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ELLA FITZGERALD
SINGS DUKE ELLINGTON (THE STUDIO & LIVE SMALL GROUPS) (2CD)
| Label | AMERICAN JAZZ CLASSICS |
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| Catalog | 99134 |
| Format | CD |
| Discs | 2 |
| Category | JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY |
| Street Date | 2017-05-28 |
- 24-BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED
ORIGINAL RECORDINGS
2CD SET
INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET WITH MEMORABILIA AND THE ORIGINAL AS WELL AS UPDATED LINER NOTES.
This release contains Ella Fitzgerald’s complete small group studio sides from her celebrated album devoted to the music of Duke Ellington. Complementing them CD2 of this set presents a selection of small-group live performances showcasing Ella singing Ellington tunes at a wide variety of venues between 1950 and 1961.
Disc One
1-14: Ben Webster (ts) Stuff Smith (vln) Paul Smith (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d). Hollywood September 4 1956.
15-19: Ben Webster (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d). Hollywood October 17 1957.
Disc Two
Recorded live with small groups at various locations between 1950 and 1961.
Featuring: Lou Levy Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Max Bennett Ray Brown (b) Jo Jones Gus Johnson (d) among others.
- CD 1: Studio Small Groups
1. COTTON TAIL
2. DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
3. JUST A-SITTIN’ AND A-ROCKIN’
4. SOLITUDE
5. ROCKS IN MY BED
6. SATIN DOLL
7. SOPHISTICATED LADY
8. JUST SQUEEZE ME (BUT DON’T TEASE ME)
9. IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING)
10. AZURE
11. I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART
12. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
13. DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
14. PRELUDE TO A KISS
15. MOOD INDIGO
16. IN A MELLOW TONE
17. LOVE YOU MADLY
18. LUSH LIFE
19. SQUATTY ROO
CD 2: Live Small Groups
1. I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
2. SOPHISTICATED LADY
3. PERDIDO
4. DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
5. JUST SQUEEZE ME
6. CARAVAN
7. I GOT IT BAD
8. PERDIDO #2
9. DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME #2
10. SOLITUDE
11. TAKE THE “A” TRAIN
12. CARAVAN #2
13. SATIN DOLL
14. JUST SQUEEZE ME #2
15. TAKE THE “A” TRAIN #2
16. IN A MELLOW TONE
17. SOPHISTICATED LADY #2
18. I GOT IT BAD #2
19. PERDIDO #3
