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Ella and Louis, the Glossary

Ella and Louis is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, released in October 1956.^[1]

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A Foggy Day

"A Foggy Day" is a popular song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

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Al J. Neiburg

Allen J. Neiburg (November 22, 1902 – July 12, 1978) was an American lyricist.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.

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All Time Top 1000 Albums

All Time Top 1000 Albums is a book by Colin Larkin, creator and editor of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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April in Paris (song)

"April in Paris" is a popular song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by Yip Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical Walk a Little Faster.

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Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress.

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Buddy Rich

Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader.

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Can't We Be Friends?

"Can't We Be Friends?" is a 1929 song with lyrics by Paul James and music by Kay Swift, introduced on Broadway in The Little Show by Libby Holman.

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Capitol Studios

Capitol Studios is a recording studio located at the landmark Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California, United States. Ella and Louis and Capitol Studios are albums recorded at Capitol Studios.

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Cheek to Cheek

"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1934–35, specifically for the star of his new musical, Fred Astaire.

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Colin Larkin

Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer.

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The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass).

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Drum kit

A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.

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Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar.

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Ella and Louis Again

Ella and Louis Again is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, released in 1957 on Verve Records. Ella and Louis and Ella and Louis Again are albums produced by Norman Granz, albums recorded at Capitol Studios, Ella Fitzgerald albums, Louis Armstrong albums, Verve Records albums and vocal duet albums.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella".

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio double album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs of Cole Porter. Ella and Louis and Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book are 1956 albums, albums produced by Norman Granz, Ella Fitzgerald albums and Verve Records albums.

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book is a 1956 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Ella and Louis and Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book are 1956 albums, albums produced by Norman Granz, Ella Fitzgerald albums and Verve Records albums.

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Frank Perkins (composer)

Frank S. Perkins (April 21, 1908 in Salem, Massachusetts – March 15, 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was an American song composer best known for the song "Stars Fell on Alabama" (with lyrics by Mitchell Parish) and his band classic, Fandango.

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George Gershwin

George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres.

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Herb Ellis

Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer.

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Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century.

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Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and songwriter.

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Isn't This a Lovely Day?

"Isn't This a Lovely Day?" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire in the scene where his and Ginger Rogers' characters are caught in a gazebo during a rainstorm.

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Jack Lawrence (songwriter)

Jack Lawrence (born Jacob Louis Schwartz, April 7, 1912 – March 16, 2009) was an American songwriter.

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James Warburg

James Paul Warburg (August 18, 1896 – June 3, 1969) was a German-born American banker, businessman, and writer.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jerry Livingston

Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson; March 25, 1909 – July 1, 1987) was an American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist.

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John Blackburn (songwriter)

John M. Blackburn (October 19, 1913 in Massillon, Ohio – November 15, 2006 in Newport, Oregon) was a lyricist.

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Karl Suessdorf

Karl A. Suessdorf (April 28, 1911 – February 25, 1982) was an American songwriter.

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Kay Swift

Katharine Faulkner "Kay" Swift (April 19, 1897 – January 28, 1993) was an American composer of popular and classical music, the first woman to score a hit musical completely.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist.

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Marty Symes

Marty Symes (1904–1953) was an American lyricist.

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Mitchell Parish

Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen.

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Moonlight in Vermont (song)

"Moonlight in Vermont" is a popular song about the U.S. state of Vermont, written by John Blackburn (lyrics) and Karl Suessdorf (music) and published in 1944.

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Ned Washington

Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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Norman Granz

Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter.

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Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album)

Porgy and Bess is a studio album by jazz vocalist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong and singer Ella Fitzgerald, released on Verve Records in 1959. Ella and Louis and Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album) are albums produced by Norman Granz, Ella Fitzgerald albums, Louis Armstrong albums, Verve Records albums and vocal duet albums.

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Q (magazine)

Q was a popular music magazine.

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Ray Brown (musician)

Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

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Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Stars Fell on Alabama

"Stars Fell on Alabama" is a 1934 jazz standard composed by Frank Perkins with lyrics by Mitchell Parish.

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Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD (SACD) is an optical disc format for audio storage introduced in 1999.

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Tenderly

"Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross and lyrics by Jack Lawrence.

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The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve

The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve is a compilation album released on Verve Records in 1997. Ella and Louis and The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve are albums produced by Norman Granz, Ella Fitzgerald albums, Louis Armstrong albums and vocal duet albums.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_and_Louis

Also known as Ella & Louis.

, The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Nearness of You, The Penguin Guide to Jazz, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, They Can't Take That Away from Me, Trumpet, Under a Blanket of Blue, Val Valentin, Vernon Duke, Verve Records, Virgin Books, Walter Gross (musician), Yip Harburg.

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