Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn were not shy about paying tribute to their favorite musicians in their own unique way. This first movement of their mini suite dedicated to singing legend Ella Fitzgerald
From the 1963 album "Ella and Basie," Quincy Jones stole a page from the library of Count Basie's friendly rival Duke Ellington by adapting Ellington and Strayhorn's Satin Doll into a classic
As recorded on Ella Fitzgerald's "Ella Swings Lightly" album in 1958, this is a fairly simple small band arrangement when all is said and done. It does an excellent job of setting the stage for Fitzgerald's
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Recorded in 1962 for the album "Ella Sings Broadway," this Frank DeVol arrangement is of one of the more memorable songs from Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' "Damn Yankees." It's a spicy treatment of an
This chart is part of Frank Foster's Vintage Basie Series, compositions performed and/or recorded by Count Basie and his world famous New Testament orchestra between 1953 and 1960. It's a straight-ahead