IIRC she was married to a great disc jockey who was responsible for taping Garner's Concert by the Sea. I heard him once broadcasting the origins of much of Sketches of Spain. Forget his name right now.
It's not the LA Times. It's a guy who who usually writes about Latino life saying what it means to him. I think it's interesting to hear from a non-musician non-white.
A non-music critic response: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-14/rhapsody-in-blue-100th-anniversary
If you scroll down to the bottom of the column there's a good description of the writer's qualifications.
That has a couple of cuts that I think are not found anywhere else: the rehearsals of "Ebony Rhapsody". Don't think they're even on Ellington in Order.
So you could do that with the Decca Ellingtons since Early Ellington seems to be there. I think they also have some grey area European issues that might have some of the Pathes etc.
That would be great but a lot of important Basie is not on Columbia or RCA ( though a lot is). Is it possible on any of the streaming services to make a public playlist that takes from the existing ones and adds to them?