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While legends such as Billie Holiday and Count Basie made their greatest impact with visceral, blues-soaked statements, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington succeeded by lending their work unmatched grace and precision. This is a roundabout way of saying that no one is better suited to interpret the Duke than Ella, and the evidence is contained within these three CDs. Discs 1 and 3, recorded in June 1957, feature the support of the full Ellington band and are a complete joy, from Fitzgerald's terrific scat vocal on "Rockin' in Rhythm" through the extended four-part suite "Portrait
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Manufacturer: Polygram Records
Release date: 23 March 1999
Number of discs: 3
EAN: 0731455924824 UPC: 731455924824
Release date: 23 March 1999
Number of discs: 3
EAN: 0731455924824 UPC: 731455924824
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