This week: Geoff plays tracks of Ella singing live in the 1940s, an aspect of her career that provides us with great insight into how she grew as a performer. Tracks this segment include Old Mother Hubbard (1949), A New Shade Of Blues (1949), Oh, Lady, Be Good! (1949), I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So (1949), Basin Street Blues (1949), Again (1949), a rare recording of How High the Moon performed with Dizzy Gillespie (1947), Black Coffee (1949), and (3) A-Tisket, A-Tasket (1949). This edition of GPE was produced by Ed Robertson

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