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Reissue. The single best-selling volume in Ella's fabled Songbook series, with three bonus takes, original album art and terrific sound! 34 tracks. Long considered a jewel in Verve Records' very impressive crown, Fitzgerald's songbook collections of various composers - a series that was started by the success of this set - are all wonderful, but her natural wit and intelligence was at its most perfect with Cole Porter's erudite, urbane songs. - Skip Heller

The two great original albums ‘Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson’ (1962) and * ‘Ella Swings Gently With Nelson’* (1962) placed on a double vinyl. ‘Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson’ is accompanied by an orchestra arranged by Nelson Riddle. This fantastic album, was also the album which “gave” her the Grammy award for Best Vocal Performance Female.