Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas - Vinyl 2025BF30% Spellbinder features Szabó in a

Spellbinder features Szabó in a quintet setting with bassist Ron Carter

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and the Gershwin tune “Love Walked In” which is a showpiece for Clark who opens with a solo intro before being joined by bass and drums for a trio performance that let’s his inventive style shine

enlisting Kenny Burrell (guitar) and Grady Tate (drums) to take on a selection of blues and jazz standards

Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas - Vinyl 2025BF30% Spellbinder features Szabó in aRecorded and released in 1967 as her second album for Capitol Records, Ella Fitzgerald focused solely on traditional hymns which was quite the juxtaposition from her Swinging Christmas album on Verve earlier in the decade. Working with arrangers Robert Black and Grace Price, along with conductor Ralph Carmichael and his orchestra, Fitzgerald dives into classics including O Holy Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, Joy to the World, and Hark! The Herald