Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis

THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 5 BONUS TRACKS - INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET WITH MEMORABILIA AND UPDATED LINER NOTES. Produced by Norman Granz for Verve Records, this release contains the complete original LP Ella & Louis, plus five songs from its sequel, Ella & Louis Again.

Presenting Ella and Louis backed by Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich, was a master stroke by Granz, resulting in one of the most critically acclaimed and enduring recordings of all time, and one that is still a best seller 67 years after its original release.

Ella & Louis is one of the very, very few albums to have been issued in this era of the LP flood that is sure to endure for decades. - Down Beat (Nat Hentoff), 5 STARS

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong make for a charming team on this album. There are touches of Satch's trumpet, but this is primarily a vocal set with the emphasis on tasteful renditions of ballads.- AllMusic (Scott Yanow), 4.5 STARS