Ella & Louis Again Édition Limitée

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Barely a year after immortalizing their meeting on an exceptional record of ease and naturalness, simply titled “Ella & Louis”, these two sacred monsters of jazz and beyond, of 20th-century popular music across all genres, decided to continue the experiment by once again taking over the famous Capitol Studios in Hollywood under the artistic direction of producer Norman Granz. Aged 57 and 40 respectively, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald are at this moment in their careers at the height of their genius. Accompanied, as on the first volume, by a small “middle jazz” ensemble, airy, admirable for its swing and elegance, led by Oscar Peterson on piano, fluid and full of subtle punctuation, Ella and Louis — one with her fresh, youthful timbre, the suppleness of her rhythmic inflections, her constantly controlled and mastered musical expressiveness; the other, with his clear, simple, stripped-down style, this unique way of swinging “economically,” placing, as if by miracle, on the beat the brilliant sound of his trumpet or the troubled sensuality of his hoarse, veiled voice — offer us, in a wealth of irresistible standards, an authentic lesson in music and humanity.