‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald’ Review: How the Queen of Jazz Won Her Crown

In early 1933, a 15-year-old Ella Fitzgerald spent many a day dancing for dimes and nickels on the sidewalks of Yonkers, N.Y. At least she did until a truant officer caught her and hauled her to Westchester County children’s court, where she was sentenced to five years at the New York State…

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