2023 selection · Nonfiction

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

Name: Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
Author: Judith Tick
ISBN: 9780393241051

by Judith Tick

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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song by Judith Tick appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, biography & memoir, staff picks, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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