Audio CD review:
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - Ella at Duke's Place

Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - Ella at Duke's Place

Band: Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Title: Ella at Duke's Place Rating: Release Date: 27 February, 1996 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Something To Live For 2: A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (AKA 'Passion') 3: Passion Flower 4: I Like The Sunrise 5: Azure 6: Imagine My Frustration 7: Duke's Place (AKA 'C-Jam Blues') 8: Brown-Skin Gal (In The Calico Gown) 9: What Am I Here For? 10: Cotton Tail

Editoral Review This session from 1965 is an excellent place to begin listening to the relationship, a self-contained set that joins Fitzgerald with the Duke and his still-great band. Ella Fitzgerald made some of her greatest recordings with Duke Ellington and his band, including the extensive three-CD Ellington Songbook and the eight-CD Cote d'Azur Concerts. The brilliance of Fitzgerald's voice is apparent even when placed amid such great Ellingtonians as altoist Johnny Hodges and trumpeters Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson. She and Hodges are perfectly matched on subtle Billy Strayhorn tunes like "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" and "Passion Flower. " --Stuart Broomer .. You can see a complete list of all Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington discography, or go back to the Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington tabs