Ella Fitzgerald

This was the first album pairing Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong produced by Norman Granz for his Verve label. After recording a series of duets in the late 1940s for the Decca label, they were summoned by Granz in 1956 to make a series of sessions which would result in the present LP and two other further double sets. Ella and Louis received a five-star review in Downbeat at the time, and is considered today as one of the essential jazz albums of all-time still.

PERSONNEL:

• ELLA FITGERALD, vocals
• LOUIS AMRSTRONG. vocals, trumpet
• OSCAR PETERSON, piano
• HERB ELLIS, guitar
• RAY BROWN, bass
• BUDDY RICH, drums

Hollywood, August 16, 1956

TRACKS:

• A1. Can´t We Be Frienda
• A2. Ins't This a Lovely Day?
• A3. Moonlight in Vermont
• A4. They Can´t Take That Away From Me
• A5. Tenderly

• B1. A Foggy Day
• B2. Stars Fell On Alabama
• B3. Cheek to Cheek
• B4. The Nearness of You
• B5. Aprilin Paris