After appearing together at an all-star concert the night before, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong went into an L.A. studio to record this gem of an album. Despite having little to no time for rehearsals, the sublime artistic mastery of Ella and Louis and the instant chemistry they achieved resulted in one of the few truly indispensable recordings in all of jazz.

Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Tracklist:

Verve / 1956

1 Can't We Be Friends

2 Isn't This A Lovely Day?

3 Moonlight In Vermont

4 They Can't Take That Away From Me

5 Under A Blanket Of Blue

6 Tenderly

7 A Foggy Day

8 Stars Fell On Alabama

9 Cheek To Cheek

10 The Nearness Of You

11 April In Paris

Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Louis Armstrong (trumpet, vocals); Herb Ellis (guitar), Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass); Buddy Rich (drums)