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Details Lead Performance: Ella Fitzgerald; Genres: Jazz, Reissues

In terms of tonal beauty, Ella Fitgerald's voice was its most sublime from the mid '50s to early '60s, during which she recorded the landmark ''songbook'' albums. Savor her sailing freely above Buddy Bregman's potent studio band on Rodgers and Hart's ''Lover,'' or tenderly touching down upon the words ''and maybe...a baby'' in Irving Berlin's ''How About Me.'' A

Originally posted Jun 28, 1996 Published in issue #333-334 Jun 28, 1996 Order article reprints

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