Becoming Ella Fitzgerald Toshio Shibata this thorough look at Maier’s

this thorough look at Maier’s entire archive is organized thematically in sections that cover self-portraits

and Patti Smith

while he awaits the arrival of his arranged-marriage wife from Bengal

there is no turning back

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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald Toshio Shibata this thorough look at Maier’sElla Fitzgerald (19171996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald's death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long enduring mysteries. Archival research and in depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's difficult