Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

 

Artist:  Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Origin:  USA

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal, Bebop, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Early Jazz Vocals, American Popular Song

Original line-up:

Ella Fitzgerald:  Vocals, Piano

Louis Armstrong:  Trumpet, Vocals

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong are a legendary collaborative by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, recorded for Verve Records.  Masterminded b renowned producer Norman Granz, it stands as one of the most celebrated and definitive Vocal Jazz Partnerships in Music Story.

Title:   Ella & Louis (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal, Bebop, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Early Jazz Vocals, American Popular Song

Label:  Number One Essentials

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Can't We Be Friends? (3:48)

 2.  Isn't This A Lovely Day? (6:16)

 3.  Moonlight In Vermont (3:42)

 4.  They Can't Take That Away From Me (4:39)

 5.  Under A Blanket Of Blue (4:18)

 6.  Tenderly (5:10)

Side B:

 1.  A Foggy Day (4:32)

 2.  Stars Fell On Alabama (3:34)

 3.  Cheek To Cheek (5:53)

 4.  The Nearness Of You (5:42)

 5.  April In Paris (6:33)

Personnel:

Ella Fitzgerald:  Vocals

Louis Armstrong:  Vocals, Trumpet

Oscar Peterson:  Piano

Herb Ellis:  Guitar

Ray Brown:  Bass

Buddy Rich:  Drums

Ella & Louis is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, originally released on October 1956 by Verve, remastered and reissued on May 8, 2026 by Number One Essentials.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.

Coleman Hawkins

 

Artist:  Coleman Hawkins

Birth Name:  Coleman Randolph Hawkins

Born:  November 21, 1904.  St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Died:  May 19, 1969 (Aged 64).  New York City, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Early Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Big Band

Occupation:  Musician, Saxophinist

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Clarinet

Coleman Hawkins was an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  One of the first prominent Jazz Musicians of his instrument.  The main influence on a generation of Tenor Players that included Chu Berry, Buddy Tate, Don Byas, Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ike Quebec, Al Sears, Paul Gonsalves, and Lucky Thompson.  While He became known with Swing Music during the Big Band Era, he had a role in the development of Bebop in the 1940s.

Title:  Coleman Hawkins And Confreres (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Early Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Big Band

Label:  Verve

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Maria (6:31)

 2.  Sunday (5:19)

 3.  Hanid (4:50)

Side Two:

 1.  Honey Flower (8:42)

 2.  Nabob (9:29)

Personnel:

Coleman Hawkins:  Tenor Saxophone

Roy Eldridge:  Trumpet on Tracks:  1/2, 3, 2/1, 2

Ben Webster:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Hank Jones:  Piano on Tracks:  1/3, 2/1, 2

Oscar Peterson:  Piano on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Herb Ellis:  Guitar on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Ray Brown:  Bass on Tracks:  1/1, 2

George Duvivier:  Bass on Tracks:  1/2, 2/1, 2

Mickey Sheen:  Drums on Tracks:  1/2, 2/1, 2

Alvin Stoller:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1, 2

Coleman Hawkins And Confreres is an album by Coleman Hawkins, originally released in 1958 by Verve, remastered and reissued on November 28, 2025 by Verve.  180 Gram Vinyl.

Louis Armstrong

 

Artist:  Louis Armstrong
Born:  August 4, 1901.  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Died:  July 6, 1971 (Aged 69).  Corona, Queens, New York City, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Dixieland, Traditional Pop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Occupations:  Musician
Instruments:  Trumpet, Cornet, Vocals

Louis Armstrong was an American Jazz Trumpeter and Singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.  Nicknamed Satchmo or Pops.  He was a foundational influence in Jazz and an influential Singer and a great improviser and he was one of the first truly popular African-American's influence extends well beyond Jazz Music.

Title:  Wonderful World:  The Best Of Louis Armstrong (2024)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Dixieland, Traditional Pop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Label:  Verve Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  A Kiss To Build A Dream On  (3:05)

 2.  Hello Dolly (2:27)

 3.  Dream A Little Dream Of Me (feat. Ella Fitzgerald) (3:09)

 4.  La Vie En Rose (3:28)

 5.  On the Sunny Side Of The Street (5:52)

 6.  When You'fre Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) (4:05)

Side Two:

 1.  Creek To Cheek (feat. Ella Fitzgerald) (5:55)

 2.  Cabaret (2:46)

 3.  It's Been A Long, Long Time (2:23)

 4.  They Can't Take That Away From Me (feat. Ella Fitzgerald) (4:41)

 5.  Moon River (3:00)

 6.  Blueberry Hill (3:20)

 7.  What A Wonderful World (2:17)

Wonderful World:  The Best Of Louis Armstrong is the compilation album by Louis Armstrong, released on September 13, 2024 by Verve Records.  13 Biggest Hits, featuring Duest with Ella Fitzgerald.  For Fans of Louis Armstrong, and Music Collectors.

Sidney Bechet

Artist:  Sidney Bechet
Born:  May 14, 1897.  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died:  May 14, 1959 (Aged 62).  Garches, France
Genres:  Jazz, Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone

Sidney Bechet was an American Jazz Claninetist, Saxophonist and Composer.  He was one of the first important Soloists in Jazz, beating Trumpeter Louis Armstrong to the recording studio by a few months.

Title:  Summertime  (2019)
Genres:  Jazz, Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Label:  Dreyfus Music/BMG
Rating:   *****

Format:  CD:

Tracks:

 1.  Indian Summer
 2.  Non Homme (My Man)
 3.  Muskrat Ramble
 4.  What Is This Thing Called Love
 5.  American Rhythm
 6.  Stompy Jones
 7.  Blues In The Air
 8.  Rose Room
 9.  Bechet Creole Blues
10. Margie
11. Summertime
12. When The Sun Sets Down South
13. Twelfth Street Rag
14. St. Louis Blues

Format:  LP:

Side A:

 1.  Indian Summer
 2.  Non Homme (My Man)
 3.  Muskrat Ramble
 4.  What Is This Thing Called Love
 5.  American Rhythm
 6.  Stompy Jones
 7.  Blues In The Air

SideB:

 1.  Rose Room
 2.  Bechet Creole Blues
 3.  Margie
 4.  Summertime
 5.  When The Sun Sets Down South
 6.  Twelfth Street Rag
 7.  St. Louis Blues

Personnel:

Sidney Bechet:  Soprano Saxophone 
Sonny White:  Piano on Track 1
Charles Howard:  Guitar on Track 1
Wilson Myers:  Bass on Track 1
Kenny Clarke:  Drums on Tracks:  1, 2, 5, 10
Charles Lewis:  Piano on Tracks:  2, 5
Pierre Michelot:  Bass on Tracks:  2, 5, 10
Henry "Hot Lips" Levine:  Trumpet on Track 3
Jack Epstein:  Trombone on Track 3
Alfie Evans:  Clarinet on Track 3
Rudolph Adier:  Tenor Saxophone on Track 3
Mario Janarro:  Piano on Track 3
Tony Colucci:  Guitar on Track  3
Harry Patent:  Bass on Track 3
Nat Levine:  Drums on Track 3
Charlie Shavers:  Trumpet on Track 4
Willie "The Lion" Smith:  Piano on Track 4
Everett Barksdale:  Guitar
Wellman Braud: Bass on Track 4
Sidney Catlett:  Drums
Bill Coleman:  Piano on Tracks:  5
Frank "Big Boy" Goodie:  Tenor Saxophone on Track 5
Rex Stewart:  CNT on Track 6
Earl Hines:  Piano on Track 6
Johne Linsay:  Bass on Track 6
Warren "Baby" Dodds:  Drums on Tracks: 6, 11
Henry Goodwin:  Trumpet on Track 7
Vic Dickenson:  Trombone on Track 7
Don Donaldson:  Piano on Track 7
Ernest Williamson:  Bass on Track 7
Manzie Johnson:  Drums on Track 7
Claude Luter:  Clarinet on Track 9 
Christian Azzi:   Piano on Track 9
Claude Philippe:  Banjo on Track 9
Roland Bianchiani:  Bass on Track 9
Francois "Moustache" Galepides:  Drums on Track 9
Eddie Bernard:  Piano on Track 10
Art Hodes:  Piano on Track 11
Danny Barker:  Guitar on Track 11
George "Pops" Foster:  Bass on Track 11
Clarence Brereton:  Trumpet on Track 12
Gil White:  Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet on Track 12
Harry Brooks:  Piano on Track 12
Jimmy Miller:  Guitar on Track 12
Jimmy Jones:  Bass on Track 12
Wilbert Kirk  Drums on Track 12

Summertime is the compilation Jazz Reference Collection album by Sidney Bechet, released on May 10, 2019 by Dreyfus Music/BMG.