The vocal artistry of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald continues to shape modern jazz singing. Armstrong’s expressive ...

Vail Jazz presents Ella and Louis Together Again featuring Carmen Bradford and Byron Stripling, joined by pianist Eric Gunnison, bassist Ken Walker, guitarist Steve Kovalcheck and drummer Dru Heller.

Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald are reuniting in heaven. And the sound is just as beautiful as you’d imagine. That’s the idea writer/actor Trent Armand Kendall had for the touring musical ...

Ella and Louis found Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet The studio album came out when both figures were at high points in their careers commercially The ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 Fresh Air Fitzgerald's warm, yet ultra-cool voice was at the opposite pole of jazz ...

What A Wonderful World – Celebration of Christmas with Louis and Ella will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. The show features Longineu Parsons and his band, with Tina Fabrique, who is a Broadway singer ...

TRANSCRIPT: I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong were groundbreaking solo artists ...

Cheek to Cheek, a four CD box set, collects three classic albums from Verve Records featuring Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald: Ella and Louis (1956), Ella And Louis Again (1957) and Porgy And Bess ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the years since Ella Fitzgerald would have turned a hundred, there have been many tributes to this great jazz icon. But music critic Lloyd Schwartz thinks the best of the ...

Cheek to Cheek, a four CD box set, collects three classic albums from Verve Records featuring Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald: Ella and Louis (1956), Ella And Louis Again (1957) and Porgy And Bess ...

Fitzgerald's warm, yet ultra-cool voice was at the opposite pole of jazz singing from Armstrong's gravelly growl. There's absolutely no reason their voices should blend so effortlessly — but they do.

This is FRESH AIR. We asked our classical music critic, Lloyd Schwartz, to recommend some music to listen to that feels right for this moment. He says the album that's given him the most sheer ...