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Ella Fitzgerald First Lady Of Song CD

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This is packaged in a hardcover book that contains more than sixty pages of essays on Ella Fitzgerald's life and music, as well as photographs and reproductions of all her Verve LP cover art.

Comprising 16 of the 51 tracks (one-third) from the original First

Includes previously unreleased material.

THE BEST OF ELLA FITZGERALD: FIRST LADY OF SONG contains highlights from the FIRST LADY OF SONG 3-CD set on Verve (517 898).

Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Stuff Smith (vocals, piano); Freddie Green, Herb Ellis, Jim Hall, Al Viola, Barney Kessel, Mundell Lowe (guitar); Lou Levy (cello, piano); Frank Wess (flute, reeds, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Marshall Royal (flute, reeds, alto saxophone); Eric Dixon (flute, tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (clarinet, bass clarinet, bass saxophone); Russell Procope (clarinet, alto saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Edmond Hall, Buddy DeFranco (clarinet); Frank Foster (reeds, tenor saxophone); Wilmer Shakesnider, Carl Davis, Les Taylor, Phil Woods, Bill Graham, Charlie Fowlkes (reeds); Herb Geller, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Stitt, Willie Smith, Bill Holman, Ronnie Lang, Bud Shank, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone, trumpet); Bob Cooper (tenor saxophone, trombone); Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Illinois Jacquet, Lester Young, Paul Gonsalves, Stan Getz, Ted Nash (tenor saxophone); Chuck Gentry, Med Flory (bass saxophone); Bob Enevoldsen (trumpet, valve trombone); Clark Terry, Conrad Gozzo, Cootie Williams, Reunald Jones, Don Fagerquist, Don Rader, Ernie Royal, Flip Ricard, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Herbie Jones, Joe Newman , Joe Wilder, Al Porcino, Mercer Ellington, Pete Candoli, Ray Copeland , Ray Linn, Ray Nance, Roy Eldridge, Stu Williamson , Taft Jordan, Thad Jones, Bill Perkins, Al Aarons, Willie Cook, Sonny Cohn, Wendell Culley, Cat Anderson (trumpet); Vincent DeRosa (French horn); Milt Bernhart, Henry Coker, J.J. Johnson , Tommy Turk, Joe Howard, Kai Winding, Lawrence Brown , Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, Urbie Green, Benny Powell, Bill Hughes , Trummy Young, Chuck Connors, John Sanders, Britt Woodman, Buster Cooper, Lloyd Ulyate (trombone); George Roberts (bass trombone); John Kitzmiller (tuba); Don Abney, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ray Tunia, Hank Jones , Jimmy Jones , Jimmy Rowles, Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith , Tommy Flanagan, Billy Kyle , Bill Doggett (piano); Dick Hyman, Wild Bill Davis (organ); Frank Flynn (vibraphone); Grady Tate, Gus Johnson, Jo Jones , Louie Bellson, Mel Lewis, Alvin Stoller, Sam Woodyard, Shelly Manne, Sonny Payne, Barrett Deems, Buddy Rich (drums).

Audio Remasterers: Tom "Curly" Ruff; Phil Schaap.

Liner Note Authors: Geoffrey Mark Fidelman; Gene Lees.

Recording information: Crescendo Club On Sunset Strip, Hollywood, CA (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Hamburg, W. Germany (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Jazz At The Philharmonic, New York, NY (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Juan-Les-Pins, France (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); London, England (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Los Angeles, CA (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); New York, NY (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Newport, RI (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Rome, Italy (09/18/1949-07/29/1966); Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA (09/18/1949-07/29/1966).

Photographers: Duncan P. Schiedt; Paul J. Hoeffler; Ray Avery.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Michael Lang ; Paul Weston & His Orchestra; Phil Schaap; Billy May Orchestra.

Arrangers: Marty Paich; Nelson Riddle; Quincy Jones; Russell Garcia; Frank de Vol; Bill Doggett; Billy May; Buddy Bregman.

Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Charlie Parker, Bill Doggett (alto saxophones), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Stuff Smith (violin), Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Flannagan, Oscar Peterson (piano), Jim Hall, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (guitars).Entertainment Weekly (4/30/93, p.53) - "...FIRST LADY OF SONG is as much a tribute to [Verve founder] Norman Granz--and the overlooked role of marketing in the careers of aesthetic icons like Fitzgerald--as it is to the work of Granz's client..." - Rating: A
Q (7/93, p.106) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...By the '50s, the voice was in its prime: richly resonant and poised, and ready to record the definitive versions of the great American songbooks (Gershwin, Porter, Arlen etc.)...well chosen..."
JazzTimes (8/93, p.63) - "...[FIRST LADY OF SONG] makes one hell of an initial visual impact....the sound reproduction is generally good..."
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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Nostalgia, Big Band, Jazz Vocals, Box Sets
Label Verve
Orig Year 1993
All Time Sales Rank   103744  
CD Universe Part number 1176954
Catalog number 517898
Discs 3
Release Date Apr 20, 1993
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Mixed
Recording Time 198 minutes
Personnel Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Barney Kessel - guitars
Louis Armstrong - vocals, trumpet
Oscar Peterson - piano
Hank Jones
Duke Ellington
Clark Terry
Herb Ellis
Shelly Manne
Count Basie

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Windows MediaRealAudio Media1.Perdido$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media2.Lullaby of Birdland - (previously unreleased)  $0.69
Windows MediaRealAudio Media3.Too Young for the Blues - (previously unreleased)  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media4.Too Darn Hot  $0.69
Windows MediaRealAudio Media5.Miss Otis Regrets  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media6.April in Paris  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media7.Undecided  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media8.Can't We Be Friends?  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media9.Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media10.Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media11.I'm Just a Lucky So and So  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media12.Air Mail Special
Windows MediaRealAudio Media13.A-Tisket, A-Tasket  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media14.Baby, Don't You Go 'Way Mad - (previously unreleased)
Windows MediaRealAudio Media15.Angel Eyes$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media16.I Won't Dance
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Windows MediaRealAudio Media1.Summertime
Windows MediaRealAudio Media2.Oh, Lady Be Good$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media3.More Than You Know  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media4.Lush Life
Windows MediaRealAudio Media5.Blue Skies$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media6.Swingin' Shepherd Blues  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media7.These Foolish Things$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media8.Trav'lin' Light  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media9.You're an Old Smoothie - (previously unreleased)  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media10.Makin' Whoopee  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media11.How Long Has This Been Going On?$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media12.Detour Ahead - (previously unreleased)$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media13.Mack the Knife  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media14.How High the Moon  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media15.Black Coffee$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media16.Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media17.Get Happy  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media18.Heart and Soul - (previously unreleased)$0.99
First Lady Of Song Album DISC 3:
Windows MediaRealAudio Media1.You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)
Windows MediaRealAudio Media2.Night in Tunisia, A  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media3.I Can't Get Started$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media4.Don't Be That Way  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media5.After You've Gone  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media6.Hernando's Hideaway$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media7.Fine Romance, A  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media8.'Deed I Do  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media9.Hear Me Talkin' to Ya?
Windows MediaRealAudio Media10.Can't Buy Me Love  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media11.Day In - Day Out
Windows MediaRealAudio Media12.Something's Gotta Give  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media13.Here's That Rainy Day$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media14.Something to Live For
Windows MediaRealAudio Media15.You've Changed  $0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media16.Jazz Samba$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media17.It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)


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