Ella And Oscar

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Performer: Ella Fitzgerald
Artist: Ray Brown
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass). Recorded in Los Angeles, California on May 19, 1975. Includes liner notes by Benny Green. Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology. Although Ella Fitzgerald worked in many different settings, from big bands to guitar-and-voice duets, to sets with nearly every piano player in the business (from Duke Ellington on down), one could make a case that her best recordings were made with Oscar Peterson and his small bands. 1976's ELLA AND OSCAR is one of those classic recordings, an album that's as spare and intimate as any that the pair ever issued. In fact, the only other performer featured on this set is Peterson's longtime bassist Ray Brown, whose contributions are minimal. These songs, from the mellifluous "Mean to Me" to a languid "April in Paris," are simple and beautiful.

Through unparalleled ability and judicious choice of repertoire, Ella Fitzgerald became the foremost female interpreter of the 20th-century Great American Popular Song Book. With producer Norman Granz she worked on the "songbook" series, placing on record definitive performances of the work of America's leading songwriters. Fitzgerald had a wide vocal range, but her voice retained a youthful, light vibrancy throughout the greater part of her career, bringing a fresh and appealing quality to most of her material, especially her scat singing. While there are still numerous excellent artists whose work has been strongly influenced by Fitzgerald, the social and artistic conditions that helped to create America's First Lady of Song no longer exist, and it seems highly unlikely that we shall ever see or hear her like again.

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