Ella Fitzgerald Swings

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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Self (archive material)

Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan

Self (archive material)

Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson

Self (archive material)

Ray Brown
Ray Brown

Self (archive material)

Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen

Self (archive material)

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