Ella Fitzgerald Dto CD - Import

This eponymous collection from the Past Perfect label collects 37 performances from Ella Fitzgerald's time with the Decca label during the late '30s and '40s -- a period where she was blooming but not yet in full flower. It's also a period that's been surveyed hundreds of times since the beginning of the LP era, and the sound is closer to fair than perfect. With just a few exceptions, ballads and standards are the order of the day, including "How High the Moon," "Oh, Lady Be Good," and "I'm Beginning to See the Light." ~ John Bush

Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Danny Perri, Dave Barbour, Everett Barksdale, Hy White, Carl Hogan (guitar); Heine Beau, Bill Stegmeyer (clarinet, alto saxophone); Hank D'Amico (clarinet); George Koenig, Paul Bardon, Bill Holcombe, Eddie Caine, Arthur Baker, Sid Cooper, George Dorsey, Hymie Schertzer, Milt Yaner (alto saxophone); Dick Jacobs, Fred Williams, Eddie Johnson , Sid Rubin, John Lesko, Stuart Anderson, Jack Dumont, Jack Greenberg, Jerry Jerome, Al Klink, Harold Feldman, Art Drellinger (tenor saxophone); Eddie Shomer, Milton Chatz, Dave McRae , Manny Albam (baritone saxophone); Tony Faso, Carl Poole, Louis Ruggiero, Leonard Graham, Larry Neil, George Bardon, Ernie Englund, Aaron Izenhall, Paul Webster , Randy Brooks , Taft Jordan, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Henderson Chambers, Frank Howard, Alfonso King, William Pritchard, Harry Brooks, Jack Satterfield, Al Grey, Bobby Byrne, Mort Bullman (trombone); Eddie Heywood, Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin , Hank Jones , Moe Wechsler, Joe Bushkin, Shorty Allen, Billy Kyle , Bill Davis (piano); Cozy Cole, Sonny Mann, Irv Kluger, William Purnell, Jimmy Crawford , Alvin Stoller, Johnny Blowers (drums).

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