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ELLA FITZGERALD
ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE RODGERS & HART SONG BOOK + 14 BONUS TRACKS (2CD)
| Label | ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS |
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| Catalog | EJC55641 |
| Format | CD |
| Discs | 2 |
| Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
| Street Date | 2014-05-14 |
- 24-BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED STEREO ORIGINAL RECORDINGS RARE PHOTOS VINTAGE MEMORABILIA DETAILED LINER NOTES 20-PAGE BOOKLET.
The complete classic double album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (Verve MGV-4002-2). The second of the celebrated song books recorded by Ella and one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made it was arranged and conducted by Buddy Bregman (as was its predecessor Ella’s Cole Porter Song Book). As a bonus we have added all other existing Ella/Buddy Bregman collaborations outside of the Cole Porter collection as well as rarely heard singles by the singer taped during the same period.
ELLA FITZGERALD vocals on all tracks
Orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman.
Collective personnel: Pete Candoli Maynard Ferguson Conrad Gozzo Ray Linn (tp) Milt Bernhart Joe Howard Lloyd Ulyate (tb) Vince DeRosa (flhrn) George Roberts (b-tb) Bud Shank Maurice Stein Bob Cooper Ted Nash (saxes fl) Chuck Gentry (bar) Paul Smith (p)
Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d) among others.
Los Angeles August 21-31 1956.
Original recordings produced by Norman Granz.
*BONUS TRACKS:
CD2 13: From the same sessions but not included on the original LP.
CD2 14-18: Ella Fitzgerald with the Buddy Bregman Orchestra. Los Angeles January 25 1956.
CD2 19: Ella Fitzgerald with the Buddy Bregman Orchestra. Los Angeles March 27 1956.
CD2 20: Ella Fitzgerald with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Los Angeles c. 1956.
CD2 21-22: Ella Fitzgerald with the Russell Garcia Orchestra. Los Angeles January 14 1957.
CD2 23-24: Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) Lou Levy (p celeste) Max Bennett (b) Gus Johnson (d) Dick Hyman (organ on 24 only). Los Angeles July 1 1958.
CD2 25-26: Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich DekTette. Los Angeles November 23 1958.
- CD1:
1 HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? 3:46
2 YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME 3:33
3 A SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL 4:13
4 TO KEEP MY LOVE ALIVE 3:39
5 DANCING ON THE CEILING 4:11
6 THE LADY IS A TRAMP 3:27
7 WITH A SONG IN MY HEART 2:49
8 MANHATTAN 2:54
9 JOHNNY ONE NOTE 2:17
10 I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN 2:42
11 SPRING IS HERE 3:44
12 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND 4:11
13 THIS CAN’T BE LOVE 2:59
14 THOU SWELL 2:08
15 MY ROMANCE 3:48
16 WHERE OR WHEN 2:52
17 LITTLE GIRL BLUE 3:54
18 GIVE IT BACK TO THE INDIANS 3:16
19 TEN CENTS A DANCE 4:11
20 THERE’S A SMALL HOTEL 2:54
21 I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS 3:52
22 EV’RYTHING I’VE GOT 3:26
23 I COULD WRITE A BOOK 3:41
CD2:
1 THE BLUE ROOM 2:35
2 MY FUNNY VALENTINE 3:58
3 BEWITCHED 7:07
4 MOUNTAIN GREENERY 2:19
5 WAIT TILL YOU SEE HER 1:35
6 LOVER 3:22
7 ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? 3:06
8 HERE IN MY ARMS 1:57
9 BLUE MOON 3:17
10 MY HEART STOOD STILL 3:08
11 I’VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS 2:43
12 LOVER [mono take] 3:17
13 THE SILENT TREATMENT 2:53*
14 STAY THERE 2:37*
15 THE SUN FORGOT TO SHINE THIS MORNING 3:19*
16 TOO YOUNG FOR THE BLUES [alternate take] 3:17*
17 TOO YOUNG FOR THE BLUES 3:18*
18 IT’S ONLY A MAN 3:29*
19 (THE END OF) A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP 2:39*
20 BEALE STREET BLUES 2:29*
21 HEAR MY HEART 2:21*
22 HOTTA CHOCOLATTA 3:10*
23 YOUR RED WAGON 2:58*
24 TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT 3:14*
25 OH WHAT A NIGHT FOR LOVE 2:26*
26 DREAMS ARE MADE FOR CHILDREN 2:38*
