Having just done albums devoted to the music of Cole Porter and Fats Waller respectively, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong were both ready for something new when Norman Granz brought them together in the studio in 1956. In the intimate surroundings, they now had at their disposal, for the the first time, the entire breadth of the American popular song. Ella was adding not just a vocal partner, but the man who invented jazz singing. And Louis was gaining a musical inamorata, someone he could serenade. Their first album-length collaboration resulted in music that was both sublime and timeless. Recorded August 1956 in Hollywood. Ella Fitzgerald (vocal) and Louis Armstrong (trumpet, vocal) with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich. Meticulous restoration, High-resolution, 96 kHz, 24-bit digital transfer, New liner notes, photographs, original cover art, and more!