Ella Fitzgerald

Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (EJC 55689)

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Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald

Essential Jazz Classics

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EJC 147728

EJC 55689

JAZZ

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Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book

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CD 14,98 €

3-CD SET - INCLUDES ONE BONUS ALBUM + 1 BONUS TRACK

This edition presents the complete classic 5-LP set Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (Verve MGVS 6082-5). This was one of the most ambitious of the celebrated song books recorded by Ella and one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made. All of Ella’s original performances are contained here, along with the two opening instrumental pieces that were included on a separate disc with the original LP set.

As a bonus, Ella’s complete first attempt at recording a Gershwin song book, the 1950 10” Decca LP Ella Sings Gershwin (DL5300), which presents the singer in eight amazing duets with pianist Ellis Larkins. A single Gershwin duet by Ella and Larkins recorded in 1954 closes our set.

PERSONNEL:

ELLA FITZGERALD, vocals on all tracks [except CD1, 1-2]
Orchestra conducted and arranged by NELSON RIDDLE

COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Sherock, Don Fagerquist (tp),
Dick Nash, Tommy Pederson (tb), George Roberts (b-tb),
Benny Carter, Buddy Collette, Ronnie Lang, Ted Nash, Plas Johnson (reeds),
Paul Smith, Lou Levy (p), Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (g)
Joe Mondragon, Joe Comfort (b), Alvin Stoller, Mel Lewis (d),
among others.
Hollywood, January-July, 1959

(*) BONUS ALBUM (CD3, 16-23): ELLA SINGS GERSHWIN (Decca 10” LP DL5300)
Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Ellis Larkins (p).
New York, September 11 (tracks 17 & 19-21)
& September 12, 1950 (tracks 16, 18 & 22-23).

(**) BONUS TRACK (CD3, 24): Same personnel as above.
New York, March 30, 1954 [from the 12” LP Songs in a Mellow Mood (Decca DL8068)].

INCLUDES 24-PAGE BOOKLET

CD ONE: TOTAL TIME: 78:46

01 AMBULATORY SUITE (PROMENADE/ MARCH OF THE SWISS SOLDIERS/ FIDGETY FEET)
02 THE PRELUDES
03 SAM AND DELILAH
04 BUT NOT FOR ME
05 MY ONE AND ONLY
06 LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF
07 (I'VE GOT) BEGINNER'S LUCK
08 OH, LADY BE GOOD!
09 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
10 THINGS ARE LOOKING UP
11 JUST ANOTHER RHUMBA
12 HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
13 'S WONDERFUL
14 THE MAN I LOVE
15 THAT CERTAIN FEELING
16 BY STRAUSS
17 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
18 THE REAL AMERICAN SONG (IS A RAG)
19 WHO CARES?
20 LOOKING FOR A BOY

CD TWO: TOTAL TIME: 77:40

01 THEY ALL LAUGHED
02 MY COUSIN IN MILWAUKEE
03 SOMEBODY FROM SOMEWHERE
04 A FOGGY DAY
05 CLAP YO' HANDS
06 FOR YOU, FOR ME, FOR EVERMORE
07 STIFF UPPER LIP
08 BOY WANTED
09 STRIKE UP THE BAND
10 SOON
11 I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU
12 BIDIN' MY TIME
13 AREN'T YOU KIND OF GLAD WE DID?
14 OF THEE I SING
15 "THE HALF OF IT, DEARIE" BLUES
16 I WAS DOING ALL RIGHT
17 HE LOVES AND SHE LOVES
18 LOVE IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
19 TREAT ME ROUGH
20 LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
21 SLAP THAT BASS
22 ISN'T THAT A PITY?
23 SHALL WE DANCE?
24 LOVE WALKED IN

CD THREE: TOTAL TIME: 76:20

01 YOU'VE GOT WHAT GETS ME
02 THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
03 EMBRACEABLE YOU
04 I CAN'T BE BOTHERED NOW
05 BOY! WHAT LOVE HAS DONE TO ME!
06 FASCINATING RHYTHM
07 FUNNY FACE
08 LORELEI
09 OH, SO NICE!
10 LET'S KISS AND MAKE UP
11 I GOT RHYTHM
12 SOMEBODY LOVES ME
13 CHEERFUL LITTLE EARFUL
14 BUT NOT FOR ME [45 rpm version]
15 LORELEI [different version]
16 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (*)
17 MY ONE AND ONLY (*)
18 BUT NOT FOR ME (*)
19 LOOKING FOR A BOY (*)
20 I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU (*)
21 HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? (*)
22 MAYBE (*)
23 SOON (*)
24 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (**)

(*) BONUS ALBUM
(**) BONUS TRACK