We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2007-06-05
Music Label: Verve
Soundtracks:
- A Tisket a Tasket - Natalie Cole
- Lullaby Of Birdland - Chaka Khan
- The Lady Is a Tramp - Queen Latifah
- Dream a Little Dream Of Me - Diana Krall
- (You'll Have To Swing It) Mr. Paganini - Natalie Cole
- Oh Lady Be Good! - Dianne Reeves
- Reaching For the Moon - Lizz Wright
- Blues In the Night - Ledisi
- Miss Otis Regrets - Linda Ronstadt
- Someone To Watch Over Me - Gladys Knight
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Etta James
- Angel Eyes - K.D. Lang
- Too Close For Comfort - Michael Buble
- You Are the Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
- Airmail Special - Nikki Yanofsky
Free Music Notes for We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song
Free Music Review: Rediscovering the music of "The First Lady of Song".
Hit: 4 Stars
My memories of the late Ella Fitzgerald are sketchy at best. I certainly do recall her numerous appearances on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1960's and I do own a vinyl collection of her greatest hits. However, jazz has never been one of my favorite genres. Recently I came across the 2007 Verve release "We All Love Ella". I must say that this disc certainly piqued my curiosity. And after listening to "We All Love Ella" I find myself longing to hear more of this stuff.
A good many of the artists who appear on "We All Love Ella" are among the most versatile vocalists in the business today. The disc opens with a splendid rendition of Ella Fitzgerald's huge 1939 #1 hit "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" by Natalie Cole. Seems to me that Natalie just keeps getting better and better with age. Queen Latifah does an outstanding job on the venerable standard "The Lady Is A Tramp". From what little I have heard from her it appears that she is right at home with this kind of material. Among the younger artists whom I had never really heard of I was most impressed with Ledisi's sensational take on "Blues In The Night". Blue Note recording artist Dianne Reeves, who many consider to be the pre-eminent jazz vocalist on the scene today blew me away with "Oh, Lady Be Good". Perhaps my very favorite recording in this collection is Linda Ronstadt's "Miss Otis Regrets". Culled from her outstanding 2004 CD "Hummin' To Myself" this tune reminds us that Linda Ronstadt remains one of the most gifted and versatile vocalists on the planet! And I would be remiss if I failed to make mention of Diana Krall's moving take on "Dream A Little Dream of Me" backed by the terrific piano stylings of Hank Jones. It pains me to say this but one track that probably should not have made the cut is Gladys Knight's "Someone To Watch Over Me". I don't think I have ever heard a bad version of this tune....until now.
At the end of the day "We All Love Ella" has succeeded in making me want to hear more of this kind of music. Perhaps I will pull out my vinyl 2 LP set "The Best of Ella" and give it a listen for the first time in a long time. While there were a couple of tracks that I personally did not care for overall I found "We All Love Ella" to be an enjoyable and highly entertaining album. This is certainly a disc that I would listen to from time to time. I am confident that you will agree. Recommended!
We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song Poster
Covering songs made famous by Ella Fitzgerald is a daunting endeavor, since only Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan challenge her place as the premier female jazz vocalist in history. But the late Fitzgerald inspired and influenced a wide array of talented acolytes--from Natalie Cole to k.d. lang to Dianne Reeves--many of whom gather on this spirited, Phil Ramone-produced tribute to partially benefit the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation. Cole, backed by an eager gaggle of call-and-response male worshippers, breathes fun new life into the swingy "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," while Chaka Khan, showcasing the breadth of her range, delivers a transporting rendition of the enchanting jazz blues "Lullaby of Birdland." (The two also team up for a delicious scat-fest on "Mr. Paganini.") If lang is equally transfixing on the ballad "Angel Eyes," it's newcomer Ledisi who steals the show with "Blues in the Night," her expansive soprano often mimicking a muted or full-tilt trumpet, one of Fitzgerald's hallmarks. Performances from Etta James and Nikki Yanofsky also rivet, even if Diana Krall and Hank Jones's "Dream a Little Dream of Me" comes across as a little too sleepy, and Gladys Knight is probably not the best singer for "Someone to Watch Over Me." The album surprises with a live duet ("You Are the Sunshine of My Life") between Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder, recorded at the 1977 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Although it seems tacked on, it doesn't grate nearly as much as Michael Bubl?'s "Too Close for Comfort," so slick it would put an eel to shame. Skip over that transgression, and turn to the antidote of Lizz Wright's sultry take on the melancholy "Reaching for the Moon," which plumbs emotional depths not even the ever-joyous Great Lady managed to attain. --Alanna NashA star-studded album from legendary producer Phil Ramone pays tribute to one of the most celebrated female vocalists of all time, Ella Fitzgerald.
This CD includes performers such as Stevie Wonder, Diana Krall, Michael Buble, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Ledisi, Lizz Wright, Queen Latifah, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Linda Ronstadt, Dianne Reeves and more.
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