FITZGERALD ELLA / ARMSTRONG LOUIS ELLA & LOUIS

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: UNIVERSAL
• ASIN: B0000046X2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Can't We Be Friends?

2. Isn't This a Lovely Day?

3. Moonlight in Vermont

4. They Can't Take That Away from Me

5. Under a Blanket of Blue

6. Tenderly

7. A Foggy Day

8. Stars Fell on Alabama

9. Cheek to Cheek

10. The Nearness of You

11. April in Paris

Editorial Reviews

Japanese remastered reissue of the jazz greats' 1956 collaboration, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. Verve. 2004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ella & Louis Really Shine, January 16, 2005

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Jesse C. Cornelison "JCC" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ella & Louis (Stereo SACD) (Audio CD)

Old recordings redone in SACD are in many cases outstanding. I have wanted a good recording of Ella and Louis for a long time. This recording brings the magic back. The dull sound of old recordings on standard CD is clearly gone, and you will love this recording.

5.0 out of 5 stars Ella and Louis, July 4, 2011

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Russ Titelman (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FITZGERALD ELLA / ARMSTRONG LOUIS ELLA & LOUIS (Audio CD)

Along with the Glenn Gould Goldberg Variations (all of them), the Ella and Louis recordings are my very favorite recordings of all.

5.0 out of 5 stars Ella and Louis, February 9, 2011

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Nikica Gilic - See all my reviews

This review is from: FITZGERALD ELLA / ARMSTRONG LOUIS ELLA & LOUIS (Audio CD)

Now this one is a no-brainer:

EVERYBODY knows by now how great idea was teaming Ella (at her peak) and Louis (close enough to his peak) on this album,

with a killer back-up group lead by Oscar Peterson at his rhythmiest (yes, I know it's not a real word). I'm writing about the original CD from the early 2000s I bought, not about SACD (where the review will apparently, also end up), so I can't talk about the technological finesse of this edition... I'm just claiming this is a beautiful jazz album, happily matched only by Ella and Louis Again, another masterpiece. Groveling expressiveness of Louis' voice is matched beautifully with the melodic brilliance of Ella's jubilant voice and the rest is history.