ELLA FITZGERALD AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG
THE COMPLETE NORMAN GRANZ SESSIONS (3CD)
Label | ONE RECORDS |
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Catalog | 59805 |
Format | CD |
Discs | 3 |
Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
Street Date | 2016-11-28 |
- ・ 24 BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED
・ 24-PAGE BOOKLET CONTAINING RARE PHOTOS ORIGINAL ART COVER AND BOTH NEW AND THE ORIGINAL LINER NOTES
After cutting a few sides for Decca in the late forties and early fifties Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong were summoned by producer Norman Granz in 1956-57 to make three albums which would become legendary jazz classics. This 3-CD set compiles their three complete albums Ella & Louis (Verve MGV4003) Ella & Louis Again (Verve MGV4006-2 [2- LP set]) and Porgy & Bess (Verve MGV-4011-2) plus the two duets Ella and Louis performed during a 1956 Hollywood Bowl concert which marked their earliest collaborative recordings for Granz.
ELLA FITZGERALD vocals / LOUIS ARMSTRONG trumpet & vocals on all tracks plus:
CD1 1-11: Ella & Louis
OSCAR PETERSON piano; HERB ELLIS guitar; RAY BROWN bass; BUDDY RICH drums. Hollywood August 16 1956.
CD1 12-16 & CD2 1-14: Ella & Louis Again
Same personnel as above except LOUIS BELLSON replaces Buddy Rich on drums. Hollywood July 23-31 & August 13 1957.
CD2 15-16: TRUMMY YOUNG trombone; EDMOND HALL clarinet; BILLY KYLE piano; DALE JONES bass; BARRETT DEEMS drums. Live at the Hollywood Bowl California August 15 1956.
CD3: Porgy & Bess
Orchestra conducted and arranged by RUSSELL GARCIA. Los Angeles California August 18-October 14 1957.
All original sessions produced by Norman Granz.
- CD 1:
1. CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS
2. ISN’T THIS A LOVELY DAY?
3. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT
4. THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
5. UNDER A BLANKET OF BLUE
6. TENDERLY
7. A FOGGY DAY
8. STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
9. CHEEK TO CHEEK
10. THE NEARNESS OF YOU
11. APRIL IN PARIS
12. DON’T BE THAT WAY
13. MAKIN’ WHOOPEE
14. THEY ALL LAUGHED
15. COMES LOVE
16. AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
CD 2:
1. LET’S DO IT
2. STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
3. I WON’T DANCE
4. GEE BABY AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU?
5. LET’S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF
6. THESE FOOLISH THINGS
7. I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM
8. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
9. I’M PUTTIN’ ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET
10. A FINE ROMANCE
11. ILL WIND
12. LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
13. I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
14. LEARNIN’ THE BLUES
15. YOU WON’T BE SATISFIED
16. UNDECIDED
CD 3:
1. OVERTURE
2. SUMMERTIME
3. I WANTS TO STAY HERE
4. MY MAN’S GONE NOW
5. I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’
6. BUZZARD SONG
7. BESS YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW
8. IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO
9. WHAT YOU WANT WID BESS?
10. A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING
11. OH DOCTOR JESUS
12. MEDLEY: HERE COME DE HONEY MAN / CRAB MAN / OH DEY’S SO FRESH AND FINE (STRAWBERRY WOMAN)
13. THERE’S A BOAT DAT’S LEAVIN’ SOON FOR NEW YORK
14. BESS OH WHERE’S MY BESS?
15. OH LAWD I’M ON MY WAY