Affectionately dubbed as "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald’s amazing voice thrilled music fans for decades during her impeccable live performances. Even following her death in 1996 at age 79, ...

Blessed with an instantly recognizable voice full of youthful exuberance and a three-octave range, noted for its pristine and pure tone, the legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is, along with singer ...

The Crossroads Theater Co. in New Brunswick continues its bid to rebound from financial woes with "Ella Fitzgerald -- The First Lady of Song." This musical revue featuring former pop diva Freda Payne ...

The collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart yielded some of the most popular and enduring American songs of the early 20th century. "The Lady Is a Tramp," "My Romance," ...

Gold-record recording artist Freda Payne applies her multi-octave voice to her portrayal of Ella Fitzgerald in Delaware Theatre Company's latest production. Freda Payne is "mesmerizing" as Ella ...

If, like me, you never got a chance to see the great Ella Fitzgerald live, the next best opportunity awaits in Rochester at Meadow Brook Theatre. Conceived by Maurice Hines and written and directed by ...

Fred Payne will perform “A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald” at Centenary Stage Co. in Hackettstown this Sunday, January 14. Though known for R&B songs like “Band of Gold,” Payne began her career in the ...

A lineup of Michigan premieres dominates Meadow Brook Theatre’s 2023-24 season, which includes a series of comedies, a folk-pop musical and a show on the life of jazz great Ella Fitzgerald. The 57 th ...

Kim Nalley’s tribute show to Ella Fitzgerald is anything but standard fare. The San Francisco-based jazz singer will pay homage to her iconic predecessor Feb. 26 in a San Jose Jazz Winter Fest concert ...

Freda Payne’s name is forever associated with her 1970 classic hit song, ”Band of Gold.” But Payne says she was “bred as a jazz singer” and that’s why playing jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald felt natural to ...