Tick, Judith

Summary: A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton and Company 2024

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIT

Summary: Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC LET

Summary: Jazz age singing sensation Ruth Etting had it all, but it took more than talent to make it big. Her rise to fame at the hands of her Chicago gangster boyfriend turned her life off stage into a world of fear and abuse.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Love 2005

Summary: Profiles the life and career of American singer Nina Simone.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHA