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With cooperation from the Verve and Columbia Legacy catalogs, the Ken Burns Jazz series on CD individually spotlights the musical excellence of 22 jazz originators whose careers and influence are explored in Burns' PBS documentary Jazz. It's quite a stretch to compile the roughly seven-decade career of Ella Fitzgerald in 18 tracks, though this collection does an admirable job. The highlights start in 1938 with the Chick Webb Orchestra on "A-Tisket A-Tasket" and "Vote for Mr. Rhythm," and continue with one track from the '40s ("Flying Home") and eight tracks from the '50s (including her essential interpretations from the great American songbook and a duet with Louis Armstrong). The disc concludes with highlights from the early '60s, including "Mack the Knife," "How High the Moon," and "Shiny Stockings," a Count Basie date on Verve. While it's impossible to sum up the history of Ella on a single disc, the highlights on Ken Burns Jazz should make the novice listener interested enough to continue searching out more material. Taken in that context, this compilation performs its function; however, it contains nothing for aficionados.
© Al Campbell /TiVo
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Mario Bauza, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Taft Jordan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Chick Webb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Peer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Matthews, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Chick Webb and His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Bobby Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Williams, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McRae, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Stark, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wayman Carver, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garvin Bushell, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Turk Van Lake, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Fulford, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Story, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Rainger, ComposerLyricist - Chick Webb and His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Al Siegel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1936 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dick Vance, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Taft Jordan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chick William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Beverly Peer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Matthews, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Beason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Williams, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Hilton Jefferson, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McRae, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Trueheart, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra, MainArtist - Bobby Stark, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wayman Carver, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garvin Bushell, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Fulford, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Story, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Goodman, Composer - Lionel Hampton, Composer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Sid Robin, Author - Vic Schoen & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1994 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Ellis Larkins, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Arnett Cobb, ComposerLyricist - Ray Charles Singers, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1951 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver, Conductor - George Shearing, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Alan Emig, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Bregman Orchestra, Orchestra - Buddy Bregman, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Bellson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Mondragon, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stuff Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Oscar Peterson Trio, FeaturedArtist - George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer - Jo Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Paul Weston, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weston & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kurt Weill, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARC BLITZSTEIN, ComposerLyricist - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bertolt Brecht, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Paul Smith Quartet, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Wilfred Middlebrooks, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Morgan Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Paul Smith Quartet, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Wilfred Middlebrooks, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Billy May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy May Orchestra, Orchestra - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam Coslow, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Levy, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Seth Foster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilfred Middlebrooks, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Joe Mondragon, Participant - Stan Levey, Participant - Lou Levy, Participant - Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Herb Ellis, Participant - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Frank Foster, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
With cooperation from the Verve and Columbia Legacy catalogs, the Ken Burns Jazz series on CD individually spotlights the musical excellence of 22 jazz originators whose careers and influence are explored in Burns' PBS documentary Jazz. It's quite a stretch to compile the roughly seven-decade career of Ella Fitzgerald in 18 tracks, though this collection does an admirable job. The highlights start in 1938 with the Chick Webb Orchestra on "A-Tisket A-Tasket" and "Vote for Mr. Rhythm," and continue with one track from the '40s ("Flying Home") and eight tracks from the '50s (including her essential interpretations from the great American songbook and a duet with Louis Armstrong). The disc concludes with highlights from the early '60s, including "Mack the Knife," "How High the Moon," and "Shiny Stockings," a Count Basie date on Verve. While it's impossible to sum up the history of Ella on a single disc, the highlights on Ken Burns Jazz should make the novice listener interested enough to continue searching out more material. Taken in that context, this compilation performs its function; however, it contains nothing for aficionados.
© Al Campbell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:11
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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