The instrumental performances are available on other releases. JATP featured jams by some of the top swing and bop soloists and that year’s roster was unbeatable: trumpeter Roy Eldridge, trombonist Tommy Turk (who was very good despite his obscurity), altoist Charlie Parker, both Lester Young and Flip Phillips on tenors, pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ray Brown, drummer Buddy Rich, and Ella. Most of the songs are from two sets that took place September 17-18, 1949 at one of the greatest of all of the JATP recordings. While all of the music has been out before, several of the performances were only previously available on out-of-print box sets. The Ella Fitzgerald Set is a disc that has Ella’s documented performances with Jazz At The Philharmonic (JATP) from 1949, 19. Granz booked her on his Jazz At The Philharmonic tours, he became her manager, and in 1956 he lured her away from the Decca label when he started Verve to record her in first-class settings. While Ella had become quite popular while with Chick Webb’s Orchestra during 1934-39, culminating in her hit record of “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” and she had a successful solo career going, she would reach an entirely different level under Granz’s guidance. Since her early childhood years, Ella was interested in dancing and singing she practiced with. After the separation of her parents, the girl moved to New York with her mother. She was born in Newport News, Virginia, April 25, 1917. Released to coincide with the 90th anniversary of Fitzgeralds birth, this is one of several live albums that Fitzgerald recorded in the late 1950s. Ella Fitzgerald is a legendary American jazz singer famed for her unsurpassed vocals and life full of hardships. The First Lady Of Song was at one of the turning points in her career when she met producer Norman Granz in the late 1940s. Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kellys is a live album of a 1958 Ella Fitzgerald performance at Mister Kellys, and released in 2007. This April 25 marks the centennial of Ella Fitzgerald’s birth.

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