Even with less than essential bonus material, Ella and Oscar - recorded May 19, 1975 - is a welcome reissue that warrants repeated listening. Bassist Ray Brown, closely associated to both artists, appears on four tracks, but this is a decidedly duo effort that focuses on two close friends who happened to be among jazz's most historic figures. To call this collection of Great American Songbook standards intimate would be an understatement. Ella and Oscar is a low-key album of small, quiet pleasures. Even during the second half where Brown's bass provides additional rhythmic variety, the focus is squarely on voice and piano. Most of the album's tracks are under five minutes in length. Only on the closing number, 'April In Paris, ' do they really stretch out significantly. Peterson delivers a relaxed but swinging solo. Fitzgerald follows suit with remarkably expressive scatting. Earlier on 'When Your Lover Has Gone, ' she and Peterson trades four bars solos in captivating exchange of melodic ideas. Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original analog master tape, and pressed at Quality Record Pressings for optimal sound quality, this Analogue Productions 180-gram reissue is a must-have for jazz fans. Housed in a single pocket Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket. 180-gram vinyl Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original analog master tape Pressed at Quality Record Pressings Housed in Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket Tracklist: Side 1 1. Mean To Me 2. How Long Has This Been Going On? 3. When Your Lover Has Gone 4. More Than You Know 5. There's A Lull In My Life Side 2 1. Midnight Sun 2. I Hear Music 3. Street Of Dreams 4. April In Paris

Ella Fitzgerald's "Songbook" records - with her peerless renditions of the best songs from iconic composers from Irving Berlin to Rogers & Hart to Cole Porter to George & Ira Gershwin - are the cornerstone of the Verve catalog and the standard for jazz vocal recordings. Ella never released a live version of these Songbooks. This record, discovered in the private collection of Norman Granz, will make the first time a live Songbook has been released from the First Lady of Song.

Double vinyl LP pressing. Experience the ultimate holiday collection from the First Lady of Song! This expanded edition of Ella Fitzgerald's classic 1960 album, Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas, features a second LP with six tracks making their vinyl debut. For the first time, all of Ella's holiday recordings for Verve Records and Decca Records are together on one collection. Also included is an essay from journalist Will Friedwald and a sheet a collectable cut-out ornaments. As Ella herself once said, "the only thing better than singing is more singing," and the only thing better than the original Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is the new, deluxe edition!