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Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Swings Lightly (FLAC)
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]
[size=200][color=red][b]Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook [/b][/color][/size]
[size=150]Recorded February 7 – March 27, 1956, Hollywood, Los Angeles
CD Released: 25 May 1999
Label: Verve
Format:Mp3@320cbr[/size]
[img]http://image.betamonline.com/sdimages/upc08/8436028694549.jpg[/img]
[size=150][color=orangered]This was Fitzgerald's first album for the newly created Verve Records. Fitzgerald's time on the Verve label would see her produce her most highly acclaimed recordings, at the peak of her vocal powers. This album inaugurated Fitzgerald's Songbook series, each of the eight albums in the series focusing on a different composer of the canon known as the Great American Songbook. Fitzgerald's manager, (and the producer of many of her albums), Norman Granz, visited Cole Porter at the Waldolf-Astoria, and played him this entire album. Afterwards, Porter merely remarked, "My, what marvellous diction that girl has".[/color]
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[size=150][color=deepskyblue]Frank Devol backs Ella with a 1940s-style big band with enough modernist, Atomic Age elements tossed in to stop it from being just an empty exercise in nostalgia. Fitzgerald finds the perfect marriage between mainstream pop and jazz singing -- her harmonic improvisations are extraordinary. A real treat.[/color][/size]
[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 1:[/b][/color][/size]
[img]http://www.coverdude.com/covers/ella-fitzgerald-the-cole-porter-songbook-volume-1-front-cover-37040.jpg[/img]
[size=150]01. All Through The Night (3:19)
02. Anything Goes (3:24)
03. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) (3:03)
04. Too Darn Hot (3:51)
05. In The Still Of The Night (2:41)
06. I Get A Kick Out Of You (4:03)
07. Do I Love You (3:53)
08. Always True To You In My Fashion (2:51)
09. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (3:35)
10. Just One Of Those Things (3:33)
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Good-Bye (3:35)
12. All Of You (1:46)
13. Begin The Beguine (3:40)
14. Get Out Of Town (3:25)
15. I Am In Love (4:09)
16. From This Moment On (3:17)[/size]
[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 2:[/b][/color][/size]
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[size=150]01. I Love Paris (5:02)
02. You Do Something To Me (2:24)
03. Ridin' High (3:24)
04. Easy To Love (3:28 )
05. It's All Right With Me (3:10)
06. Why Can't You Behave (5:07)
07. What Is This Thing Called Love (2:06)
08. You're The Top (3:36)
09. Love For Sale (5:56)
10. It's DeLovely (2:45)
11. Night And Day (3:07)
12. Ace In The Hole (2:01)
13. So In Love (3:53)
14. I've Got You Under My Skin (2:45)
15. I Concentrate On You (3:15)
16. Don't Fence Me In (3:20)[/size]
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]
[size=200][color=red][b]Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Song Book[/b][/color][/size]
[size=150]Recorded October 19–21, 1964 at Radio Recorders Studio 10-H, Hollywood
CD Released: 1984
Label: Verve
Format: Mp3@320cbr[/size]
[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rGWNFIJXL.jpg[/img]
[size=150][color=orangered]Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book a 1964 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, focusing on the songs of Johnny Mercer. This was Fitzgerald's fifth and final collaboration with Riddle during her years on the Verve label.
The album is notable as Ella's only songbook to concentrate on the work of a lyricist. Riddle's lush arrangements interact most beautifully with Fitzgerald on ballads like "Midnight Sun" and "Skylark". Fitzgerald's impeccable swing is most evident on "Something's Gotta Give" and "Too Marvelous for Words".[/color][/size]
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Johnny Mercer
[size=150][color=red][b]Tracklist:[/b][/color]
01. Too Marvelous For Words (2:33)
02. Early Autumn (3:51)
03. Day In, Day Out (2:49)
04. Laura (3:44)
05. This Time The Dream's On Me (2:54)
06. Skylark (3:12)
07. Single 'O (3:19)
08. Something's Gotta Give (2:36)
09. Trav'lin' Light (3:48 )
10. Midnight Sun (4:54)
11. Dream (2:59)
12. I Remember You (3:39)
13. When A Woman Loves A Man (3:51)[/size]
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[size=150][color=red][b]Personell[/b][/color]
Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
Nelson Riddle, arranger and conductor
Paul Smith on piano
Plas Johnson on tenor sax
Willy Smith on alto sax
Buddy DeFranco on clarinet
Frank Flynn on vibes
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Ella Fitzgerald SingsThe Jerome Kern Songbook(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]
[size=200][color=red][b]Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Jerome Kern Songbook[/b][/color][/size]
[size=150]Recorded January 5,6,7 1963 at Radio Recorders Studio 10H, Los Angeles
CD Released: October 25, 1990
Label: Verve
Format: Mp3@320cbr[/size]
[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bwXnt1LUL._SS500_.jpg[/img]
[size=150][color=orangered]In contrast to the Johnny Mercer Songbook, (the only Songbook dedicated to a lyricist), this is the only Songbook where the composer does not contribute any of the lyrics.[/color][/size]
[size=150][color=lime]Recorded under the keen eye of Jazz Impressario Norman Granz, who produced some of the most wonderful and cherished recordings of the 20th Century. The "Jerome Kern Songbook" is part of that magnificent Songbook series; every song on this recording is a gem and an integral part of the Great American Songbook. No one, and I mean no one, could sing a lyric like Ella.
Nelson Riddle arranged and conducted the studio orchestra for this album, and the orchestra features some of the great musicians of the time, including Paul Smith (Ella's long-time pianist), Frank Flynn and Dick Nash.[/color][/size]
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Jerome Kern
[size=150][color=red][b]Tracklist:[/b][/color]
1. Let's Begin" – 2:56
2. "A Fine Romance" – 3:36
3. "All the Things You Are" ) – 3:15
4. "I'll Be Hard to Handle" – 3:47
5. "You Couldn't Be Cuter" – 3:13
6. "She Didn't Say Yes" – 3:20
7. "I'm Old Fashioned" – 3:27
8. "Remind Me" – 3:50
9. "The Way You Look Tonight" – 4:28
10. "Yesterdays" – 2:51
11. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" – 3:54
12. "Why Was I Born?" – 3:44[/size]
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]
[size=200][color=red][b]Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook [/b][/color][/size]
[size=150]Recorded September 17–19, 1980, March 18–20, 1981 Hollywood, Los Angeles
ReleasedL 1981
Label Pablo
Format: Mp3@320cbr[/size]
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[size=150][color=orangered]Though it is subtitled as such, this album is not usually considered part of Fitzgerald's 'Songbook' series, the last of the 'Songbook' albums having been recorded in 1964.
It was Fitzgerald's first album of music devoted to a single composer since 1972's Ella Loves Cole, and it was her only album recorded entirely in the Bossa Nova style, though she had been singing Jobim's songs since the mid-1960s.[/color][/size]
[img]http://www.pianored.com/images/jobim.jpg[/img]
Antonio Carlos Jobim
[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 1:[/b][/color]
01. Somewhere In The Hills
02. The Girl From Ipanema
03. Dindi
04. Off Key
05. Water To Drink
06. Triste
07. How Insensitive
08. He's A Carioca
09. A Felicidade
10. This Love That I've Found[/size]
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[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 2:[/b][/color]
01. Dreamer
02. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
03. Bonita
04. One Note Samba
05. Wave
06. Don't Ever Go Away
07. Song Of The Jet
08. Useless Landscape
09. Photograph
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]
[size=200][color=red][b]Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book [/b][/color][/size]
[size=150]CD Released: October 9, 2001
Recorded in five sessions from August 1, 1960 - July 14 1961 in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
Original Released: 1960
Label: Verve
Format:Mp3@320cbr[/size]
[img]http://cover7.cduniverse.com/PhantomArt/Large/94/1665694.jpg[/img]
[size=150][color=orangered]Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May. This album marked the only time that Fitzgerald worked with May.[/color][/size]
[size=150][color=deepskyblue]The Harold Arlen Songbook is the sixth album in Fitzgerald's series of recordings of songs written by the pantheon of Broadway composers who formed the body of work now considered the Great American Songbook.
The cover art is a drawing by Henri Matisse.
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[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 1:[/b][/color][/size]
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[size=150][color=red][b]Tracklist:[/b][/color]
1. Blues In The Night
2. Let's Fall In Love
3. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
4. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
5. My Shining Hour
6. Hooray For Love
7. This Time The Dream's On Me
8. That Old Black Magic
9. I've Got The World On A String
10. Let's Take A Walk Around The Block
11. Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)
12. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive[/size]
[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 2:[/b][/color][/size]
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[size=150][color=red][b]Tracklist:[/b][/color]
1. When The Sun Comes Out
2. Come Rain Or Come Shine
3. As Long As I Live
4. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
5. It's Only A Paper Moon
6. Man That Got Away, The
7. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
8. It Was Written In The Stars
9. Get Happy
10. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
11. Out Of This World
12. Over The Rainbow
13. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
14. Sing My Heart
15. Let's Take A Walk Around The Block - (alt)
16. Sing My Heart - (alternate take)[/size]
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]
[size=200][color=red][b]Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book [/b][/color][/size]
[size=150]Recorded March 13 - 19, 1958
CD Released: 27 Nov 2000
Label: Verve
Format; Mp3@320cbr[/size]
[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519f4x4p7rL._SS500_.jpg[/img]
[size=150][color=orangered]Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin[/color][/size]
[size=150][color=deepskyblue]It is difficult to know where to begin when approaching an artist as wonderful as Ella Fitzgerald, especially when covering a revered recording like Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book from the late '50s. This set includes two CDs with 32 songs chosen from Berlin's collection of nearly 800 songs. These selections are perfectly suited for Fitzgerald's voice and her romantic sensibility; they are happy, occasionally sad, and full of swinging rhythm. A few of these songs -- "Cheek to Cheek," "Puttin' on the Ritz," and "Blue Skies" -- will be most familiar; others, "Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails," "Russian Lullaby," and "All By Myself" are as memorable but perhaps less known. Choices like "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" feature everything a listener would want in a song: intelligent lyrics, memorable melodies, and a strong emotional center. To say that Fitzgerald is in good voice for these recordings would be an understatement; her presentation here is simply regal.[/color][/size]
[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 1:[/b][/color][/size]
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[size=150][color=red][b]Tracklist:[/b][/color]
01 - Let's Face The Music And Dance
02 - You're Laughing At Me
03 - Let Yourself Go
04 - You Can Have Him
05 - Russian Lullaby
06 - Puttin' On The Ritz
07 - Get Thee Behind Me Satan
08 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
09 - Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails
10 - How About Me
11 - Cheek To Cheek
12 - I Used To Be Color Blind
13 - Lazy
14 - How Deep Is The Ocean
15 - All By Myself
16 - Remember[/size]
[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 2:[/b][/color][/size]
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[size=150][color=red][b]Tracklist:[/b][/color]
1. Suppertime
2. How's Chances
3. Heat Wave
4. Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)
5. You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
6. Reaching For The Moon
7. Slumming On Park Avenue
8. Song Is Ended, The (But The Melody Lingers On)
9. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
10. Now It Can Be Told
11. Always
12. It's A Lovely Day Today
13. Change Partners
14. No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
15. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
16. Blue Skies[/size]
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers and Hart Songbook(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]
[size=200][color=red][b]Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers and Hart Songbook [/b][/color][/size]
[size=150]Recorded August 21 - 31, 1956
CD Released: 25 May 1999
Label: Verve
Format: Mp3@320cbr[/size]
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[size=150][color=orangered]Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook is a 1956 album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.[/color][/size]
[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 1:[/b][/color]
01 - Have You Met Miss Jones
02 - You Took Advantage Of Me
03 - A Ship Without A Sail
04 - To Keep My Love Alive
05 - Dancing On The Ceiling (He Dances On My Ceiling)
06 - The Lady Is A Tramp
07 - With A Song In My Heart
08 - Manhattan
09 - Johnny One Note
10 - I Wish I Were In Love Again
11 - Spring Is Here
12 - It Never Entered My Mind
13 - This Can't Be Love
14 - Thou Swell
15 - My Romance
16 - Where Or When
17 - Little Girl Blue[/size]
[img]http://www.sweetslyrics.com/images/img_gal/3552_ella_fitzgerald.jpg[/img]
[size=150][color=red][b]Disc 2:[/b][/color]
01 - Give It Back To The Indians
02 - Ten Cents A Dance
03 - There's A Small Hotel
04 - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
05 - Ev'rything I've Got
06 - I Could Write A Book
07 - Blue Room
08 - My Funny Valentine
09 - Bewitched
10 - Mountain Greenery
11 - Wait Till You See Her
12 - Lover
13 - Isn't It Romantic
14 - Here In My Arms
15 - Blue Moon
16 - My Heart Stood Still
17 - I've Got Five Dollars
18 – Lover[/size]
[img]http://songbook1.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/rodgers-hart-portrait-1.jpg[/img]
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
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Ella Fitzgerald - Greatest Hits 2CD (2008) 320 vtwin88cube
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Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife; Ella in Berlin (1960) [mp3@320k]
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Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraca Jobim[Eac Flac Cue](TntVillage)
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[b]Album[/b]................: Ella Abraça Jobim
[b]Genre[/b]................: Jazz / Bossa Nova
[b]Source[/b]...............: CD
[b]Year[/b].................: 1981
[b]Ripper[/b]...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) & Asus CD-S520
[b]Codec[/b]................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
[b]Version[/b]..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
[b]Quality[/b]..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 59 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........:
Ripped by............: leonenero on 04/09/2012
Posted by............: leonenero on 05/09/2012
News Server..........: news.astraweb.com
News Group(s)........: alt.binaries.sounds.flac.full_albums
[b]Included[/b].............: NFO, LOG, PAR, CUE
[b]Covers[/b]...............: Front Back CD
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[b]Tracklisting[/b]
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[b]1[/b]. Dreamer [04.54]
[b]2[/b]. This love that I've found [05.16]
[b]3[/b]. The girl from Ipanema [03.50]
[b]4[/b]. Somewhere in the hills [03.56]
[b]5[/b]. Photograph [03.48]
[b]6[/b]. Wave [05.21]
[b]7[/b]. Triste [04.06]
[b]8[/b]. Quiet nights of quiet stars [05.39]
[b]9[/b]. Water to drink [02.44]
[b]10[/b]. Bonita [02.50]
[b]11[/b]. Off key [03.41]
[b]12[/b]. He's a Carioca [05.12]
[b]13[/b]. Dindi [06.36]
[b]14[/b]. How insensitive [02.59]
[b]15[/b]. One note samba [03.52]
[b]16[/b]. A felicidade [02.17]
[b]17[/b]. Useless landscape [07.59]
[b]Playing Time[/b].........: 01.15.09
[b]Total Size[/b]...........: 444,14 MB
NFO generated on.....: 05/09/2012 8.14.34
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[i]Ella Abraça Jobim or Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook is a 1981 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, devoted to the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
It was reissued on CD in 1991, although the CD version does not include the songs "Don't Ever Go Away" and "Song of the Jet".
Though it is subtitled as such, this album is not usually considered part of Fitzgerald's 'Songbook' series, the last of the 'Songbook' albums having been recorded in 1964.
It was Fitzgerald's first album of music devoted to a single composer since 1972's Ella Loves Cole, and it was her only album recorded entirely in the Bossa Nova style, though she had been singing Jobim's songs since the mid-1960s.
Fitzgerald never worked with Antonio Carlos Jobim, though she appeared alongside Frank Sinatra for a 1967 television special that also featured Jobim.
The title has a pun, as Ela (with a single l) translates as "she". It can be translated as 'She Hugs Jobim' (Ela Abraça Jobim) or 'Ella Hugs Jobim".[/i][/center]
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Ella Fitzgerald - Ella (Jazz & Tzaz 98) (2001)@flac
A Greek-only premium CD, released with the music magazine 'Jazz & Tzaz' (Issue 98)
It's a sort of anthology, covering the first 10 years of Ella's career (1936-1946).
Except the last track, which recorded in 1960.
The sound is excellent!
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3915/foldergj.jpg
01. Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - Shine [2:55]
02. Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - Rock It For Me [3:14]
03. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - You Won't Be Satisfied [2:53]
04. Ella Fitzgerald & The Song Spinners - I'm Confessin' [3:24]
05. Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - Just A Simple Melody [3:00]
06. Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta Rythm Boys - For Sentimental Reasons [3:09]
07. Ella Fitzgerald & Mills Brothers - Dedicated To You [3:12]
08. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - The Frin Fram Sauce [3:13]
09. Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - Hallelujah [4:03]
10. Ella Fitzgerald & Mills Brothers - Big Boy Blues [2:47]
11. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Stone Cold Dead In The Market [2:40]
12. Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - I Want To Be Happy [4:30]
13. Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - Cow Cow Boogie [2:54]
14. Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - Chew Chew Chew [3:00]
15. Ella Fitzgerald - How High The Moon (Live) [8:03]
Label: BMC/Protasis
Released: 2001
Codec: Flac
Compression Level: 6
Quality: High
CD-rip by alekow (EAC and Flac)
Covers Included (600dpi)
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (1956) VBR
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Song Book VBR
Year 1956
Disc 1
1. All Through The Night 3:14
2. Anything Goes 3:20
3. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) 3:00
4. Too Darn Hot 3:47
5. In The Still Of The Night 2:38
6. I Get A Kick Out Of You 4:00
7. Do I Love You? 3:49
8. Always True To You In My Fashion 2:48
9. Let's Do It 3:32
10. Just One Of Those Things 3:30
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 3:32
12. All Of You 1:43
13. Begin The Beguine 3:36
14. Get Out Of Town 3:22
15. I Am In Love 4:05
16. From This Moment On 3:16
Disc 2
1. I Love Paris 4:57
2. You Do Something To Me 2:21
3. Ridin' High 3:20
4. Easy To Love 3:24
5. It's All Right With Me 3:07
6. Why Can't You Behave? 5:04
7. What Is This Thing Called Love? 2:02
8. You're The Top 3:32
9. Love For Sale 5:52
10. It's DeLovely 2:42
11. Night And Day 3:04
12. Ace In The Hole 1:58
13. So In Love 3:50
14. I've Got You Under My Skin 2:41
15. I Concentrate On You 3:11 3
16. Don't Fence Me In 3:19
17. You're The Top 2:07
18. I Concentrate On You 3:00
19. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) 8:50
The late great Ella Fitzgerald had probably the best jazz voice ever put down on tape.
This collection of Cole Porter songs was the first of the "Song Book" collection issued by Verve and was so successful that they followed it up with an Gershwin and Rodgers and Hart collections, though in my opinion the Porter song book is the best.
The recordings were laid down in 1956, the year after Porter's final Broadway musical, Silk Stockings, opened. Ella recorded them with the Buddy Bregman orchestra at Capitol Studios, L.A.
The one flaw (if it is a flaw) with this set is that almost all the songs are so commonly recorded that you find yourself comparing them to other artists. Unsurprisingly Ella's voice compares well, some of the orchestrations are, however, not quite up to later standards as those by such masters as Nelson Riddle. Don't mistake me, Buddy Bergman did a fine job for 1956 but at times the orchestration seems dated and at others tries a little too hard to keep up with Ella.
The style of the tracks varies greatly, according to the mood of the song. Ella picks up the beat and syncopation in such masterpieces as "You're The Top" and slows and sexifies the voice in "I Love Paris" and "Love For Sale." Overall the collection has a mellow, jazzy feel that varies between romantic and downright sexy.
If you are looking for a good collection to load into the CD player for a romantic dinner, a quiet night watching the lights on Sydney Harbour with a brandy in one hand or just appreciate the varied styles and depth of talent of Miss Ella Fitzgerald then it is hard to go past this two CD set.
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957) VBR
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book VBR
Year 1957
Disc 1
1. Rockin' In Rhythm 5:19
2. Drop Me Off In Harlem 3:51
3. Day Dream 3:59
4. Caravan 3:54
5. Take The "A" Train 6:42
6. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues 4:42
7. Clementine 2:39
8. I Didn't Know About You 4:13
9. I'm Beginning To See The Light 3:26
10. Lost In Meditation 3:28
11. Perdido 6:13
12. Cotton Tail 3:25
13. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me 7:41
14. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' 3:33
15. Solitude 2:07
16. Rocks In My Bed 3:57
17. Satin Doll 3:28
18. Sophisticated Lady 5:21
Disc 2
1. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) 4:17
2. It Don't Mean A Thing 4:15
3. Azure 2:23
4. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 4:11
5. In A Sentimental Mood 2:47
6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 5:02
7. Prelude To A Kiss 5:29
8. Mood Indigo 3:28
9. In A Mellow Tone 5:12
10. Love You Madly 4:42
11. Lush Life 3:41
12. Squatty Roo 3:42
13. I'm Just A Lucky So And So 4:15
14. All Too Soon 4:24
15. Everything But You 2:57
16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 6:15
17. Bli-Blip 3:03
Disc 3:
1 I'm Just a Lucky So and So 04:12
2 All Too Soon 04:22
3 Everything But You 02:53
4 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 06:11
5 Bli-Blip 03:01
6 Chelsea Bridge 03:20
7 Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald: Royal Ancestry/All Heart/Beyond Category 16:10
8 The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke) 04:48
1957: Ella Fitzgerald, jazz's best singer, records the songs of Duke Ellington, jazz's best composer. Duke and Ella never sound better. His orchestra is at its most elegant yet at its most swinging, her voice's is in its best form, so harmonically, rhythmically, and tonally sophisticated. Jazz's greatest event is happening. It is "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook," and it is too great to let pass you by.
Alright, this is all true. With Duke's big band behind her, Ella was divine. She was even classier with his suberb small groups. Most of all, it showed both of their eclecticism. Duke was still overlapping rhythms, harmonies, tones, and different musical styles to their most mesmerizing effect. Ella was at her career peak at Verve Records. And for the record: Any of the songwriters she covered in the classic Songbook Series never sounded as awesome. She's the glue that provokes the Ellington Orchestra to outdo themselves once again. Their repertoire of jungle music, unique swing songs, lesser known songs, and more experimental songs is covered, and Ella fits these songs like a lace glove. Part of her incredible genius is her ability to adapt any type of music to her ebullient voice. (On the video of PBS's American Masters special about Ella, listen to her short takes on country and soul in a London Club. Dang!)
In comparison to the rest of Ella's stellar career: "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook" is her peak. It is the centerpiece in her career's greatest period at Verve Records and the landmark Songbook Series. Of all of them, it's the most jazz-oriented. All of her Songbook albums are first-rate, yet this is the best.
And it's also a taste of heaven, too good to let pass you by when you're alive. Get it now.
And hey, Chick Webb's orchestra was one of swing's greatest bands, but what if she had spent a part of her career in Duke's orchestra? That might have been even better. And even she didn't, isn't this album more than enough?
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959) VBR
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book VBR
Year 1959
Disc 1
1. Sam And Delilah
2. But Not For Me
3. My One And Only
4. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
5. Beginner's Luck
6. Oh, Lady Be Good
7. Nice Work If You Can Get It
8. Things Are Looking Up
9. Just Another Rhumba
10. How Long Has This Been Going On?
11. 'S Wonderful
12. Man I Love, The
13. That Certain Feeling
14. By Strauss
15. Someone To Watch Over Me
16. Real American Folk Song (Is A Rag), The
17. Who Cares?
Disc 2
1. Looking For A Boy
2. They All Laughed
3. My Cousin In Milwaukee
4. Somebody From Somewhere
5. Foggy Day, A
6. Clap Yo' Hands
7. For You, For Me, For Evermore
8. Stiff Upper Lip
9. Boy Wanted
10. Strike Up The Band
11. Soon
12. I've Got A Crush On You
13. Bidin' My Time
14. Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?
15. Of Thee I Sing (Baby)
16. "The Half Of It, Dearie" Blues
17. I Was Doing All Right
18. He Loves And She Loves
Disc 3
1. Love Is Sweeping The Country
2. Treat Me Rough
3. Love Is Here To Stay
4. Slap That Bass
5. Isn't It A Pity?
6. Shall We Dance
7. Love Walked In
8. You've Got What Gets Me
9. They Can't Take That Away From Me
10. Embraceable You
11. I Can't Be Bothered Now
12. Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!
13. Fascinating Rhythm
14. Funny Face
15. Lorelei
16. Oh, So Nice!
17. Let's Kiss And Make Up
18. I Got Rhythm
I read in a book on Nelson Riddle that Ella Fitzgerald had wanted him for her first songbook which was on Cole Porter but unfortunately Riddle was booked with Nat King Cole and at times Sinatra so he was unavailable in '56. Fortunately three years he became available and perhaps it was serendipity or fate but when these two artists recorded the Gershwin songbook--it became an instant classic. I believe Riddle was at the peak of his arranging powers and Ella was in full voice with none of the wobbly vibrato that would later mar her last session with Riddle- "Dream Dancing", I believe on Pablo also produced by Norman Granz. But this set is a must have if you're into Ella's songbook series and of course this musical marriage between these two pros would result in six albums. Riddle was quoted as saying that Ella was his favorite female singer and his sensitivity to her artistry is brilliantly reflected in this album. For instance, Riddle took the risk of slowing down a tune that Ella had performed as a quick tempo scat song, but here the song takes a poignant meaning that makes this version a near classic on a par with the duo's rendition of "The Man I Love". In fact I believe this album is so popular that one can only purchase used since all the original copies are sold out. Nevertheless if you like Ella with Riddle, this songbook is the one to start with as well as their other two in the series, the Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer songbooks.
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Ella Fitzgerald - The Great American Songbook - 2CD - Set - [TFM]
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1. Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan [02:50]
2. Ella Fitzgerald - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye [03:33]
3. Ella Fitzgerald - The Lady Is A Tramp [03:22]
4. Ella Fitzgerald - Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) [03:34]
5. Ella Fitzgerald - If You Can't Sing It (You'll Have To Swing It)[05:11]
6. Ella Fitzgerald - Taking A Chance In Love [03:09]
7. Ella Fitzgerald - Soon [02:46]
8. Ella Fitzgerald - Black Coffee [03:06]
9. Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got The World On A String [03:17]
10. Ella Fitzgerald - Someone To Watch Over Me [03:14]
11. Ella Fitzgerald - That Old Black Magic [02:32]
12. Ella Fitzgerald - Old Devil Moon [02:59]
13. Ella Fitzgerald - I Can't Get Started [03:07]
14. Ella Fitzgerald - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea[02:18]
15. Ella Fitzgerald - You'll Never Know [03:09]
16. Ella Fitzgerald - Lover Come Back To Me [02:01]
17. Ella Fitzgerald - But Not For Me [03:12]
18. Ella Fitzgerald - It Might As Well Be Spring [02:43]
19. Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got You Under My Skin [02:45]
20. Ella Fitzgerald - Night And Day [03:06]
21. Ella Fitzgerald - My Funny Valentine [03:54]
22. Ella Fitzgerald - (Love Is) The Tender Trap [03:02]
23. Ella Fitzgerald - My One And Only Love [03:20]
24. Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing [03:06]
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1. Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, Lady Be Good [03:02]
2. Ella Fitzgerald - Body And Soul [04:13]
3. Ella Fitzgerald - How High The Moon [03:15]
4. Ella Fitzgerald - I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good [03:39]
5. Ella Fitzgerald - Angel Eyes [02:54]
6. Ella Fitzgerald - Maybe [03:27]
7. Ella Fitzgerald - Looking For A boy [03:08]
8. Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got A Crush On You [03:13]
9. Ella Fitzgerald - Air Mail Special [03:03]
10. Ella Fitzgerald - Dream A Little Dream Of Me [With Louis Armstrong][03:05]
11. Ella Fitzgerald - Baby It's Cold Outside [With Louis Jordan][02:43]
12. Ella Fitzgerald - You Won't Be Satisfied (Unitil You Break My Heart) [With Louis Armstrong][02:54]
13. Ella Fitzgerald - Basin Street Blues [03:08]
14. Ella Fitzgerald - Sentimental Journey [03:19]
15. Ella Fitzgerald - Thanks For The Memory [02:30]
16. Ella Fitzgerald - Moanin' Low [02:44]
17. Ella Fitzgerald - Walkin' By The River [02:31]
18. Ella Fitzgerald - An Empty Ballroom [03:10]
19. Ella Fitzgerald - I Wished On The Moon [03:09]
20. Ella Fitzgerald - My One And Only [03:18]
21. Ella Fitzgerald - How Long Has This Been Going On? [03:18]
22. Ella Fitzgerald - Happy Talk [02:28]
23. Ella Fitzgerald - I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa my Hair[02:55]
24. Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got A Feelin' I'm Fallin'' [02:33]
25. Ella Fitzgerald - Crying [03:10]
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The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books [Flac] TNT Village
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books [Flac] TNT Village
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The Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks were a series of eight studio albums released in irregular intervals between 1956 and 1964, recorded by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, supported by a variety of orchestras, big bands, and jazz quartets.
The eight albums are as follows, with arrangers in parentheses:
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956) (Buddy Bregman)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956) (Bregman)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) (Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958) (Paul Weston)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) (Nelson Riddle)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961) (Billy May)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963) (Riddle)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964) (Riddle)
They are considered a cornerstone of 20th century recorded popular music, and as a whole, represent some of the finest interpretations of the greater part of the musical canon known as the Great American Songbook.
The New York Times columnist Frank Rich was moved to write a few days after Fitzgerald's death that in the songbook series, she "performed a cultural transaction as extraordinary as Elvis's contemporaneous integration of white and African-American soul."
Here was a black woman popularizing urban songs often written by immigrant Jews to a national audience of predominantly white Christians. As Ira Gershwin said, in the line quoted in every obituary: "I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them." Most of the rest of us didn't know, either. By the time she had gone through the entire canon, songs that had been pigeonholed as show tunes or jazz novelties or faded relics of Tin Pan Alley had become American classical music, the property and pride of everyone." [2]
Frank Sinatra was moved out of respect for Fitzgerald to block Capitol from re-releasing his own albums in a similar, single composer vein.
Verve reissued the eight albums in 1994 in this expansive boxset, which won the 1995 Grammy for Best Historical Recording.
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book (1961) VBR
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book VBR
Year 1961
Disc 1
1. Blues In The Night 7:14
2. Let's Fall In Love 4:05
3. Stormy Weather 5:17
4. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 2:26
5. My Shining Hour 4:02
6. Hooray For Love 2:45
7. This Time The Dream's On Me 4:39
8. That Old Black Magic 4:13
9. I've Got The World On A String 4:54
10. Let's Take A Walk Around The Block 4:03
11. Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) 3:55
12. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive 3:37
Disc 2
1. When The Sun Comes Out 5:09
2. Come Rain Or Come Shine 3:24
3. As Long As I Live 3:48
4. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe 3:30
5. It's Only A Paper Moon 3:37
6. The Man That Got Away 5:21
7. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 3:58
8. It Was Written In The Stars 5:11
9. Get Happy 3:33
10. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 5:12
11. Out Of This World 2:46
12. Over The Rainbow 4:21
13. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead 3:19
14. Sing My Heart 2:49
15. Let's Take A Walk Around The Block 4:07
16. Sing My Heart 2:32
If only for these sessions, Billy May, leader of the swingin' band for so many great vocalists throught the years, provides the backdrops here for Lady Time in these timeless recordings of the immortal Harold Arlen. Norman Granz had May earmarked for this project for a long while, and the results prove it. May's brash, swinging brass infused orchestra forms the perfect frame for Ella when she wants to swing, and a blue, smoky curtain when she wants to hush down with a ballad. It is interesting to note that so many of Arlen's songs became "signature" songs for singers who utilized them. Ella, who's had a few signature songs of her own, never tries to upstage the originals here (although anytime Ella opened her mouth it became a red letter event) STORMY WEATHER, immortalized by Lena Horne, is given the full blown treatment here, included is oft-skipped verse and intro, and the band and the singer are both in fine swinging form. Ella takes a little of that pathos from "STORMY" and uses it in the lovely "MY SHINING HOUR". Here we can witness Billy May knew how to write ballad charts just as beuatifully as he could swing, and the tempo is moody, reflective. "HOORAY FOR LOVE" finds Ella in a cheery mood, exuding all the ups, downs and in-between emotions that Cupid's arrows can provide. May's easy swing tempo, infused with quick brass jots are classic.
Back to a ballad mood may be the very anchor and best gem of this whole set, the wistful "THIS TIME THE DREAM'S ON ME", with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The arrangement is nothing short of marvelous here, and Ella knows just where to use the slightest of pitch changes for dramatic effect. A definite heartstring tugger. The happy feeling "LET'S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK" puts across while transporting us "all over the map" really evokes a smile. Again, May knows just how to lead Ella across the globe and back without ever intruding on her own groove.
"ONE FOR MY BABY ( and one more for the road)", long a Sinatra crowd pleaser and torch song extraordinaire, gets the swinger's rush here; and the message is still there, it's a torch song, but fueled by martinis! And unlike Sinatra's heartbroken version(s), the listener isn't exactly sure when that "one more for the road" is coming, it seems like there's a party going on with no end! Harold Arlen's claim to fame might be summed up in a "shining hour" of his own, the music to the MGM classic "THE WIZARD OF OZ". There is no way to get close to Judy Garland when it comes to "OVER THE RAINBOW", but Ella's version stands on its own merit as plaintive and to-the-point. And while they were on the Yellow Brick Road, May leads Ella into a jubilant free-for-all with "DING-DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD". Extensive liner notes in this final leg of the popular Ella Songbooks series, as all the others (Berlin, Porter, Rodgers&Hart, Ellington, Gershwin, Kern and Mercer) have been remastered and reissued with bonus material. Great listening, part of American music history that you'll be proud to own!
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book (1958) VBR
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Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
Year 1958
Disc 1
1. Let's Face The Music And Dance 2:57
2. You're Laughing At Me 3:18
3. Let Yourself Go 2:20
4. You Can Have Him 3:47
5. Russian Lullaby 1:55
6. Puttin' On The Ritz 2:18
7. Get Thee Behind Me Satan 3:49
8. Alexander's Ragtime Band 2:43
9. Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails 2:36
10. How About Me? 3:18
11. Cheek To Cheek 3:48
12. I Used To Be Color Blind 2:34
13. Lazy 2:40
14. How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky) 3:11
15. All By Myself 2:29
16. Remember 3:26
Disc 2
1. Supper Time 3:19
2. How's Chances? 2:48
3. Heat Wave 2:25
4. Isn't This A Lovely Day? 3:29
5. You Keep Coming Back Like A Song 3:35
6. Reaching For The Moon 2:18
7. Slumming On Park Avenue 2:24
8. The Song Is Ended 2:30
9. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 3:01
10. Now It Can Be Told 3:12
11. Always 3:09
12. It's A Lovely Day Today 2:28
13. Change Partners 3:18
14. No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) 3:03
15. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 3:00
16. Blue Skies 3:43
This handsomely repackaged collection of 32 masterfully crafted songs by American composer Irving Belin stands as part of the greatest body of work produced by any 20th century popular singer. In compiling her monumental songbook collection Fitzgerald paid tribute to America's "big five", Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Richard Rogers, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin. She also recorded the works of Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, superb but arguably second tier composers.
Of the "big five", Berlin is admittedly the most sentimental and perhaps least urbane. Where Richard Rogers could tell of ladies playing craps, (The Lady Is A Tramp) and Cole Porter could write of sniffing cocaine, (I Get A Kick Out Of You) and illicit love, (Love For Sale) Berlin was content to praise the joys of Easter Bonnets, White Christmas and Alexander's Ragtime Band. But let's not forget his more than capable hand at romance with the likes of Cheek To Cheek, Blue Skies and I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm.
As with all of Ella's songbooks, the arrangements, the selections and of course her superlative styling make this essential listening. I do have a preference for the Cole Porter and Rogers & Hart songbooks, but this collection still rates five stars. How could you miss with Ella and Berlin?
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Ella Fitzgerald - Ella: Love Songs
A single DC, Tv Advertised Compilation Containing All The ClassicTracks From The Legendary, Ella Fitzgerald.Targetting The Female Buyer, This Compilation Aims To Follow The Success Of It,s Predecessor 'EllaGold'' Which Has Sold out Copies To Date 2005.
01 - Every Time We Say Goodbye
02 - Cheek To Cheek
03 - I've Got You Under My Skin
04 - Let's Fall Iin Love
05 - Summertime
06 - The Way You Look Tonight
07 - The Man I Love
08 - Lets Do It
09 - Georgia On My Mind
10 - Get Happy
11 - A Fine Romance
12 - Let's Face The Music And Dance
13 - Someone To Watch Over Me
14 - You Do Something To Me
15 - Stormy Weather
16 - Manhattan
17 - They Can't Take That Away From Me
18 - My Funny Valentine
19 - Misty
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