This holiday season, Verve Records/UMe is boxing up some of the most classic jazz holiday titles and wrapping them in a new vinyl box set titled Verve Wishes You a Swinging Christmas. This lavish collection brings together Ella Fitzgerald‘s Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (1960), Kenny Burrell‘s Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966),… Continue reading ‘Verve Wishes You A Swinging Christmas’
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Ella Fitzgerald ‘The Complete Piano Duets’
Ella Fitzgerald was masterful in any musical format, but there was something especially luminous about her singing alone with a piano. This was clear when pianist Ellis Larkins was first asked to work with her for her 1950 album, Ella Sings Gershwin. “Larkins said he strongly believed that piano accompaniment alone would best serve the singer’s extraordinary talents,” NPR wrote… Continue reading Ella Fitzgerald ‘The Complete Piano Duets’
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Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Ella At The Shrine’ Now Available
Recorded live at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 21, 1956, Ella At The Shrine captures Ella Fitzgerald at the beginning of her career renaissance, just weeks after becoming the first signing to Norman Granz’s newly-created Verve Records. The brief but thrilling set, which was part of Granz’s historic Jazz At The Philharmonic… Continue reading Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Ella At The Shrine’ Now Available
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Season – 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella- October 22nd
Cassandra Wilson, Kevin Spacey & More Added to Apollo’s Ella Fitzgerald Centennial Celebration 10/22 100: THE APOLLO CELEBRATES ELLA, A Blockbuster Concert Featuring a Distinguished Roster Of Performers Apollo Legend Ella Fitzgerald’s Centennial Birthday Featuring Patti Austin, Andra Day, Lizz Wright And Just Added Monica Mancini, Cassandra Wilson & Kevin Spacey Co-hosted by David Alan… Continue reading Season – 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella- October 22nd
