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| 100% Recommended by our customers. Label: Verve Catalog: Music Release date: 1993-09-21 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0731451980428 Upc: 731451980428  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (16) |
 Something's Gotta Give - Ella Fitzgerald, Mercer, Johnny Love Is Here to Stay - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Ella Fitzgerald, Hart, Lorenz I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Ella Fitzgerald, Berlin, Irving The Lady Is a Tramp - Ella Fitzgerald, Hart, Lorenz I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Ella Fitzgerald, Ellington, Duke | Miss Otis Regrets - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole 'S Wonderful - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold Love for Sale - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole They Can't Take That Away from Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George Midnight Sun - Ella Fitzgerald, Burke, Sonny | Hooray for Love - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold Why Was I Born? - Ella Fitzgerald, Hammerstein, Oscar Cotton Tail - Ella Fitzgerald, Ellington, Duke Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole |
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| Trying to cull a single-CD "Best of" from the 16-CD set of The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books may seem like a daunting task, but it's also foolproof. The complete set is a monument to the century's greatest songs and, arguably, its greatest singer, and this selection is a series of gems programmed to simulate a Fitzgerald performance, carefully sequencing joyous uptempo swingers and moving ballads. Recorded between 1956 and 1964, Fitzgerald's finest years, the CD includes arrangements by Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Buddy Bregman, as well as a superb rendering of "I've Got It Bad" with the Ellington orchestra and Johnny Hodges. Balancing the orchestral settings are some intimate small-group performances, including a witty rendition of Cole Porter's "Miss Otis Regrets" and Rodgers and Hart's "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered." This is an ideal introduction to the "Song Books," a selection so good it will appeal to owners of the box sets. --Stuart Broomer |
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Written on January 30, 2007 Summary: There is no one like Ella This collection shows, once more, why Ella reigns supreme. As usual, Ella delievrs each song in such an heartfelt, intense, personal way. The accompnaiments on this album are superb as well.  Written on October 11, 2006 Summary: great songs and great singing, but not jazz exactly These Tin Pan Alley songs are the primary source of the jazz standards played by bop instrumentalists; I decided to listen to them in their original settings since I've heard so many improvisations over the chord changes to them. My impression is that the original songs aren't jazz exactly. These cuts do swing at times, but mostly they come off pretty straight, square, and old-fashioned; they belong to that bygone era of American popular culture before rock and roll, to the style of Crosby and Sinatra. I don't mean to say that these aren't good renditions, only that they aren't what I was expecting. (Connoisseurs of this genre won't find me very helpful, then.) If you like old-time songs from the big band era you will love this album. Fitzgerald was a consummate master of this kind of music, and I really admire her singing here. But if, like me, you hear this disc with hard bop renditions of these tunes in your ears, if you know them because you've heard Clifford Brown and Sonny Rollins playing them, you almost won't even recognize them as presented here. The jazz instrumentalists who improvised over these tunes made them into something very different. Written on March 15, 2006 Summary: Ella Ella. In this world of 36 Mafia do I have to say more. Written on December 7, 2005 Summary: Wonderful! Since I discovered Ella & Louis my "musical life" has never been the same. This is the kind of music that makes me wonder how I could have lived so long without. Ella's voice is magic. All of the Best of Verve Songbooks CDs are pure magic. If you like old-fashioned jazz, and you like great voices, you should buy at least 4 or 5 of Ella and/or Louis Armstrong's CDs. Just listen to the audio samples on Amazon.com, and you will find out why, in case you don't know how great they were. These guys were fantastic artists. They should have had 500 more years to live on this planet, and make it a better place with their voices. Written on December 27, 2003 Summary: The Great Songbird of the Great American Songbook Is there any song in the Songbooks that she did not record? She was the First Lady of Jazz. She was a multi-Grammy awardee. She was a terrific and versatile singer who at one time or another worked with almost all of the jazz giants: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, and the list goes on and on. She was the most prolific recording artist in her time for she has recorded thousands of remarkable songs. She was a melody's best friend . . . the legendary Ms. Ella Fitzgerald. This is one of the best compilations of the Songbook series. It features a repertoire of 16 classics. The Top Five tracks for me are: Gershwin Brothers' "Love Is Here To Stay," "'S Wonderful" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me"; Irving Berlin's "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm"; Rodgers and Hart's "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered." My second choices are: Arlen's "Hooray For Love" and "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea"; Cole Porter's "Every Time We Say Goodbye" and The Duke's "I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)." Not to mention two Johnny Mercer-penned lyrics, "Midnight Sun" and Something's Gotta Give." These two tracks were beautifully arranged and conducted by the great Nelson Riddle. This CD is a gem. I highly recommend it. It's a great addition to Great American Songbook collection. |
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| Our price | $10.99 | $9.97 | $11.98 | $11.98 | $10.99 | $14.99 |
| List price | $11.98 | $13.98 | $11.98 | $11.98 | $11.98 | $18.98 |
| Lowest used price | $2.25 | $7.48 | $1.49 | $2.00 | $4.98 | $3.85 |
| Lowest new price | $6.83 | $8.99 | $4.53 | $6.59 | $7.11 | $9.27 |
| Collectible price | $11.98 | - | - | - | - | $18.98 |
| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 1993-09-21 | 1998-03-31 | 1994-07-26 | 1996-06-18 | 1997-08-26 | 1996-01-30 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ean | 0731451980428 | 0731453920620 | 0731452186720 | 0731453176225 | 0731453790926 | 0731452958129 |
| Upc | 731451980428 | 731453920620 | 731452186720 | 731453176225 | 731453790926 | 731452958129 |
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