Absolutely Essential Collection

Fitzgerald, Ella

Genre: music4me > Jazz & Blues > Jazz

Format: 3 CD

Released: Mon 1 Feb 2010

Catalogue Number: BT3018

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Description:
Compiled and manufactured by Universal in the EC, this triple-disc box collects 60 of Ella Fitzgerald's best-known recordings made for Verve and Decca during her long career. While not big on serious notes for the collector, this is for the music fan who doesn’t give a whit about critical platitudes, but is far more interested in music -- and lots of it. The early sides such as “Love and Kisses” and the original version of “A Tisket A Tasket,” as well as “Oh, Lady Be Good” on disc one, are underscored by signature readings of “Bewitched,” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” the irony and fingerpoppin’ swing in “The Lady Is aTramp,” and deeply rendered ballads like “Blue Moon,” and “An Empty Ballroom" on disc two. The final disc contains the truly legendary performances of “Being the Beguine,” “Dancing on the Ceiling,” “Summertime,” “I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good" (with Duke Ellington), and of course, “It’s Only a Paper Moon.” These are just a few of the tracks in this treasure trove that was compiled aesthetically rather than chronologically. The music has been remastered and sounds terrific. By not wasting a lot of time and money on packaging, this set is very attractively priced, making it all but indispensable for any fan of Fitzgerald’s, not just the connoisseur. Thom Jurek.

Details:

Discs: 3
Release Year: 2010
Weight (g): 125

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	Love and Kisses
2.	(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr Paganini)
3.	A-Tisket, a-Tasket
4.	Flying Home
5.	Oh, Lady Be Good
6.	Imagination
7.	You Leave Me Breathless
8.	Until the Real Thing Comes Along
9.	How High the Moon
10.	Miss Otis Regrets
11.	It Never Entered My Mind
12.	I Love Paris
13.	Russian Lullaby
14.	What Is This Thing Called Love
15.	I've Got You Under My Skin
16.	Little Girl Blue
17.	Love for Sale
18.	Stone Cold Dead in the Market
19.	Baby, It's Cold Outside
20.	I’Ve Got You Under My Skin
Disk 2
21.	Bewitched
22.	You're the Top
23.	Ev’Ry Time We Say Goodbye
24.	My Heart Stood Still
25.	I Didn't Know What Time It Was
26.	Johnny One Note
27.	Let’S Face the Music and Dance
28.	Cheek to Cheek
29.	The Lady Is a Tramp
30.	I’Ve Got a Crush On You
31.	Puttin' On the Ritz
32.	Night and Day
33.	Blue Skies
34.	All By Myself
35.	Isn't This a Lovely Day?
36.	Blue Moon
37.	You Do Something to Me
38.	I’Ve Got the World On a String
39.	An Empty Ballroom Blues
40.	Tenderly
Disk 3
41.	My One and Only Love
42.	Dancing On the Ceiling
43.	Dream a Little Dream of Me
44.	Black Coffee
45.	Begin the Beguine
46.	All of You
47.	Nice Work If You Can Get It
48.	Undecided
49.	Summertime
50.	Under a Blanket of Blue
51.	But Not for Me
52.	Moonlight in Vermont
53.	April in Paris
54.	My Funny Valentine
55.	With a Song in My Heart
56.	Stardust
57.	Let’S Do It (Let’S Fall in Love)
58.	I Got It Bad and That Ain’T Good
59.	It’S Only a Paper Moon
60.	Solitude