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Careful perusal of Ella Fitzgerald's humongous discography reveals numerous references to metallurgy, including platinum, silver, and more than a dozen titles containing the word "gold." Released in 2007, Fitzgerald's double-disc entry in Verve's Gold series outshines most of the competition with 40 chronologically presented titles recorded between May 1938 and October 1964. With disc one dedicated to her Deccas and disc two devoted to her Verves, this well-organized anthology of intelligently selected works is highly recommended as a definitive portrait of this archetypal vocalist whose improvisational abilities are legendary. Fitzgerald's early period is represented here by examples of her work with Chick Webb's Orchestra, the Ink Spots, the Delta Rhythm Boys and Louis Jordan's Tympany Five, a tight little group temporarily transformed into a hot calypso band for the notoriously outrageous and wickedly funny "Stone Cold Dead in the Market." Her further adventures as a Decca recording artist include comparatively well-behaved and sometimes sugary collaborations with Gordon Jenkins, the Song Spinners, Sy Oliver, and Ray Brown, in addition to her 1950 duet with Louis Armstrong, "Dream a Little Dream of Me." Appalled at what he regarded as Decca's lousy management of a gifted artist, producer Norman Granz proudly showcased Fitzgerald on his Verve and Pablo labels from 1956 throughout most of the remainder of her career. This fruitful business arrangement is documented here with examples from the Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer songbook projects; more friendly duets with Louis Armstrong, a Jazz at the Philharmonic jam on "Lady Be Good," and two classic cuts from her deservedly famous concert performance at the Berlin Deutschland Halle on February 13, 1960. Like its companion Dinah Washington volume in the series, Ella Fitzgerald's Decca/Verve Gold is an excellent choice for anyone seeking a definitive dose of her best work.
© arwulf arwulf /TiVo
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Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dick Vance, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Taft Jordan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Sid Robin, ComposerLyricist - Chick Webb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Peer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Matthews, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Shavers, ComposerLyricist - Chick Webb and His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Bobby Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Williams, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Hilton Jefferson, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McRae, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Stark, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Wayman Carver, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Garvin Bushell, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Fulford, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Story, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dick Vance, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Taft Jordan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mitchell Parish, Author - Frank Signorelli, Composer - Chick Webb, Conductor - Beverly Peer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Matthews, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Chick Webb and His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Matty Malneck, Composer - Bill Beason, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sandy Williams, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Hilton Jefferson, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ted McRae, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Trueheart, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - 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.
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 - Gene DePaul, ComposerLyricist - Benny Carter, ComposerLyricist - Don Raye, ComposerLyricist - The Ink Spots, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1944 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Ink Spots, MainArtist - Allan Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Doris Fisher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1944 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Billy Rose, ComposerLyricist - E.Y. HARBURG, ComposerLyricist - the delta rhythm boys, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Verve Label Group, a Division of 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.
Wild Bill Davis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, FeaturedArtist - Frederick Hendricks, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1946 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mack David, ComposerLyricist - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Betty Peterson, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Borney Bergantine, ComposerLyricist - The Song Spinners, Ensemble, Artist
℗ 1947 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Jenkins, Conductor - Milt Gabler, Producer - Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1949 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Don Raye, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Leroy Carr, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1949 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Armstrong, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Kahn, Author - Milt Gabler, Producer - Wilbur Schwandt, Composer - Fabian Andre, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver's Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Sy Oliver, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 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.
Charlie Christian, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Bill Doggett, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Mundy, ComposerLyricist - Ray Charles Singers, FeaturedArtist - James Mundy, ComposerLyricist - Charles B. Christian, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor - Matty Malneck, Composer
℗ 1952 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dennis, Composer - Paul Smith, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Earl K. Brent, Author
℗ 1952 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam Coslow, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor - Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1952 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.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Ager, ComposerLyricist - Jack Yellen, ComposerLyricist - Charles Bates, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wilcox Bigelow, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Buddy Bregman, Orchestra - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Alan Emig, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Bregman, Orchestra, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Alan Emig, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Bregman Orchestra, Orchestra - Buddy Bregman, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Strayhorn, Composer - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Lee Otho Gaines, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - 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.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Dubose Heyward, Author - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Russ Garcia, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of 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.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weston, Conductor - Paul Weston & His Orchestra, Orchestra - KENNY JACOBSON, ComposerLyricist - RHODA ROBERTS, ComposerLyricist - Moe Koffman, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 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.
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.
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.
Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - NELSON RIDDLE, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - NELSON RIDDLE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Richard A. Whiting, ComposerLyricist - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Careful perusal of Ella Fitzgerald's humongous discography reveals numerous references to metallurgy, including platinum, silver, and more than a dozen titles containing the word "gold." Released in 2007, Fitzgerald's double-disc entry in Verve's Gold series outshines most of the competition with 40 chronologically presented titles recorded between May 1938 and October 1964. With disc one dedicated to her Deccas and disc two devoted to her Verves, this well-organized anthology of intelligently selected works is highly recommended as a definitive portrait of this archetypal vocalist whose improvisational abilities are legendary. Fitzgerald's early period is represented here by examples of her work with Chick Webb's Orchestra, the Ink Spots, the Delta Rhythm Boys and Louis Jordan's Tympany Five, a tight little group temporarily transformed into a hot calypso band for the notoriously outrageous and wickedly funny "Stone Cold Dead in the Market." Her further adventures as a Decca recording artist include comparatively well-behaved and sometimes sugary collaborations with Gordon Jenkins, the Song Spinners, Sy Oliver, and Ray Brown, in addition to her 1950 duet with Louis Armstrong, "Dream a Little Dream of Me." Appalled at what he regarded as Decca's lousy management of a gifted artist, producer Norman Granz proudly showcased Fitzgerald on his Verve and Pablo labels from 1956 throughout most of the remainder of her career. This fruitful business arrangement is documented here with examples from the Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer songbook projects; more friendly duets with Louis Armstrong, a Jazz at the Philharmonic jam on "Lady Be Good," and two classic cuts from her deservedly famous concert performance at the Berlin Deutschland Halle on February 13, 1960. Like its companion Dinah Washington volume in the series, Ella Fitzgerald's Decca/Verve Gold is an excellent choice for anyone seeking a definitive dose of her best work.
© arwulf arwulf /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:19:50
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 2007 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2007 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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