Artist:Ella Fitzgerald
Song:Stairway To The Stars
Album:Ella:The Complete Decca Recordings
There's not much question Ella Fitzgerald was one of the great innovators of jazz vocal. This 4CD box set is probably a good place to start. It covers her early career with Chick Webb and also has discs featuring her work with other arrangers and the Songbook series of the 50s. This version of Stairway To The Stars is simply gorgeous and emphasizes Ella's strength as a ballad singer. It was recorded in 1939 shortly after Chick Webb died and Ella was made the bandleader. It was the same band but I guess Ella had name value at the time. It's always amazing to me how a recording like this sounds this great all these years later. Ella Fitzgerald died in June 1996 at age 79.
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