Ella Fitzgerald: Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
) | Label: APO Catalog: CVRJ 4053 SA Format: SACD Ella FitzgeraldSymphony No.9 Ella Fitzgerald's superb 1962 album Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie features fourteen tracks that mix bona fide standards with classics from the heyday of swing in completely original and personal arrangements. Following on her series of lushly arranged "composer songbook" recordings, this album marks a move toward the smaller jazz ensemble recordings that Fitzgerald favored in her final decades. Featuring a rock solid quartet led by pianist Lou Levy and featuring Herb Ellis on guitar, the album's intimate scale allows Fitzgerald's voice to shine as never before. Key tracks include Thelonious Monk's "After Midnight" and a colorful rendition of the Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie anthem, "Night In Tunisia." Analogue Productions's remastering for hybrid SACD reveals the album's top flight production in all its glory.  Price: $43.98 |