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Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
by David Adler
It’s impossible to rank the records in Ella Fitzgerald’s songbook series, but the 1958 Irving Berlin collection is surely essential in any music library. This Verve reissue packages the two CDs beautifully and includes the original liner notes by Nat Hentoff, as well as a new essay by James Gavin. But more than any essay could, ...
Ella Fitzgerald: The Enchanting Ella Fitzgerald,Live at Birdland 1950-1952
by Dave Nathan
Baldwin Street Music has come out with another set of previously unavailable material by a top jazz vocalist. This album caputures Ella Fitzgerald's broadcasts from New York City jazz venues, mostly from Birdland. During this period, Fitzgerald was recording for Decca usually backed by a big orchestra headed by such stalwarts as Sy Oliver and Gordon ...
