Summary: |
A biography of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. |
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Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
Audience: |
005-up. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9780763617332 0763617334 |
Author Notes: |
Roxane Orgill is an award-winning writer on music and the author of several biographies for young readers, including MAHALIA: A LIFE IN GOSPEL MUSIC AND FOOTWORK: THE STORY OF FRED AND ADELE ASTAIRE. She is also the author of DREAM LUCKY, a book for adults about big-band jazz, race, and politics in the 1930s. She lives in New York City. Sean Qualls is the illustrator of many books for children, including DIZZY; BEFORE JOHN WAS A JAZZ GIANT: A SONG OF JOHN COLTRANE; THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA: A BIOGRAPHY OF JUAN FRANCISCO MONZANO; and PHILLIS'S BIG TEST. He lives in Brooklyn. |