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Best of Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan

What is your favorite album or 'must own' song or recording by the following artists:

Etta James
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Billie Holiday

Just looking to pick up a few new CD's and there are SO many from these catalogues. Content is the MOST important, quality is second. If the recording is the best of both, great!!!

Thanks!
jh2os
jimcrane
165 posts
 
Here's a second vote for Ella Fitzgerald's The Harold Arlen Songbook, particularly her version of Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love). Her phrasing of the vowel sounds in that song is especially seductive.

Jim Crane
slipknot1
1,423 posts
 
Excellent choices above to represent these great women. I'll just add my favorite Ella Fitzgerald recording: "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie". Great renditions of "Good Morning Heartache" and "Night In Tunisia".
soundqcar
78 posts
 
I too will chime in regarding the quality of Ella's "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie".

My favorite Sarah Vaughn is "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
mijknarf
266 posts
 
For great late night listening, I often turn to two acoustic Ella Fitzgerald recordings with Joe Pass on guitar: "Speak Love" and "Fitzgerald & Pass... Again". The recording quality is excellent and the pure sound of just the guitar with Ells'a voice is magic.
jh2os OP
244 posts
 
Man, I just picked up Sarah Vaughan's Sarah + 2, where she is accompanied only by bass and guitar. Excellent album - highly recommended!

Also got 'The Very Best of the Songbooks: Golden Anniversay Edition', a 2-disc Ella Fitzgerald set. Also highly recommended!
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