Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Rockin' in Rhythm
2. Drop Me Off in Harlem
3. Day Dream
4. Caravan
5. Take the "A" Train
6. I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
7. Clementine
8. I Didn't Know About You
9. I'm Beginning to See the Light
10. Lost in Meditation
11. Perdido
12. Cotton Tail
13. Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me
14. Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'
15. Solitude
16. Rocks in My Bed
17. Satin Doll
18. Sophisticated Lady
DISC 2:
1. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
2. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
3. Azure
4. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
5. In a Sentimental Mood
6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
7. Prelude to a Kiss
8. Mood Indigo
9. In a Mellow Tone
10. Love You Madly
11. Lush Life
12. Squatty Roo
13. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
14. All to Soon
15. Everything But You
16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
17. Bli-Blip
DISC 3:
1. Chelsea Bridge
2. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald
3. E and D Blues, The (E For Ella, D For Duke)
4. Chelsea Bridge - (take 1, rehearsal)
5. Chelsea Bridge - (take 2, rehearsal)
6. Chelsea Bridge - (take 3, rehearsal)
7. Chelsea Bridge - (take 4, rehearsal)
8. Chelsea Bridge - (take 5, rehearsal)
9. Chelsea Bridge - (take 6, rehearsal)
10. Chelsea Bridge - (take 7, rehearsal)
11. Chelsea Bridge - (take 8, rehearsal)
12. All Heart - (alternate take)
13. All Heart - (take 1, complete take)
14. All Heart - (take 2, complete take)
15. All Heart - (take 3, complete take)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Ben Webster, Billy Strayhorn, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Carney, Herb Ellis, Johnny Hodges, Oscar Peterson | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Discs 1 and 2 contain all of the material on the 3-disc DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK collection. Disc 3 features previously unreleased recordings of Ellington and Strayhorn rehearsing with Fitzgerald and the orchestra.
Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Dizzy Gillespie, Herb Ellis, Clark Terry, Ben Webster, Harry Carney, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, Ray Brown, Paul Gonsalves.
Recorded in Hollywood, California and New York, New York in 1956 and 1957. Includes essay by Patricia Willard.
This is part of Verve's Master Edition series.
Ella Fitzgerald's outstanding songbook series has become an institution unto itself. This 1957 effort is distinguished from Fitzgerald's other songbooks in that it is the only album in which the composer whose work she is singing actively participates. In fact, these recordings are packed with some of the key figures in 20th century jazz. As if Ella and Duke weren't enough, Ellington's arranger/composer Billy Strayhorn, guest musicians Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson, and brilliant record producer Norman Granz all have a hand in the proceedings.
And what better backing band could one want than Duke's orchestra? The usual suspects--Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, and Sam Woodyard, among others--contribute fine performances throughout. Duke's spectacular catalogue dazzles, and his sprightly, lush, richly textures songs are transfigured under Fitzgerald's warm-timbred voice and elegant, precise delivery. Included here are classics like "Rockin' in Rhythm," "Caravan," "Satin Doll," "Sophisticated Lady," "Prelude to a Kiss," and "It Don't Mean a Thing...," each tune as familiar as it is delightful to hear in this new context. Beautifully restored and packaged, featuring bonus tracks, liner notes and photographs, this box is recommended to collectors, casual listeners, and any fan of good music.
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