Ella in Berlin

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You should really skip to the last track, How High the Moon, to understand the reason that Ella Fitzgerald is considered a monument among jazz singers. In this performance, backed by Paul Smith and Jim Hall, she can singlehandedly take on the whole job of wowing a hall full of Europeans. On "How High", one of the great recordings of all time, Ella scats and quotes from several other tunes for at... read more