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The complete piano duets


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Summary: Many of the most beautiful recordings in Ella Fitzgerald's catalog were her duets with pianists. This collection assembles every recording Ella made in the piano duo format - for the Decca, Verve, and Pablo labels.

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PopMatters

d. 18. Mar. 2020

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Joshua Friedberg

d. 18. Mar. 2020

"In the 1999 PBS American Masters documentary, Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live for. Johnny Mathis sums it up well when he argues, "She was the best, the best there ever was. Out of all of us who sing, she was the best." More than most collections, this reissue bolsters his case".


Glide Magazine

d. 6. Apr. 2020

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Jim Hynes

d. 6. Apr. 2020

"Billy Joel said, "The best singers are interpreters." Ella proves that she may have no equal in that category. That's why she is universally hailed as the greatest jazz singer of all time. This is Ella at her most vulnerable and intimate best".


DownBeat

2020 May

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John Murph

2020 May

"Ella Fitzgerald mesmerized when she unleashed her virtuosic voice, especially when she engaged in quicksilver scats while fronting jazz orchestras. But she could be as bewitching when it came to ballads involving just her and a piano. The Complete Piano Duets (...) makes that perfectly clear ... Collectively, The Complete Piano Duets could rank as a revelation for those who solely associate Fitzgerald with extravagance and flash, while being only passingly familiar with her flickering, lo-fi ingenuity".