Monday, May 01, 2023

PERFORMANCE: Cheek To Cheek - Ella & Louis

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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong made two  Verve jazz albums in the 1950s, about the same time she was recording her famous composer Songbooks.

Personal, playful, intimate, with just a quartet.

History.

Song: Irving Berlin - written for Astaire-Rogers movie Top Hat 1935

 

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Quartet, actually: Canada's great Oscar Peterson, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Buddy Rich, drums. August 16, 1956. One of 11 (ELEVEN!) such songs recorded in one afternoon.