Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
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Artist: Ella FitzgeraldEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-03-23
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- Rockin' In Rhythm
- Drop Me Off In Harlem
- Day Dream
- Caravan
- Take The 'A' Train
- I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
- Clementine
- I Didn't Know About You
- I'm Beginning To See The Light
- Lost In Meditation
- Perdido
- Cotton Tail
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
- Just A-Sittin' & A-Rockin'
- Solitude
- Rocks In My Bed
- Satin Doll
- Sophisticated Lady
- Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
- It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
- Azure
- I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
- In A Sentimental Mood
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Prelude To A Kiss
- Mood Indigo
- In A Mellow Tone
- Love You Madly
- Lush Life
- Squatty Roo
- I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
- All Too Soon
- Everything But You
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- Bli-Blip
- Chelsea Bridge
- Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald
- The E And D Blues (E For Ella, D For Duke)
- Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
- Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
- Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
- Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
- Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
- Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
- Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
- Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
- All Heart (Alternative Take)
- All Heart (Alternative Take)
- All Heart (Alternative Take)
- All Heart (Alternative Take)
- Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald (Alternative Takes)
Free Music Notes for Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
Free Music Review: 20th Century musical gem with Ella and Duke at their best
Hit: 5 Stars
Here's a newsflash:1957: Ella Fitzgerald, jazz's best singer, records the songs of Duke Ellington, jazz's best composer. Duke and Ella never sound better. His orchestra is at its most elegant yet at its most swinging, her voice's is in its best form, so harmonically, rhythmically, and tonally sophisticated. Jazz's greatest event is happening. It is "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook," and it is too great to let pass you by.
Alright, this is all true. With Duke's big band behind her, Ella was divine. She was even classier with his suberb small groups. Most of all, it showed both of their eclecticism. Duke was still overlapping rhythms, harmonies, tones, and different musical styles to their most mesmerizing effect. Ella was at her career peak at Verve Records. And for the record: Any of the songwriters she covered in the classic Songbook Series never sounded as awesome. She's the glue that provokes the Ellington Orchestra to outdo themselves once again. Their repertoire of jungle music, unique swing songs, lesser known songs, and more experimental songs is covered, and Ella fits these songs like a lace glove. Part of her incredible genius is her ability to adapt any type of music to her ebullient voice. (On the video of PBS's American Masters special about Ella, listen to her short takes on country and soul in a London Club. Dang!)
In comparison to the rest of Ella's stellar career: "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook" is her peak. It is the centerpiece in her career's greatest period at Verve Records and the landmark Songbook Series. Of all of them, it's the most jazz-oriented. All of her Songbook albums are first-rate, yet this is the best.
And it's also a taste of heaven, too good to let pass you by when you're alive. Get it now.
And hey, Chick Webb's orchestra was one of swing's greatest bands, but what if she had spent a part of her career in Duke's orchestra? That might have been even better. And even she didn't, isn't this album more than enough?
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Poster
The complete Ella Fitzgerald vocal sides from the celebrated 2-double LP set presenting her singing the music of Duke Ellington. The first CD of our edition contains the complete small group sides including Ben Webster, while the second has all of the big band numbers. Includes 16-page bookletWhile legends such as Billie Holiday and Count Basie made their greatest impact with visceral, blues-soaked statements, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington succeeded by lending their work unmatched grace and precision. This is a roundabout way of saying that no one is better suited to interpret the Duke than Ella, and the evidence is contained within these three CDs. Discs 1 and 3, recorded in June 1957, feature the support of the full Ellington band and are a complete joy, from Fitzgerald's terrific scat vocal on "Rockin' in Rhythm" through the extended four-part suite "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerlad," which adds Ellington's spoken observations and Billy Strayhorn's piano accents. However, the real highlight is the middle disc, recorded in the fall of that year, which finds Ella fronting a small band boasting Ellington's former tenor star Ben Webster. Most of this disc includes wonderful violin from Stuff Smith and supple guitar from Barney Kessel; the remaining cuts feature Oscar Peterson's trio. Of particular note are the three warming Ella-Kessel duets and the consistently charming work of Webster. By combining big-band and small-band sides, this collection emphasizes the flexibility of both Ellington's songs and Fitzgerald's interpretive powers. --Marc Greilsamer
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