and at top form, doing 76 songs at the Crescendo, a small jazz club in Los Angeles, in 1961 and '62. more info

All About Jazz — San Francisco jazz vocalist Kim Nalley stars in the world premiere of her new musical "Ella: The American Dream." Nalley penned this Ella Fitzgerald tribute, a quintessential rags to riches story that takes audiences back to 1930's Harlem, Savoy Ball... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — For a generation of listeners, the late Ella Fitzgerald exists perhaps as more of a concept than someone who was once a living human being. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — For a generation of listeners, the late Ella Fitzgerald exists perhaps as more of a concept than someone who was once a living human being. As the Beatles are to pop music, Fitzgerald is to jazz vocals, and the quality... more info

All About Jazz — Grammy-winning vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, and Al Jarreau are featured in this all-star celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald, with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, music director. Jan 24, 2010 at 7:00 PM C... more info

BBC News - UK — Writer Bonnie Greer talks about her play Marilyn and Ella, based on the unlikely friendship forged between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald in 1950s' America. more info

All About Jazz — As you are making your early 2010 coverage plans, beautiful teenage Canadian vocalist Nikki Yanofsky needs to be at the top of your list. Heralded as a "young Ella Fitzgerald, with poise, polish, nuance and artistry" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), you... more info

Altsounds — Recording artist and actress KATHARINE MCPHEE, is preparing to release her second album - UNBROKEN - on Verve Records, home to some of the most renowned vocalists of all time, including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and more recently... more info