Lady Ella's career spanned six decades, but it was her work beginning in the late 1950s, interpreting the Great American Songbook, that defined her as a stellar figure, as far as I'm concerned. Among the greats she covered were Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, and Harold Arlen. And besides that, she put her hornlike vocal style (and three-octave range) to good use on various records over the years, including collaborations with giants like Louis Armstrong and Count Basie.
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