Timeless jazz from two of the biggest names in jazz. Ella and Louis is a 1956 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. Having worked together for the Decca label in the late 1940s, this was the first of three albums Fitzgerald and Armstrong would record together for Verve Records! Includes new custom liner notes by PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ's author BRIAN MORTON and by the renowned Paris JAZZ MAGAZINE. ELLA FITZGERALD, vocals, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet & vocals OSCAR PETERSON, piano, HERB ELLIS, guitar, RAY BROWN, bass, BUDDY RICH, drums Hollywood, August 16, 1956. Original session produced by Norman Granz. *Bonus track: Ella Fitzgerald (vc), Louis Armstrong (tp, vc) with Bob Haggart & His Orchestra. New York, January 18, 1946. © 20th Century Masterworks, 1946/56