ELLA FITZGERALD: There are two radio broadcasts on this CD recorded January 22 & 25, 1940 in New York City. The orchestra was a 14-piece band with many good musicians like Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Hilton Jefferson and Ram Ramirez to mention a few. MILDRED BAILEY: There are three radio broadcasts on the second CD recorded January 5, 19 and 26 1945 in CBS studios New York. Mildred Bailey was accompanied by the Paul Bacon Orchestra. Each show cleared generous space for the small house band of Teddy Wilson, Charlie Shavers, Red Norvo, Remo Palmieri, Albert Hall and Specs Powell. CD1: A-Tisket, A-Tasket / Traffic Jam / A Lover Is Blue / Dodgin' The Dean / 'Tain't What You Do / Confessin' / Blue Lou / What's The Matter With Me ? / I Want The Waiter / Let's Get Together / A-Tisket, A-Tasket / Limehouse Blues / This Changing World / Oh Johnny,Oh! / Diga Diga Do / Thank Your Stars / Take It From The Top / Vagabond Dreams / Break 'Em Down / Let's Get Together. CD2: Hold On / It Had To Be You / Summertime / Sleighride In July / The Sheik Of Araby / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Enchantment / I'm Getting Sentimental Over You / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / Which Of The Great 48 / Hold On / Hold On / I'm Beginning To See The Light / Trummin' On A Riff / I Didn't Know About You / Bugle Call Rag / He's Funny That Way / Night Music / Rosetta / St. Louis Blues / I'm Gonna See My Baby / Hold On / Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / At Home With A Gnome / Stompin' At The Savoy / Evalina / Hold On.
