In Session with Ella Fitzgerald: Book & CD

by Ella Fitzgerald

Swing along with Ella Fitzgerald as she croons on eight classic jazz charts! With a voice and style like no other singer, Ella guides you into the world of some of the most classic standards! This book and CD is a comprehensive jazz education tool that includes notes, full demonstration tracks, and backing tracks as well as performance tips and hints. Titles Bewitched * Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye * Johnny One Note * Makin' Whopee! * My Funny Valentine * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Oh, Lady Be Good * Slap That Bass.

999 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

About the author

Ella Jane Fitzgerald, also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she was the winner of 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.