Today's the 100th birthday of the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald. Ella was so good she could even intimidate Frank Sinatra, who thought her the premiere vocalist of the time and would not record with her because he felt he could not measure up. The purity of her voice and tonal control across her broad vocal range remains remarkable.
Two songs for today. The first is Bill Strayhorn's Lush Life with its difficult melody. On this version the great Oscar Peterson is on piano. The second is the upbeat They All Laughed.
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