title: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
text: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve is a compilation album released on Verve Records in 1997. It comprises three compact discs containing the three studio albums made for the label by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, released during 1956 through 1958.
  
  Its 47 tracks are collated from Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis Again, and Porgy and Bess. Two tracks are from an August 15, 1956, concert at the Hollywood Bowl with the duo backed by Armstrong's touring band, the All Stars. Disc one tracks one through eleven comprise Ella and Louis, while disc one tracks 12 through 16 and disc two tracks one through 14 comprise Ella and Louis Again. The Hollywood Bowl performances are on tracks 15 and 16 of disc two, and disc three contains the Porgy and Bess album. Not all tracks are vocal duets and are indicated below.
  
  Track listing
  
  Disc one
  
  Disc two
  
  Disc three
  
  Personnel
  Ella Fitzgerald — vocals
  Louis Armstrong — vocals; trumpet on disc one tracks one through eleven and "Autumn in New York," "Stompin' at the Savoy," "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You," "Willow Weep for Me," "Love Is Here to Stay," "Learnin' the Blues," "You Won't Be Satisfied," "Undecided," "Summertime," "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing," and "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York"
  
  Accompaniment on discs one and two
  Trummy Young — trombone on  "You Won't Be Satisfied" and "Undecided"
  Edmond Hall — clarinet on  "You Won't Be Satisfied" and "Undecided"
  Oscar Peterson — piano on disc one and disc two tracks one through 14
  Billy Kyle — piano on  "You Won't Be Satisfied" and "Undecided"
  Herb Ellis — guitar on disc one and disc two tracks one through 14
  Ray Brown — bass on disc one and disc two tracks one through 14
  Dale Jones — bass on  "You Won't Be Satisfied" and "Undecided"
  Buddy Rich — drums on disc one tracks one through eleven
  Louie Bellson — drums on disc one tracks 12 through 16 and disc two tracks one through 14
  Barrett Deems — drums on  "You Won't Be Satisfied" and "Undecided"
  
  Orchestra on disc three
  Russell Garcia – arranger, conductor
  Victor Arno, Robert Barene, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Dan Lube, Amerigo Marino, Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Robert Sushel, Gerald Vinci, Tibor Zelig — violins
  Myron Bacon, Abraham Hochstein, Raymond Menhennick, Myron Sandler — violas
  Justin Di Tullio, Kurt Reher, William Van Den Burg — cellos
  Frank Beach, Buddy Childers, Cappy Lewis — trumpets
  Milt Bernhart, Marshall Cram, James Henderson, Lloyd Ulyate — trombones
  Vincent DeRosa – French horn
  Bill Miller, Paul Smith – piano
  Tony Rizzi – guitar
  Joe Mondragon – bass
  Alvin Stoller – drums
  
  Additional personnel
  Norman Granz — original producer
  Val Valentin — session engineer
  Phil Stern — photography
  
  References
  
  Ella Fitzgerald albums
  Louis Armstrong albums
  Vocal duet albums
  Albums produced by Norman Granz
  1997 compilation albums
  Verve Records compilation albums