CD-Charts Position 1
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Pure Ella: The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald

by: Ella Fitzgerald

Release Date March 31, 1998
Pure perfection. Pure Jazz. Pure Ella is right . . .

Mary Maralee

CD-Charts Position 2
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Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

by: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Release Date August 26, 1997
This is the greatest duet record of all time. This will stay in your collection Forever. Beautiful, Just simply beautiful.

CD-Charts Position 3
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The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas

from: Time Life Records

Release Date September 11, 2001
When we play this Christmas CD, we suddenly find ourselves back in time when we were kids listening to the stereo at home on Chrismtas Day. It's a perfect way to create or recall Christmas memories.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas [Remastered]

by: Ella Fitzgerald

Release Date October 29, 2002
I got this CD just before Christmas 2007 and it is so good I am still playing it in the car on Easter!!! My favorite song on this CD is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, "Hang down your nose Rudy, hang down your nose and cry." I can't resist singing along.

CD-Charts Position 5
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The Best of the Song Books

by: Ella Fitzgerald

Release Date September 21, 1993
I've listened to the other songbooks and this CD is the only one I can listen to without skipping around. I loved this CD from the first time I heard it. Ella Fitzgerald has one of the best singing voices I've ever heard and I never get tired of this album. I've had it for about ten years and it's still one of the CD's I play the most.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Miss Ella's Playhouse

by: Ella Fitzgerald

Release Date August 19, 2008
Ahh...what a relief to find a CD that my toddler (21 months) and I can both listen to without feeling like our brains are going to melt!! Miss Ella's Playhouse is a refreshing compilation of REAL music that my little girl loves to sway and bop to.

CD-Charts Position 7
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Ella and Louis

by: Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong

Release Date March 07, 2000
...this would be one of the 5 CDs I'd take with me out of the 700+ I own. This is standards jazz at its greatest. It not only features two of the best and most iconic jazz vocal interpreters of all time, but also people like Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Herb Ellis as the swinging and relaxed musicians, with Armstrong on the trumpet, of course. Jazz takes many forms as it evolves, but this is the sweet, plain vanilla flavor that never goes out of style. The joy that went into making it is palpable and you can see it just on the cover picture. This is great to play in any setting: car, home, dinner. A great introduction to anyone who is interested in learning about jazz.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook

by: Ella Fitzgerald

Release Date June 24, 1997
Very polished performances, arrangements and recordings, make for two hours of listening pleasure, with these 35 songs from 1956. It's nice to have these mellow classics playing in the background.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Mack the Knife: The Complete Ella in Berlin

from: Polygram Records

Release Date August 17, 1993
Ella Fitzgerald never had a voice, she had an instrument which she used to her greatest potential. Together with the likes of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, Ella was one of the greatest jazz singers to have graced the world. This recording is when she was at the zenith of her career and it is this album that contains the definitive recording of the great Gershwin song from Porgy and Bess - Summertime.

Ella also sings Mack the Knife an unusual song for a woman and she explains that she had only recently learned the song. It is quickly apparent that she has not had enough time to learn the song and forgets the words therefore improvising lyrics on the spot.

It is also very apparent that Ella loved to sing. She had great humour and enjoyed entertaining ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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The Intimate Ella

by: Ella Fitzgerald

Release Date June 01, 1990
Ella Fitzgerald could sing the phone book to you and when she was finished you'd be giving her your own very special standing ovation, begging her for more! Ella's singular talent made her more than a superstar; she was a rare gem and I doubt we'll ever see another quite like her. This CD offers us tracks that allow Ella to expand her jazzy interpretations into more traditional ballads and cabaret songs. Paul Smith does an excellent job of accompanying Ella on the piano.

The CD set starts with "Black Coffee." The piano arrangement glows and Ella sings "Black Coffee" passionately. Ella's excellent diction bolsters her performance of this rather bluesy song; in fact from the very start Ella bats this one straight out of the ballpark! Ella's vocal range and interpretation ... Read More: