(Vocal Jazz) Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb - Swingsation - 1998, MP3, 320 kbps

Mario Bauzá - Trumpet
Benny Carter - Arranger
Ella Fitzgerald - Composer, Vocals
Tommy Fulford - Piano, Rhythm
Chauncey Haughton - Reeds
Hilton Jefferson - Reeds
Louis Jordan - Reeds
Taft Jordan - Trumpet
John Kirby - Bass
George Matthews - Trombone
Teddy McRae - Reeds
Beverly Peer - Bass, Rhythm
Edgar Sampson - Arranger, Composer, Reeds
Bobby Stark - Trumpet
Joe Steele - Bass
Nat Story - Trombone
Bill Thomas - Bass
John Trueheart - Banjo, Guitar, Rhythm
Dick Vance - Trumpet
Turk VanLake - Arranger
Chick Webb - Drums, Performer, Rhythm
Elmer Williams - Reeds
Sandy Williams - Trombone

A collection of 18 tracks from Ella Fitzgerald's beginnings as a performer, these songs have her in front of Chick Webb's orchestra. For those discovering the First Lady of Song, this is an excellent place to start. You'll hear the voice of a young Fitzgerald on some of her goofiest jive numbers like "When I Get Low I Get High," "Vote for Mr. Rhythm," "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie," her immortal signature tune "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," and "'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)," among others. To find this is to discover a treasure that should lead you to the Classics label recordings of Ella and her early-period fellas.
Michael G. Nastos, allmusic.com