8436559465076

The First Lady Of Song - The Complete Sessions

Ella Fitzgerald

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: EJC55736

Format Details: 2CD set

Release Date:  01 May 2018

Label:  Essential Jazz Classics

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  8436559465076

Genres:  Jazz  Vocal Jazz  

  • Description

    After Ella Fitzgerald disbanded her own orchestra (the former Chick Webb band in 1941, she was free to record for Decca in a variety of musical contexts. This 2-CD set presents the complete contents of the original album "The First Lady of Song" (Decca DL-8695), along with all other tracks from the same sessions and several further rarely heard dates from the same period. All of the tracks showcase Ella as the main singer backed by various orchestras and instrumental groups. [Her Decca studio duets with other vocalists of vocal groups can be found on the companion 2-CD set "Ella & Her Fellas", EJC55732, and further orchestra tracks would follow in the incoming double set Lullabies of Birdland]

    Among the many highlights here are Ella's original versions of such hits as "Mr. Paganini," "My One and Only Love," "The Tender Trap," "I've Got the World on a String," and "Angel Eyes," among many others. A 1947 live vocal duet with drummer (and also singer) Buddy Rich, taken from a radio broadcast and first issued on a V-disc, closes this extraordinary collection.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. My One And Only Love 3:21
      • 2. The Impatient Years 2:50
      • 3. But Not Like Mine 3:00
      • 4. The Tender Trap 3:01
      • 5. Solid As A Rock 3:01
      • 6. I've Got The World On A String 3:20
      • 7. Sugar Foot Rag 3:05
      • 8. Peas And Rice 3:24
      • 9. An Empty Ballroom 3:08
      • 10. If You Don't, I Know Who Will 2:47
      • 11. Melancholy Me 2:54
      • 12. Somebody Bad Stole The Wedding Bell 2:31
      • 13. You Turned The Tables On Me 2:59
      • 14. I Cried And Cried And Cried 2:56
      • 15. Robbins' Nest 2:35
      • 16. Trying 3:00
      • 17. The Greatest There Is 2:16
      • 18. My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean 2:17
      • 19. Ella's Contribution To The Blues 2:34
      • 20. Soldier Boy 3:01
      • 21. A Satisfied Mind 2:35
      • 22. Careless 2:50
      • 23. Blue Lou 2:48
      • 24. I Wonder What Kind Of A Guy You'd Be 2:58
      • 25. I Don't Want To Take A Chance 3:15
      • 26. There Never Was A Baby (Like My Baby) 2:50
      • 27. Give A Little, Get A Little 3:20

      Disc 2

      • 1. He's My Guy 3:21
      • 2. Moanin' Low 2:43
      • 3. Taking A Chance On Love 3:08
      • 4. A Guy Is A Guy 2:54
      • 5. Nowhere Guy 3:09
      • 6. Gee, But I'm Glad To Know You Love Me 3:11
      • 7. Goody Goody 2:25
      • 8. Angel Eyes 2:57
      • 9. Ding - Dong Boogie 3:13
      • 10. Mr. Paganini Parts 1 & 2 5:12
      • 11. Early Autumn 3:15
      • 12. Preview 3:05
      • 13. My Favorite Song 2:50
      • 14. Walking By The River 2:30
      • 15. I Can't Lie To Myself 2:57
      • 16. Don't Wake Me Up 3:04
      • 17. The Chesapeake And Ohio 2:43
      • 18. Two Little Men In The Flying Saucer 3:24
      • 19. Because Of Rain 3:13
      • 20. The Hot Canary 3:17
      • 21. Even As You An I 3:33
      • 22. Do You Really Love Me? 3:13
      • 23. Love You Madly 3:02
      • 24. Come On - A
      • 25. Bud - Ella (Blues Skies) [vocal Duet With Buddy Rich] 4:04