I am 43 - I've had this CD for about 8 years - it is without a doubt the most beautiful single album I own. Young people, kids, old people, everyone loves this music.

People have said everything that can be said of the beauty of Ella's voice - it is soooooooooo wonderful. I have since purchased other Ella and Satchmo CD's - this one is the best by far. All the songs are memorable!

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I have good instincts, folks. Just like all of you who've already givin' this a glowing review. I checked this out from the library a few days ago and was immediately FLOORED. So much so that I'm thinking about not reteurning it; telling them I lost it an' just paying for it. I'm amazed at the gracefulness that comes across when you put together two so distinct an' so DIFFERENT voices. Louis' scratchy, gruff, yet likeable an' melodic croon an' Ella's smooth-as-silk, soothing an' intoxicating voice incredibly, to me, go PERFECTLY on these duets here. From that first opener 'Let's Call the Whole Thing off', done so sly an' flirtatious on both parts, to 'Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You' to the ever-engaging 'Autumn in New York' and 'Stars Fell on Alabama' one of the GREATEST standards EVER written ("And in the center just you and me, My heart beat like a hammer, My arms wound around you tight, And stars fell on Alabama last night"). THAT is what romance is, kiddies! Oh, an' I can't forget 'Summertime'. Ahhh, yes, 'Summertime', with that opening trumpet that tugs at your heart strings and makes you wish for days of love, happiness, sunlights an' flowers; a world of beauty that should never be taken for granted. Yeah, I know what you're thinkin'; "there he goes, layin' it on thick again." Well, I can't help it. In a time filled with the most repugnant excuses for music I've ever heard in all my soon-to-be twenty-five years, it is a shining gift that this music has been preserved for us who TRULY appreciate talent and genius. There's no show-boating here, no bone-headed braggadocio, no studio gimmicks. THIS is what music is.

I have good instincts, folks. Just like all of you who've already givin' this a glowing review. I checked this out from the library a few days ago and was immediately FLOORED. So much so that I'm thinking about no reteurning it; telling them I lost it an' just paying for it. I'm amazed at the gracefulness that comes across when you put together two so distinct an' so DIFFERENT voices. Louis' scratchy, gruff, yet likeable an' melodic croon an' Ella's smooth-as-silk, soothing an' intoxicating voice incredibly, to me, go PERFECTLY on these duets here. From that first opener 'Let's Call the Whole Thing off', done so sly an' flirtatious on both parts, to 'Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You' to the ever-engaging 'Autumn in New York' and 'Stars Fell on Alabama' one of the GREATEST standards EVER written ("And in the center just you and me, My heart beat like a hammer, My arms wound around you tight, And stars fell on Alabama last night"). THAT is what romance is, kiddies! Oh, an' I can't forget 'Summertime'. Ahhh, yes, 'Summertime', with that opening trumpet that tugs at your heart strings and makes you wish for days of love, happiness, sunlights an' flowers; a world of beauty that should never be taken for granted.

Yeah, I know what you're thinkin'; "there he goes, layin' it on thick again." Well, I can't help it. In a time filled with the most repugnant excuses for music I've ever heard in all my soon-to-be twenty-five years, it is a shining gift that this music has been preserved for us who TRULY appreciate talent and genius. There's no show-boating here, no bone-headed braggadocio, no studio gimmicks. THIS is what music is.