Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years and Beyond 1935-1948: Ken Vail's Jazz Itineraries 2

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Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years and Beyond 1935-1948: Ken Vail's Jazz Itineraries 2

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The Jazz Itineraries series, a new format based on Ken Vail's successful Jazz Diaries, charts the careers of famous jazz musicians, listing club and concert appearances with details of recording sessions and movie appearances. Copiously illustrated with contemporary photographs, newspaper extracts, record and performance reviews, ads and posters, the series provides fascinating insight into the lives of the greatest jazz musicians of our times. No.2 in the series, co-authored by Ron Fritts, Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years & Beyond 1935?1948, chronicles Ella's life from her discovery and development by Chick Webb, the shock of Webb's early death, her years as a bandleader, her success as a solo singer, marriage to Ray Brown and her first tour of England.

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Like cracking a scrapbook from the '40s...plastered with period photographs, newspaper articles, concert and record reviews...a fun and contextual perspective for listening and investigating as well as a window into the life and times of [Ella Fitzgerald]

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All three paperbacks make for fascinating reading, whether you start at the beginning or read random pages....these book are terrifically entertaining to read

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