Ella Fitzgerald

• DELUXE 3-CD DIGIPACK BOX SET WITH 10 PANELS

• CONTAINS 4 ORIGINAL ALBUMS

• INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

One of the few great ladies of jazz song, Ella Fitzgerald (1917- 1996) inflected each tune with her unique sense of swing. This 3-CD set presents five of Ella’s best albums, including her best collaborations with the great Nelson Riddle, her complete reading of the Cole Porter Song Book backed by the Buddy Bregman band, and her immortal 1960 Berlin live performance, on which she sang her unforgettable version of “Mack the Knife”.

PERSONNEL:

• CD ONE [1-13]: ELLA SWINGS GENTLY WITH NELSON (Verve V6-4055)
• Orchestra conducted & arranged by NELSON RIDDLE
• Los Angeles, November 1961-April 1962.

• CD ONE [14-25]: ELLA SWINGS BRIGHTLY WITH NELSON (Verve V64054)
• Orchestra conducted & arranged by NELSON RIDDLE
• Los Angeles, November-December 1961.

• CD TWO [1-11]: ELLA IN BELIN: MACK THE KNIFE (Verve MGV4041)
• PAUL SMITH, piano; JIM HALL, guitar; WILFRED MIDDLEBROOKS, bass; GUS JOHNSON, drums.
• Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, February 13, 1960.

• CD TWO [12-21] & CD THREE
• ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK VOL.1 & 2 (Verve MGV-4001-2)
• rchestra conducted and arranged by BUDDY BREGMAN
• Los Angeles, February-March 1956.

TRACKS:

• CD 1 (76:55 Min.)
• 01 Sweet and Slow
• 02 Georgia on My Mind
• 03 I Can’t Get Started
• 04 Street of Dreams
• 05 Imagination
• 06 The Very Thought of You
• 07 It’s a Blue World
• 08 Darn That Dream
• 09 She’s Funny That Way
• 10 I Wished on the Moon
• 11 It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight
• 12 My One and Only Love
• 13 Body and Soul
• 14 When Your Lover Has Gone
• 15 Don’t Be That Way
• 16 Love Me or Leave Me
• 17 I Hear Music
• 18 What Am I Here For?
• 19 I’m Gonna Go Fishin’
• 20 I Won’t Dance
• 21 I Only Have Eyes For You
• 22 The Gentleman Is a Dope
• 23 Mean to Me
• 24 Alone Together
• 25 Pick Yourself Up

• CD 2 (7:21 Min.)
• 01 That Old Black Magic
• 02 Our Love Is Here to Stay
• 03 Gone With the Wind
• 04 Misty
• 05 The Lady Is a Tramp
• 06 The Man I Love
• 07 Summertime
• 08 Too Darn Hot
• 09 Lorelei
• 10 Mack the Knife
• 11 How High the Moon?
• 12 All Through the Night
• 13 Anything Goes
• 14 Miss Otis Regrets
• 15 Too Darn Hot
• 16 In the Still of the Night
• 17 I Get a Kick Out of You
• 18 Do I Love You?
• 19 I’m Always True to You in My Fashion
• 20 Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
• 21 Just One of Those Things

• CD 3 (75:37 Min.)
• 01 Ev’ry Time We Say GoodbyeV
• 02 All of You
• 03 Begin the Beguine
• 04 Get Out of Town
• 05 I’m in Love
• 06 From This Moment On
• 07 I Love Paris
• 08 You Do Something to Me
• 09 Ridin’ High
• 10 Easy to Love
• 11 It’s All Right with Me
• 12 Why Can’t You Behave?
• 13 What Is This Thing Called Love?
• 14 You’re the Top
• 15 Love For Sale
• 16 It’s De-Lovely
• 17 Night and Day
• 18 Ace in the Hole
• 19 So in Love
• 0 I’ve Got You Under My Skin
• 21 I Concentrate on You
• 22 Don’t Fence Me In)