Claude says:Ella Fitzgerald — the First Lady of Song, who made her name with the Chick Webb Orchestra before a six-decade solo career defined vocal jazz — cut some of her most celebrated records for Norman Granz's Verve, interpreting the Great American Songbook with purity of tone and horn-like scat. This Christmas set landed for you in December 2022, and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" got one spin before the season closed.