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1956 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
Ella and Louis
Released October 1956
[1]
[2]
[3] Recorded August 16, 1956 Studio
Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre
Jazz Length 54 :06
Label
Verve MGV 4003 Polygram 825 373-2 (1989)
Producer
Norman Granz
The Great Chicago Concert (1956)
Ella and Louis (1956)
I've Got the World on a String (1957)
Ella and Louis is a studio
album by
Ella Fitzgerald and
Louis Armstrong , accompanied by the
Oscar Peterson Quartet , released in October 1956.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4] Having previously collaborated in the late 1940s for the Decca label, this was the first of three albums that Fitzgerald and Armstrong were to record together for
Verve Records , later followed by 1957's
Ella and Louis Again and 1959's
Porgy and Bess .
The album
Norman Granz , the founder of the Verve label, selected eleven ballads for Fitzgerald and Armstrong, mainly played in a slow or moderate tempo. Recording began August 16, 1956, at the new
Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Though Granz produced the album, Armstrong was given final say over songs and keys.
[5]
The success of Ella and Louis was replicated by
Ella and Louis Again and
Porgy and Bess . All three were released as
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve . Verve also released the album as one of the first ones in
SACD .
Reception
AllMusic 's
Scott Yanow wrote, "
Ella Fitzgerald and
Louis Armstrong make for a charming team on this CD… This is primarily a vocal set with the emphasis on tasteful renditions of ballads."
[6] Jasen and Jones called the set a "pinnacle of popular singing".
[10]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz , compiled by Richard Cook and Brian Morton, says that while the approaches of Armstrong and Fitzgerald may not have been entirely compatible, the results are "hard to resist", and awards the album three and a half stars.
[9]
In 2000 it was voted number 636 in
Colin Larkin 's
All Time Top 1000 Albums .
[11]
Björk chose the album as one of her favourites in a 1993
Q feature. "I love the way Ella and Louis work together," she remarked. "They were opposites in how they sung, but were still completely functional together, and respectful of each other."
Track listing
Side one
Side two
Personnel
Additional personnel
Charts
Sources
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a
b
"October Album Releases" (PDF) . The Cash Box . The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 6 October 1956. Retrieved 21 June 2019 .
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a
b
"Ella and Louis" . The Billboard . The Billboard Publishing Co. 13 October 1956. Retrieved 21 June 2019 .
^
a
b
"Pop Albums Coming Up Strong" . The Billboard . The Billboard Publishing Co. 3 November 1956. Retrieved 21 June 2019 .
^ Giddins, Gary (2009).
Satchmo : the wonderful world and art of Louis Armstrong . Abrams. p.
227 .
ISBN
9780810995284 .
^ Maxwell, Tom (November 2016).
"The Story of 'Ella and Louis,' 60 Years Later" . Longreads . Longreads.com. Retrieved 21 November 2016 .
^
a
b Yanow, Scott.
"Ella and Louis > Review" .
AllMusic . Retrieved June 28, 2011 .
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 78.
ISBN
0-394-72643-X .
^
Larkin, Colin (2007).
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.).
Oxford University Press .
ISBN
978-0195313734 .
^
a
b
Cook, Richard ;
Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings .
The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 45.
ISBN
978-0-14-103401-0 .
^ Black Bottom Stomp: Eight Masters of Ragtime and Early Jazz , by David A. Jasen and Gene Jones, 272 pages, Routledge Chapman & Hall (September 2001),
ISBN
0-415-93641-1 ,
ISBN
978-0-415-93641-5
^
Colin Larkin (2000).
All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.).
Virgin Books . p. 209.
ISBN
0-7535-0493-6 .
^
"Offiziellecharts.de – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Ella and Louis" (in German).
GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved July 22, 2022.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.
As leader or co-leader
Plays series1955–58 Plays the Songbook (1959)
The London House Sessions (1961)Trio & Guests
Exclusively for My Friends 1969–79
Hello Herbie (1969)
Motions and Emotions (with
Claus Ogerman , 1969)
Another Day (1970)
Tracks (1970)
Tristeza on Piano (1970)
Walking the Line (1970)
Great Connection (1971)
In Tune (and
The Singers Unlimited , 1971)
Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
In Tokyo (1972)
Solo (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
The trio (
Pablo , 1973)
In Russia (1974)
The Giants (1974)
The Good Life (1974)
Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
Porgy and Bess (and
Joe Pass , 1975)
The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
The Tenor Giants (and
Zoot Sims and
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown &
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1977)
Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
The London Concert (1978)
The Paris Concert (1978)
Digital at Montreux (1979)
Night Child (1979)
Skol (with
Stéphane Grappelli , 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings 1980–2004
With
Count Basie or alumni
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
Basie Jazz (
Count Basie , 1952)
Pres and Sweets (
Lester Young and
Harry Edison , 1955)
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
Jazz Giants '58 (
Stan Getz ,
Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
With
Benny Carter With
Roy Eldridge With
Ella Fitzgerald
Coleman Hawkins and/or
Ben Webster With
Buddy Rich With others
The Astaire Story (
Fred Astaire , 1952)
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
Ellis in Wonderland (
Herb Ellis , 1955–56)
Toni (
Toni Harper , 1955–56)
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
Anita Sings the Most (
Anita O'Day , 1957)
Only the Blues (
Sonny Stitt , 1957)
Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
This Is Ray Brown (
Roy Brown , 1958)
Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
Bill Henderson with (1963)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (
Sarah Vaughan , 1978)
Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
Film soundtracks