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Title: Rare Summit Meeting
Review: Ella plus Basie plus Quincy spells sheer excellence. Moreover, this recording captures all 3 in their prime. Ella is especially commanding on the 2 Ellington tunes--"Satin Doll" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light"-- as well as on that Basie trademark--"Shiny Stockings." For some fans I know, this is the definitive Ella Fitzgerald recording. Yet the album has become difficult to obtain. Originally released on Verve as "On the Sunny Side of the Street," it's been retitled, repackaged, repriced, as well as "re-nationalized." I'd pay the price rather than risk seeing this American treasure disappear from our midst.
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