Product Details
- SKU: 90264CD
- Format: CD
- UPC: 8436559466929
- Street Date: 11/22/19
- PreBook Date: 10/18/19
- Label: American Jazz Classics »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 70 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Year of Production: 2019
- Box Lot: 25
- Territory: US
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis: The Complete LP + 8 Bonus Tracks!
- List Price: $12.99
- Your Price: $8.05
- In Stock: 6
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Louis Armstrong's career began nearly 15 years before Ella Fitzgerald's. In fact, Louis was one of Ella's first musical idols. By the early Forties, Ella was already a well known star. Although both Ella and Louis had probably met and performed together previously, they wouldn't be heard on record as a duet until January 1946, when they waxed the first of a few Decca sessions. These dates had no real concept and were limited to pop tunes from that period.The situation would dramatically change on the three LPs they made between 1956and 1957 for producer Norman Granz's label. Those memorable albums were Ella & Louis ( MGV-4003, presented here), its sequel Ella & Louis Again, and the selection of tunes from George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy & Bess. Their complete Decca master takes have been added as a bonus.
