The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve (3 CD) (1997)
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve (3 CD) (1997)
Lossless | APE, TRACKS+CUE, LOG | Complete Scans (Box-cover, Discs-cover, Booklets) | 989 MB
Jazz Vocal | Label: Verve / Universal Music | Catalog Number: 5372842 | EAN: 731453728424
Jazz Vocal | Label: Verve / Universal Music | Catalog Number: 5372842 | EAN: 731453728424
This compact, stylishly packaged, three-disc box set delivers exactly what the title promises: every one of the 47 master tracks (including a few unreleased tracks) recorded by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong for Verve between August 1956 and October 1957. The jazz standards and pop songs on disc one and two are what gained the most attention at the time, and justifiably so - Fitzgerald and Armstrong are possibly the two greatest scat singers in jazz history, and under Norman Granz's magnificent tutelage, both perform at the best of their abilities.
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve (3 CD) (1997)
But it's the material on disc three that's possibly the most satisfying. Fitzgerald and Armstrong perform the complete song score to George and Ira Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS, and it may well be the definitive vocal interpretation, as individual yet true to the intent of the composers as Miles Davis's and Gil Evans' more renowned instrumental version. Fitzgerald and Armstrong's take on the score is an overlooked masterpiece.
Examples of Scans (diminished):
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve (3 CD) (1997)
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve (3 CD) (1997)
Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Russell Garcia (conductor); Ed Hall (clarinet); Trummy Young (trombone); Oscar Peterson, Billy Kyle (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown, Dale Jones (bass); Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Barrett Deems (drums); The Russell Garcia Orchestra.
Release Date 05/1997
Label / Distributor Verve / Universal Music
Guest Artist(s) Fitzgerald, Ella & Louis Armstrong
Producer Norman Granz
Pieces in Set 3
Studio / Live Studio
EAN 731453728424
Catalogue Number 5372842
Tracklisting:
DISK 1
01. Can't We Be Friends? 03:47
02. Isn't This A Lovely Day? 06:17
03. Moonlight In Vermont 03:43
04. They Can't Take That Away From Me 04:40
05. Under A Blanket Of Blue 04:18
06. Tenderly 05:08
07. A Foggy Day 04:34
08. Stars Fell On Alabama 03:35
09. Cheek To Cheek 05:54
10. The Nearness Of You 05:42
11. April In Paris 06:36
12. Don't Be That Way 05:01
13. Makin' Whoopee 03:59
14. They All Laughed 03:50
15. Comes Love 02:28
16. Autumn In New York 05:57
DISK 2
01. Let's Do It 08:44
02. Stompin' At The Savoy 05:16
03. I Won't Dance 04:47
04. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You? 04:15
05. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 04:15
06. These Foolish Things 07:40
07. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 03:12
08. Willow Weep For Me 04:21
09. I'm Puttin' All My Eggs In One Basket 03:28
10. A Fine Romance 03:55
11. Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) 03:45
12. Love Is Here To Stay 04:01
13. I Get A Kick Out Of You 04:20
14. Learnin' The Blues 07:10
15. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 03:53
16. Undecided 03:39
DISK 3
01. Overture 10:53
02. Summertime 05:01
03. I Wants To Stay Here 04:38
04. My Man's Gone Now 04:03
05. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin 03:54
06. The Buzzard Song 03:00
07. Bess, You Is My Woman Now 05:30
08. It Ain't Necessarily So 06:36
09. What You Want Wid Bess? 02:02
10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing 04:50
11. Oh, Doctor Jesus 02:01
12. Medley: Here Come De Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine 03:31
13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York 04:56
14. Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? 02:37
15. Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way 02:57