Hamp & Ella

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coreyj5 · #1 Post by **coreyj5** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:33 pm

Hey everybody, I have a question. When I started to build my cd collection, I tried to get a little bit of everybody so I don't have a ton of cd's by single artists. I would like to fill out some artists a little more, specifically Ella Fitzgerald and Lionel Hampton.

I know that there can be a lot of overlap and I am also on a pretty tight budget so I don't want to waste my money. So I guess what I'm asking is, what are some of your favorite essential albums by them?

Thanks

GemZombie · #2 Post by **GemZombie** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:42 pm

For Lionel Hampton, I have to recommend the Proper Box Set: The Lionel Hampton Story.

For Ella, start with The The Early Years

Yakov · #3 Post by **Yakov** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:46 pm

it's usually good to keep artist threads separate.

having said that, i'll second the nomination for hamp's proper box and add recommendations for ella's duke ellington song book

funkyfreak · #4 Post by **funkyfreak** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:23 am

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 2?v=glance

"The Early Years Pt 1 & 2"

Ella with Chick Webb (1935-1938), my favorite years to hear her singing.

-FF

Greg Avakian · #5 Post by **Greg Avakian** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:43 am

For more modern Ella:
Ella at Newport and "Juan les Pins" -both are awesome!
I have a mix CD with 20 songs between those 2 albums. Although some are different versions of the same songs (which I think is fun).
I also like 'Bluella', 'On the sunny side of the street' (with Basie) and at 'Cote D'Jour' (with Ellington), and 3 albums with Louis Armstrong doing Gershwin tunes.