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Ella Fitzgerald - CD

Gold Ella Fitzgerald CD
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  • Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2007
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 602517414549
  • Item Number: UNI741454
  • Release date: 10/09/2007
  • 1. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  • 2. Undecided
  • 3. Stairway to the Stars
  • 4. Betcha Nickel
  • 5. Cow Cow Boogie
  • 6. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
  • 7. It's Only a Paper Moon
  • 8. Flying Home
  • 9. Stone Cold Dead in the Market
  • 10. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
  • 11. My Happiness
  • 12. Black Coffee
  • 13. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
  • 14. Dream a Little Dream of Me
  • 15. Someone to Watch Over Me
  • 16. Smooth Sailing
  • 17. Airmail Special
  • 18. Goody Goody
  • 19. Angel Eyes
  • 20. You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini), Pts. 1 & 2
  • 21. Lullaby of Birdland
  • 22. Hard Hearted Hannah
  • 1. Just One of Those Things
  • 2. In the Still of the Night
  • 3. The Lady Is a Tramp
  • 4. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
  • 5. Take the 'A' Train
  • 6. They All Laughed
  • 7. Summertime
  • 8. Oh, Lady Be Good [Live]
  • 9. Blue Skies
  • 10. Swingin' Shepherd Blues
  • 11. Love Is Here to Stay
  • 12. Mack the Knife [Live]
  • 13. How High the Moon [Live]
  • 14. Misty
  • 15. Blues in the Night
  • 16. A Fine Romance
  • 17. All the Things You Are
  • 18. Too Marvelous for Words
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Gold [Decca/Verve Years] by Ella Fitzgerald on CD


Careful perusal of Ella Fitzgerald's humongous discography reveals numerous references to metallurgy, including platinum, silver, and more than a dozen titles containing the word "gold." Released in 2007, Fitzgerald's double-disc entry in Verve's Gold series outshines most of the competition with 40 chronologically presented titles recorded between May 1938 and October 1964. With disc one dedicated to her Deccas and disc two devoted to her Verves, this well-organized anthology of intelligently selected works is highly recommended as a definitive portrait of this archetypal vocalist whose improvisational abilities are legendary. Fitzgerald's early period is represented here by examples of her work with Chick Webb's Orchestra, the Ink Spots, the Delta Rhythm Boys and Louis Jordan's Tympany Five, a tight little group temporarily transformed into a hot calypso band for the notoriously outrageous and wickedly funny "Stone Cold Dead in the Market." Her further adventures as a Decca recording artist include comparatively well-behaved and sometimes sugary collaborations with Gordon Jenkins, the Song Spinners, Sy Oliver, and Ray Brown, in addition to her 1950 duet with Louis Armstrong, "Dream a Little Dream of Me." Appalled at what he regarded as Decca's lousy management of a gifted artist, producer Norman Granz proudly showcased Fitzgerald on his Verve and Pablo labels from 1956 throughout most of the remainder of her career. This fruitful business arrangement is documented here with examples from the Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer songbook projects; more friendly duets with Louis Armstrong, a Jazz at the Philharmonic jam on "Lady Be Good," and two classic cuts from her deservedly famous concert performance at the Berlin Deutschland Halle on February 13, 1960. Like its companion Dinah Washington volume in the series, Ella Fitzgerald's Decca/Verve Gold is an excellent choice for anyone seeking a definitive dose of her best work. ~ arwulf arwulf, Rovi
  • Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2007
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 602517414549
  • Item Number: UNI741454
  • Release date: 10/09/2007
  • Label: Verve
  • Genre: Vocal, Jazz
  • Style: American Popular Song, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
  • Album Time: 141:01

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  • Gold Ella Fitzgerald CD
Gold Ella Fitzgerald CD