Fitzgerald, Ella: Let No Man Write My Epitaph (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP

One of Ella Fitzgerald's finest recordings, 1960's Let No Man Write My Epitaph - which was a film of the same name that The First Lady of Song appeared in - finds the songstress produced by the great Norman Granz and accompanied by pianist Paul Smith on an excellent program of tunes from the Great American Songbook including sensitive takes on "I Cried for You," "Angel Eyes" and "My Melancholy Baby." The album hits at a depth of emotional understanding that critics often complained was missing in Ella's reading of jazz lyrics, and once again established her as one of the supreme interpreters of the Great American Songbook.