Claude says:Ella Fitzgerald got her break with the Chick Webb Orchestra in the mid-1930s, working the Savoy Ballroom circuit and cutting these sides for Decca before her solo stardom. This archival set captures her early swing records — bright horns, dance-band arrangements, and that unmistakable voice already locked in. You spent a single month with it in mid-2018, a year after its release, burning through "Big Boy Blue," "Cryin' Mood," and "Dedicated to You" before moving on.