ELLA FITZGERALD - ESSENTIAL ORIGINAL ALBUMS [CD]

• DELUXE 3-CD DIGIPACK BOX SET WITH 10 PANELS• CONTAINS 4 ORIGINAL ALBUMS• INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLETOne of the few great ladies of jazz song, Ella Fitzgerald (1917- 1996) inflected each tune with her unique sense of swing. This 3-CD set presents five of Ella’s best albums, including her best collaborations with the great Nelson Riddle, her complete reading of the Cole Porter Song Book backed by the Buddy Bregman band, and her immortal 1960 Berlin live performance, on which she sang her unforgettable version of “Mack the Knife”.PERSONNEL:CD ONE [1-13]: ELLA SWINGS GENTLY WITH NELSON (Verve V6-4055)Orchestra conducted & arranged by NELSON RIDDLELos Angeles, November 1961-April 1962.CD ONE [14-25]: ELLA SWINGS BRIGHTLY WITH NELSON (Verve V64054)Orchestra conducted & arranged by NELSON RIDDLELos Angeles, November-December 1961.CD TWO [1-11]: ELLA IN BELIN: MACK THE KNIFE (Verve MGV4041)PAUL SMITH, piano; JIM HALL, guitar; WILFRED MIDDLEBROOKS, bass; GUS JOHNSON, drums.Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, February 13, 1960.CD TWO [12-21] & CD THREEELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK VOL.1 & 2 (Verve MGV-4001-2)rchestra conducted and arranged by BUDDY BREGMANLos Angeles, February-March 1956.TRACKS:CD 1 (76:55 Min.)01 Sweet and Slow02 Georgia on My Mind03 I Can’t Get Started04 Street of Dreams05 Imagination06 The Very Thought of You07 It’s a Blue World08 Darn That Dream09 She’s Funny That Way10 I Wished on the Moon11 It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight12 My One and Only Love13 Body and Soul14 When Your Lover Has Gone15 Don’t Be That Way16 Love Me or Leave Me17 I Hear Music18 What Am I Here For?19 I’m Gonna Go Fishin’20 I Won’t Dance21 I Only Have Eyes For You22 The Gentleman Is a Dope23 Mean to Me24 Alone Together25 Pick Yourself UpCD 2 (7:21 Min.)01 That Old Black Magic02 Our Love Is Here to Stay03 Gone With the Wind04 Misty05 The Lady Is a Tramp06 The Man I Love07 Summertime08 Too Darn Hot09 Lorelei10 Mack the Knife11 How High the Moon?12 All Through the Night13 Anything Goes14 Miss Otis Regrets15 Too Darn Hot16 In the Still of the Night17 I Get a Kick Out of You18 Do I Love You?19 I’m Always True to You in My Fashion20 Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)21 Just One of Those ThingsCD 3 (75:37 Min.)01 Ev’ry Time We Say GoodbyeV02 All of You03 Begin the Beguine04 Get Out of Town05 I’m in Love06 From This Moment On07 I Love Paris08 You Do Something to Me09 Ridin’ High10 Easy to Love11 It’s All Right with Me12 Why Can’t You Behave?13 What Is This Thing Called Love?14 You’re the Top15 Love For Sale16 It’s De-Lovely17 Night and Day18 Ace in the Hole19 So in Love0 I’ve Got You Under My Skin21 I Concentrate on You22 Don’t Fence Me In)