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This is a most unusual Ella Fitzgerald recording. Recorded around the time when she performed some of these songs for the film Let No Man Write My Epitaph, the masterful singer is heard in duets with pianist Paul Smith interpreting 13 songs (even "I Cried for You," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," and "Who's Sorry Now?") at slow expressive tempos. Listeners who feel that Ella Fitzgerald was mostly a scat singer who had trouble giving the proper emotional intensity to lyrics will be surprised by this sensitive and often-haunting set.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer - Joseph Francis Burke, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Earl K. Brent, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ARTHUR FREED, ComposerLyricist - Gus Arnheim, ComposerLyricist - ABE LYMAN, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam M. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Young, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Fiorito, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Noble, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ernie Burnett, Composer - George Norton, Author - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, Author - Erroll Garner, Composer - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer - Wilfred Middlebrooks, Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kurt Weill, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxwell Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Arlen, Composer - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Snyder, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bert Kalmar, ComposerLyricist - Harry Ruby, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - George Bassman, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This is a most unusual Ella Fitzgerald recording. Recorded around the time when she performed some of these songs for the film Let No Man Write My Epitaph, the masterful singer is heard in duets with pianist Paul Smith interpreting 13 songs (even "I Cried for You," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," and "Who's Sorry Now?") at slow expressive tempos. Listeners who feel that Ella Fitzgerald was mostly a scat singer who had trouble giving the proper emotional intensity to lyrics will be surprised by this sensitive and often-haunting set.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:35
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2014 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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