Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best Of The Gershwin Songbook album flac
Performer: Ella FitzgeraldTitle: Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best Of The Gershwin Songbook
Released: 1996
Country: US
MP3 album: 1660 mb
FLAC album: 1401 mb
Rating: 4.8
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Genre: Jazz / Screen and stage
release/447541" 825 024-2
Nowhere was Ella Fitzgerald's mastery of America's "classical" music more evident than on the legendary songbook albums of the 1950s. Of the songwriting giants covered in the series, the collection of songs by George and Ira Gershwin was arguably the greatest. But her insistence on recording many of the neglected verses that precede the well-known choruses on OH, LADY, BE GOOD prove otherwise. This commitment to the true gems of American songwriting helped the songs, and these performances in particular, become "standards" for a generation.
Ella recorded five LPs' worth of Gershwin tunes for her songbook series, which was frankly a little much, so this single disc skims the cream. These songs are the ur-texts of American pre-war pop, straightforward love songs made to flow off a singer's tongue, and here they're in the hands of a master.
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and in. ore . Year: 1996. Style:MLA Chicago APA. "Oh, Lady, Be Good!: Best of the Gershwin Songbook Album.
A Foggy Day. How Long Has This Been Going On? Let's Call The Whole Thing Off. But Not For Me. My One And Only. I've Got A Crush On You.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a box set by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that contains songs by George and Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. Fifty-nine songs were recorded in the span of eight months in 1959. Fitzgerald's recording of "But Not for Me" won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female. Ira Gershwin said, "I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them".
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Tracklist
| 1 | Fascinating Rhythm | 3:24 |
| 2 | 'S Wonderful | 3:28 |
| 3 | Someone To Watch Over Me | 4:32 |
| 4 | He Loves And She Loves | 2:46 |
| 5 | Oh, Lady, Be Good! | 4:00 |
| 6 | A Foggy Day | 3:32 |
| 7 | How Long Has This Been Going On? | 3:46 |
| 8 | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | 4:28 |
| 9 | But Not For Me | 3:32 |
| 10 | My One And Only | 2:37 |
| 11 | I've Got A Crush On You | 3:28 |
| 12 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | 3:33 |
| 13 | The Man I Love | 3:52 |
| 14 | Funny Face | 3:23 |
| 15 | Embraceable You | 4:52 |
| 16 | They Can't Take That Away From Me | 3:09 |
| 17 | I Got Rhythm | 3:06 |
Credits
- Accompanied By – Nelson Riddle's Orchestras*
- Coordinator [Production Coordinated By] – Aric Lach Morrison
- Design [Art Designed And Directed By] – Lisa Po-Ying Huang
- Design, Coordinator [Design Coordinated By] – Nichell Delvaille
- Liner Notes – William Ruhlmann
- Liner Notes [Notes Edited By] – Peter Pullman
- Mastered By – Andrew Nicholas
- Music By, Lyrics By [All Melodies And Lyrics Written By] – George And Ira Gershwin*
- Photography [Package Photography By] – Kevin Knight
- Photography [Photographs By] – Carole Reiff
- Producer [Original Recordings Produced By] – Norman Granz
- Producer [Production Assistance By] – Jessica Raimi, Marina Detienne
- Research [Researched By] – Phil Schaap
- Supervised By – Michael Lang
- Vocals [Sings On All Tracks] – Ella Fitzgerald
Notes
This compilation ℗ & © 1996 PolyGram Records, Inc.Manufactured and marketed by Verve Records, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc., New York, New York.
Printed in USA
Mastered at PolyGram Studios
Photographs © Florence and Hal Reiff
Special thanks to Ben Young, the Institute of Jazz Studies, and the staff at PolyGram Studios
On tracks 1 and 14:
Recorded March 18, 1959 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
On track 2:
Recorded July 16, 1959 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
On tracks 3, 8, 10 and 12:
Recorded March 26, 1959 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
On tracks 4, 6 and 13:
Recorded (second session) January 5, 1959 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
On tracks 5, 9, 11 and 15:
Recorded January 8, 1959 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
On tracks 7, 16 and 17:
Recorded (first session) January 5, 1959 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Original LP issue: "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book" Verve MGVS 6082-5; on CD: 825 024-2
These selections are also available on the sixteen-CD set "The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books on Verve" 314 519 832-2
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 731452958129
- Matrix / Runout: 314 529 581-2 01@ O MADE IN USA BY PMDC
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI L006
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 0396
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 514266A | Ella Fitzgerald | Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best Of The Gershwin Songbook (CD, Comp) | Jazz Heritage | 514266A | US | 1996 |
| 314 529 581-2 | Ella Fitzgerald | Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best Of The Gershwin Songbook (CD, Comp) | Verve Records | 314 529 581-2 | Canada | 1996 |
| 529 581-2 | Ella Fitzgerald | Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best Of The Gershwin Songbook (CD, Comp) | Verve Records | 529 581-2 | Germany | 1996 |
