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Ella Fitzgerald's years at Capitol Records are often overlooked by fans of her long and artistically satisfying tenure at Verve, due in part to a negative reaction from jazz purists to Capitol's trademark use of lush, swelling orchestrations--often courtesy of in-house arranger Nelson Riddle--and reliance on covers of pop hits.
But it's these very aspects of the Capitol recordings that make them so unique. The 10 tracks on BEST OF ELLA FITZGERALD are gloriously languid, luxuriant songs, better described as orchestral pop than straight jazz. Fitzgerald's booming voice not only isn't swamped by the arrangements, she seems to positively shine in them. The choice of material is similarly laudable: "Born to Lose," "Misty Blue," and the stirring, gospel-tinged "I Shall Not Be Moved" are remarkable songs given sterling treatment, both vocally and musically. Jazz purists may blanch, but this album is magnificent.
Recording information: 02/??/1967-12/22/1967.
Arranger: Robert Black .
Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals).
Liner Note Author: Don Ovens.
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$11.65 Here is yet another Perez Prado compilation from the folks at RCA; where Prado recorded from the late '50s until 1968. This one features 17 tracks from 1959-1967; grouped in strange order. It wouldn't be a compilation without "Patricia," -- and this is the definitive version -- a single, actually. Also from the 1959 tracks are "Mambo No. 5," "Mambo No. 8," "One Night," "Mambo Jambo," and "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White," as well as a few others. These are the shimmy classics -- raw and dirty and full of Prado's patented take on big band swing set against a Latin backbeat. Of the later tunes, "Rockamabo Baby" and "San Remo," from 1960, as well as "La Rubia" and "Adios Pampa Mia," are quite beautiful, with the 1967 selections being a bit bogus actually; they feel forced and contrived. Despite ...
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