Another son of the bayou state, Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans in 1901. Ella Fitzgerald was born sixteen years later in Newport News, Virginia.
Released in 1956, 'Ella and Louis' was the first of three albums that Satchmo and Lady Ella collaborated on for Verve Records. Their backing band consisted of Oscar Peterson on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar, Ray Brown on bass and Buddy Rich on drums.
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