Ella Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a ""horn-like"" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. This special 3CD set includes 39 of her most popular and cherished recordings to celebrate her 100th birthday anniversary year.
Early Decca hits, famed duets with Satchmo, Verve classics, early '60s Songbook gems not bad for a single-CD Ella collection! You'll find A-Tisket, A-Tasket; Undecided; I'm Just a Lucky So and So; Blues in the Night; A Fine Romance; But Not for Me; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Let's Do It; Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' , and more.
1. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)~~~2. The Lady Is A Tramp~~~3. Blue Skies~~~4. The Very Thought Of You~~~5. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off~~~6. Begin The Beguine~~~7. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini) Parts I & II~~~8. I Won't Dance~~~9. Baby, It's Cold Outside~~~10. I Only Have Eyes For You~~~11. Oh, Lady Be Good!~~~12. Love You Madly~~~13. Night And Day~~~14. Too Darn Hot~~~15. Lullaby Of Birdland.
Only Frank Sinatra has put his indelible stamp on as many pages of the American Popular Songbook as Ella Fitzgerald. But while Sinatra specialized in mood-themed albums (his composer-based collections were compiled from material already released), Fitzgerald's ambitious songbooks devoted themselves to one great songwriter after another: Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, and so on. Her two-volume Rodgers and Hart project ranks with the best, and if Buddy Bergman's arrangements are a bit sweeter than his Cole Porter settings, or Nelson Riddle's Gershwin treatm... [Read More]
For the first time, all of Ella & Louis' classic duets are in one place. This 4CD set gathers their timeless three Verve albums newly remastered versions of Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis Again and Porgy and Bess combining them with their eight Decca singles, live recordings from Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl plus several alternates & false starts from the Decca & Verve eras, illuminating their craft & good humor. The set also includes an extensive essay by Ricky Riccardi.
Rescued from the vaults: ‘Ella At Zardi's’ is the Verve Records' first live recording, and is being heard for the first time anywhere. The two sets from the evening, in front of a lively crowd, was captured February 2, 1956, a few days before Ella began recording Verve’s first album, ‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book.’
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