This aptly titled compilation covers the earliest years of Ella Fitzgerald's professional career. In 1937, the 17-year-old Fitzgerald joined the orchestra of Chick Webb, a good-timey swing musician. Her distinctive voice--girlishly enthusiastic but with a certain mature charm that only intensified as she got older--quickly became the band's primary feature, and after only a few years, Fitzgerald left Webb to lead her own band.