Jazz Crazy Records

An Archive of Early Jazz on 78 RPM

“I’ll Chase The Blues Away” – Chick Webb f/ Ella Fitzgerald (1935)

A very early recording of the 18-year-old Ella Fitzgerald singing with Chick Webb and his Orchestra in late 1935.

Recorded in New York, NY on October 12, 1935.
Released as Decca 640.

Credits:
Chick Webb – drums, director
Taft Jordan, Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark – trumpet
Sandy Williams, Claude Jones – trombone
Edgar Sampson, Pete Clark – alto sax
Elmer Williams – tenor sax
Wayman Carver – tenor sax, flute, arrangement
Don Kirkpatrick – piano
John Trueheart – guitar
Bill Thomas – string bass

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