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Top 20 Versions of ‘Lush Life’: Johnny Hartman, Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald + Others

Top 20 Versions of ‘Lush Life’: Johnny Hartman, Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald + Others

Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life” is beautiful. It’s peculiar. It’s sad. It reflects a path of life on which we have all wandered. But which version is best?

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Ella Fitzgerald, “Perdido” (1949): Appreciations

“Perdido” was supposed to be a live showcase for Charlie Parker. Then Ella Fitzgerald – who would have been 100 today – stepped up to the mic.

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Mort Weiss: Paul Whiteman's TV show, and spending New Year's Eve with Ella Fitzgerald