Wilfred Middlebrooks, the double bassist whose elegant, understated sound was heard in the band that backed jazz great Ella Fitzgerald and in the Paul Smith Trio, died of heart failure March 13 at ...

Ella's debut album, Call and Response: Rhythmic Group Singing, came out in 1957 and her final album, Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends, was released sixty years later in 2017.

A Century of Ella Jenkins: Tributes to the First Lady of Children’s Music. To celebrate Ella Jenkins on her hundredth birthday in August, we asked a group of musicians how Ella has inspired them.

It’s impossible to rank the records in Ella Fitzgerald’s songbook series, but the 1958 Irving Berlin collection is surely essential in any music library. This Verve reissue packages the two CDs ...

Ella’s voice is so playful and precise on “Too Darn Hot.” It’s like she’s dancing with the band. The song itself is a fast-paced number with cheeky lyrics, and Ella owns it.