• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CONTAINS NEW SPECIALLY PREPARED LINER NOTES BY PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ'S WRITER BRIAN MORTON AND BY PARIS' PRESTIGIOUS JAZZ MAGAZINE

“Ella’s “songbook” albums for Verve were among Norman Granz’s great successes, and The Cole Porter Songbook became the commercial rock on which Verve was built.” - PENGUIN JAZZ TO JAZZ

“The ease with which Ella Fitzgerald interprets these timeless songs is hardly indicative of it, but this album was nonetheless a turning point for the singer.”- JAZZ MAGAZINE

PERSONNEL:

• ELLA FITZGERALD, vocals on all tracks
• Music & Lyrics by COLE PORTER
• Orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman

• Collective personnel:
• Pete Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo (tp), Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate (tb), George Roberts (b-tb), Herb Geller, Bud Shank (as), Bob Cooper, Ted Nash (ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d), plus String Section.

Los Angeles, February 7-9 & March 27, 1956.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1. I LOVE PARIS
• A2. BEGIN THE BEGUINE
• A3. ALL OF YOU
• A4. EASY TO LOVE
• A5. I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
• A6. I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
• A7. NIGHT AND DAY

• SIDE B:
• B1. LOVE FOR SALE
• B2. SO IN LOVE
• B3. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
• B4. YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME
• B5. GET OUT OF TOWN
• B6. IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
• B7. EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE