Ella Fitzgerald

• INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

This edition presents the complete classic album Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (Verve V64053), which coupled two superb small group sessions featuring Ella Fitzgerald with pianist Lou Levy, guitarist Herb Ellis, and drummer Stan Levey, among others. As a bonus, four more studio tracks by Ella backed by Levy, as well as a complete live 1954 performance in Hartford, most of which appears here on CD for the first time ever.

PERSONNEL:

• ELLA FITZGERALD, vocals
• LOU LEVY, piano
• HERB ELLIS, guitar
• JOE MONDRAGON, bass
• STAN LEVEY drums

Los Angeles, June 22-24, 1961.

• [15-23] BONUS TRACKS:
• (15-17): Same personnel as above except Wilfred Middlebrooks (b) replaces Mondragon, and Gus Johnson (d) replaces Levey. New York, January 23, 1961.
• (18): Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Lou Levy (celeste), Dick Hyman (org), Max Bennett (b), Gus Johnson (d). Los Angeles, July 1, 1958.
• (19-23): Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) acc by Ray mond Tunia (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d). Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, September 17, 1954.

TRACKS:

• 01. A Night In Tunisia
• 02. You’re My Thrill
• 03. My Reverie
• 04. Stella By Starlight
• 05. ‘Round Midnight
• 06. Jersey Bounce
• 07. Signing Off
• 08. Cry Me A River
• 09. This Year’s Kisses
• 10. Good Morning Heartache
• 11. Born To Be Blue
• 12. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
• 13. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
• 14. Music Goes ‘Round And Around
• 15. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else (*)
• 16. I Got A Guy (*)
• 17. This Could Be The Start Of Something Big (*)
• 18. Trav’lin’ Light (*)
• 19. The Man That Got Away (*)
• 20. Hernando’s Hideway (*)
• 21. Later (*)
• 22. A Foggy Day (*)
• 23. Lullaby (*)