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Ella & Louis | 
| Artist: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Label: Verve
Category: Music
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 44614
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 543304
UPC: 731454330428
EAN: 0731454330428
ASIN: B00004RD5E
Release Date: April 24, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Can't We Be Friends | | • | Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain) | | • | Moonlight In Vermont | | • | They Can't Take That Away From Me | | • | Under A Blanket Of Blue | | • | Tenderly | | • | Foggy Day | | • | Stars Fell On Alabama | | • | Cheek To Cheek | | • | Nearness Of You | | • | April In Paris |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
What we have here is the mating of honey and molasses. Or is it the sound of melted butter over gravel? Never mind--sweeter, more joyous music has never been recorded (although the follow-up, Ella and Louis Again, may be even better). You can't listen to these two without smiling. It's such an inevitable pairing that you wonder what titanic forces of nature could have kept Ella and Satchmo apart until they made this record together in 1957, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio and Buddy Rich on drums. The songs are standards--extraordinary standards, of course, like "Moonlight in Vermont" and "A Foggy Day"--but nirvana is reached on "Cheek to Cheek". Heaven. --Jim Emerson
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 A Perfect Duo March 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although the CD starts off with the playful "Can't We Be Friends," most of the music on this CD has a slow, relaxed and pensive feel to it that is remarkable. I love their romantic renditions of "Moonlight In Vermont;" "They Can't Take That Away From Me;" "Tenderly" and "Cheek To Cheek." Moreover, they perform very gracefully on "Stars Fell On Alabama." The CD ends with the classic ballad "April In Paris."
Overall, this is an excellent CD for fans of classic vocals, jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and duets. It is affordable so it is also a great way to find out if you'll like this kind of music. The quality of the sound is excellent.
Highly recommended! ENJOY!!!
 Two of the best. but..... August 10, 2003
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have a confession to make. I think Ella Fitzgerald was the greatest female popular singer of the twentieth century. I feel better now for having said that, so at least you know where I am coming from.Some people describe the recordings that Ella and Satchmo made as classic jazz recordings. Indeed they are, and they are beautifully put together with all the class that you would expect of two of the greats. I know that both of them had tremendous fun in their collaborations. They were great friends and had the utmost respect for each other. But for me, it doesn't work. Satchmo's trumpet is very loud and brash at times, usually when the opposite is called for. When you hear a lovely ballad accentuated as only Ella can, you don't want the rough tones of Louis Armstrong 'butting in' half way through. I'm pleased that have have these recordings in my collection, and I do listen to them every now and again, however I always seem to come to the same conclusion. As hard as I try, I can't change my mind. When I listen to them both of them seperately on one of their many solo recordings, I like them, but together, apart from a few exceptions, it's not to my taste.
Slow, but wonderfully invigorating. August 9, 2003
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
If ever there were magic caught on a recording, it happened on one day in August 1956 in Los Angeles when these six musicians worked together to produce it. Ella and Louis are the vocalists, Louis alternating on trumpet. The Oscar Peterson Trio and Buddy Rich, drums complete the sextet. The tracks, all perennial favorites at the time, are ensured of immortality by this recording. All items are slow moving, but such is the buoyant, easy rhythm these artists set you will find the effect is wonderfully invigorating. Australian and Californian listeners might agree with me that the sound of Louis Armstrong's trumpet playing is similar to the sound produced by an improvised arrangement of eucalyptus leaves on a player's lips.
Something for those quiet nights with the significant other April 27, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ella with her voice...Louis with his trumpet... every single song on this album warms the heart and puts you in the mood for a cuddle by the fire. Brilliantly put together, the songs are slow and smooth; an ideal gift for valentine's. Without a doubt somthing to be played with your significant other during a romantic, moonlit dinner. A must for hopeless romantics!
Something for those quiet nights with the significant other April 26, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ella with her voice...Louis with his trumpet... every single song on this album warms the heart and puts you in the mood for a cuddle by the fire. Brilliantly put together, the songs are slow and smooth; an ideal gift for valentine's. Without a doubt somthing to be played with your significant other during a romantic, moonlit dinner. A must for hopeless romantics!
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