Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis Vinyl [VERVE]

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis [VERVE]

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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's 1956 duet album with the Oscar Peterson Quartet: "Cheek to Cheek," "Can't We Be Friends?," "Moonlight in Vermont" and "April in Paris."

Why you'll love it

Ella and Louis puts the First Lady of Song and Satchmo together with the Oscar Peterson Quartet and Buddy Rich, singing some of the loveliest standards ever written. It's the definitive jazz duet record.

This edition

Verve pressing
With the Oscar Peterson Quartet and Buddy Rich

About the album

Verve founder Norman Granz brought Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong into Capitol Studios in Hollywood in August 1956, backed by Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich, and let them sing eleven ballads at an easy, relaxed tempo. Granz produced, but Louis got the final say on songs and keys.

The contrast is the magic: Ella's pure, crystal-clear voice against Louis' gravelly growl and trumpet, trading lines like old friends. "Cheek to Cheek" is pure delight, "Can't We Be Friends?" and "They Can't Take That Away from Me" are full of warmth, and "Moonlight in Vermont" and "April in Paris" are just gorgeous. It was such a success they made two more albums together.

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Tracklist

Side A
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

Side B
1. A Foggy Day
2. Stars Fell on Alabama
3. Cheek to Cheek
4. The Nearness of You
5. April in Paris