 | Ella Returns to Berlin by Ella Fitzgerald
Buy used from: $3.88 Surpasses its predecessor. Ella never scatted better than she did on "Joe Williams' Blues."
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 | The Stockholm Concert, 1966 by Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.00 Ella my darling, WHY did you sing "Wives and Lovers"?
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 | Compact Jazz - Ella Fitzgerald by Ella Fitzgerald
Buy used from: $0.44 Includes, among other gems, Ella's DEFINITIVE live rendition of "You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)."
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 | Ella Fitzgerald Live by Ella Fitzgerald
Buy used from: $0.78 My favorite tracks: "Honeysuckle Rose," "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," & "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home."
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 | Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux 1969
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $7.10 Would have been better if Ella had stuck with the standards instead of attempting to incorporate rock & soul numbers.
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 | Ella & Basie by Ella Fitzgerald
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $7.98 |
 | A Perfect Match by Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.99 |
 | Lady Be Good...For Ella by Tommy Flanagan
Buy used from: $12.69 As Flanagan says in his liner notes: "These songs . . . especially remind me of you and that exciting and beautiful time in my life. And Lady, you were good! So good, and you were good to me, too. I'll never forget it."
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 | Dear Ella by Dee Dee Bridgewater
Buy used from: $5.94 As Dee Dee sings: "Dear Ella, our special First Lady of Song, here's to you."
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 | Norman Granz Jazz In Montreux Presents Ella & Basie '79
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.25 The concert itself is fantastic but the extras are skimpy & BORING.
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 | Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $12.96 Ella is one of many artists interviewed & discussed re her work with Peterson, one of my favorite pianists (Tatum being #1).
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 | ELLA FITZGERALD: THE LEGENDARY FIRST LADY OF SONG
Buy used from: $12.99 Affectionately narrated by Nancy Wilson, this film is not as informative as Something to Live For, but has some great live clips, plus interview segments with such luminaries as Diz, Benny Carter, & Anita O'Day. It also dispels the legend (which I'd thought was true) that Lady Day disliked Ella. In fact, they were good friends. Ella even said that Lady Day was a better singer than she!
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 | Jazz Icons: Ella Fitzgerald Live in '57 and '63
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $11.95 Ella swings in Brussels backed by Jo Jones & the Oscar Peterson Trio (which included her ex-husband Ray Brown), and later in Sweden backed by Tommy Flanagan.
An excellent opportunity to see Ella perform live at the peak of her powers.
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