Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima & Keely Smith,Joe Williams & Count Basie Orchestra, Johnny Mercer Orchestra, Billie Holiday,Kay Starr, etc
Johnny Mercer Songbook - Blues in the Night [ Jazz Giants Play / CD - released 12/Oct/2005 ] Any list of America's ten greatest songwriters would include the name of Johnny Mercer (1909-1976). Most authorities rank him as the greatest lyricist the nation has produced. His career constitutes by itself a graphic history spanning the four... |
Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
Ella And Basie [remastered] [ Verve / CD ] This 1963 meeting between the golden voice of Ella Fitzgerald and the infinitely versatile Count Basie band was not a reunion; the epitomes of big band singing and swinging had never recorded an LP together! Ella's real co-star here is not just Basie... |