Release Date: 21 June 2004
Label: Proper Box
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 805520020749
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 21 June 2004
Label: Proper Box
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 805520020749
Genres: Jazz  
Description
The first half of Ella Fitzgerald's stellar career is represented on this 4CD set, from her beginnings as singer with Chick Webb's Orchestra, via her own big band leading days and duets with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan, to her emergence as the queen of scat in the 1940s and her first set of Gershwin songs, made with pianist Ellis Larkins. As the First Lady Of Song, Ella's career is also a history of the development of jazz singing - she practically defined the idiom from the 1940s to the '50s. This is an essential jazz document.
Tracklisting
Peggy Lee
Various Artists
Tubby Hayes
Sonny Clark
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Prima & Keely Smith/Sam Butera
Pete Seeger
Various Artists
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald/Levy/Ellis
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong