Up for auction is a scarce 12-inch LP from Chick Webb & His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald, issued on Figaro Records (VX 1117 / VX 1118). This album captures rare live broadcast performances from 1939–1940, including some of Ella’s earliest work with the Webb Orchestra.

Tracks include:

• Blue Room

• Deep in a Dream (Ella Fitzgerald)

• Breakin’ It Down

• Sugar Blues (Ella Fitzgerald)

• ’Tain’t What You Do (Ella Fitzgerald)

• One O’Clock Jump

• Stars and Stripes Forever

• I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak (Ella Fitzgerald)

• Poor Little Rich Girl

• If It Didn’t Care (Ella Fitzgerald)

• My Wild Irish Rose

• Chew, Chew, Chew (Ella Fitzgerald)

📻 Recorded live:

• Park Central Hotel, New York City – May 1939

• Southland Café, Boston – January 1940

Condition:

• Vinyl: VG+ (clean and glossy, light sleeve marks only, plays strong with minimal noise)

• Cover: VG+ (paste-on front art, light handling wear, overall very well preserved)

Notes:

A hard-to-find swing-era document and an important early showcase for Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb’s band. Pressed in very limited numbers on Figaro Records. A must for collectors of jazz, swing, and vocal history.

📦 Ships safely in LP mailer with padding.