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Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald in Budapest

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 1999

The year is 1970, and Ella is changing. The girlish voice is beginning to fray, and at times a faint rasp sneaks in. It becomes another weapon, giving some words urgency and other words charm. Her repertoire is mostly “modern”, with three tunes from Burt Bacharach. Her brief stay at Reprise Records had stressed such material, and here it works – mostly. And some things never change: the frantic scatting, the swift imagination, and ferocious interplay with her trio. She ...

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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 1997

The craft of producing a top quality compact disc box set has steadily developed over the last dozen or so years. From their humble beginnings as enticements to fans to “come over" to this new format, box sets have evolved over time into multi-dimensional tributes to the artists they feature. Today's best box sets include not only extensive or complete catalogs of music, but also include extensive liner notes, dazzling combination of original artwork and modern graphics, and slick packaging, ...