Description
American Jazz Classics
ELLA FITZGERALD sings THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOKCOMPREHENSIVE
LIMITED EDITION 8-PANEL DIGIPACK +16-PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE 16-PAGE BOOKLET WITH UP-TO-DATE LINER NOTES
Presented here is the complete classic double album Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (Verve MGV4001-2). The first of the celebrated song books recorded by Ella and one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made, the Cole Porter Song Book was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, which honors recordings that have "qualitative or historical significance". In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress in Washington to be added to the National Recording Registry. A live version of "Love for Sale" from the same period has been added as a bonus track.
Penguin Guide to Jazz
"The Porter set is a sentimental favourite of many, in the jazz audience and beyond, and it's one of the records which typifies the first great era of the LP record". (Richard Cook & Brian Morton)