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Recommend me some Ella Fitzgerald albums I have the 2 disc compilation "Gold", the "Porgy and Bess" album and her AMAZING jazzy christmas album,
but i need to buy some more Ella albums, so please recommend me some CDs | |
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Of the ones I own, my favorites are:
Pure Ella: The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife (Live recording, 19 tracks, you capture her true essence and personality) And, of course, you need one with Louis: The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong I like all of these becasue EVERY song you want to hear by Ella you will get. Enjoy! "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
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Thanks cubic61052
I`ve heard about the Ella in Berlin album One day i`ll have to buy the sixteen (!) disc set "The complete Ella Fitzgerald songbooks" CD1 1.All Through The Night 2.Anything Goes 3.Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) 4.Too Darn Hot 5.In The Still Of The Night 6.I Get A Kick Out Of You 7.Do I Love You? 8.(I'm) Always True To You In My Fashion 9.Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) 10.Just One Of Those Things 11.Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 12.All Of You 13.Begin The Beguine 14.Get Out Of Town 15.I Am In Love 16.From This Moment On CD2 1.I Love Paris 2.You Do Something To Me 3.Ridin' High 4.Easy To Love 5.It's All Right With Me 6.Why Can't You Behave? 7.What Is This Thing Called Love? 8.You're The Top 9.Love For Sale 10.It's De-Lovely 11.Night And Day 12.Ace In The Hole 13.So In Love 14.I've Got You Under My Skin 15.I Concentrate On You 16.Don't Fence Me In 17.You're The Top 18.I Concentrate On You 19.Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) CD3 1.Have You Met Miss Jones? 2.You Took Advantage Of Me 3.A Ship Without A Sail 4.To Keep My Love Alive 5.Dancing On The Ceiling (He Dances On My Ceiling) 6.The Lady Is A Tramp 7.With A Song In My Heart 8.Manhattan 9.Johnny One Note 10.I Wish I Were In Love Again 11.Spring Is Here 12.It Never Entered My Mind 13.This Can't Be Love 14.Thou Swell 15.My Romance 16.Where Or When 17.Little Girl Blue CD4 1.Give It Back To The Indians 2.Ten Cents A Dance 3.There's A Small Hotel 4.I Didn't Know What Time It Was 5.Ev'rything I've Got 6.I Could Write A Book 7.Blue Room 8.My Funny Valentine 9.Bewitched 10.Mountain Greenery 11.Wait Till You See Her 12.Lover 13.Isn't It Romantic? 14.Here In My Arms 15.Blue Moon 16.My Heart Stood Still 17.I've Got Five Dollars 18.Lover CD5 1.Rockin' In Rhythm 2.Drop Me Off In Harlem 3.Day Dream 4.Caravan 5.Take The 'A' Train 6.I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues 7.Clementine 8.I Didn't Know About You 9.I'm Beginning To See The Light 10.Lost In Meditation 11.Perdido 12.Cotton Tail 13.Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me CD6 1.Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' 2.Solitude 3.Rocks In My Bed 4.Satin Doll 5.Sophisticated Lady 6.Just Squeeze Me 7.It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 8.Azure 9.I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 10.In A Sentimental Mood 11.Don't Get Around Much Any More 12.Prelude To A Kiss 13.Mood Indigo 14.In A Mellow Tone 15.Love You Madly 16.Lush Life 17.Squatty Roo CD7 1.I'm Just A Lucky So And So 2.All Too Soon 3.Everything But You 4.I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 5.Bli-Blip 6.Chelsea Bridge 7.Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald: First Movement (Royal Ancestry)/Second Mo 8.The E And D Blues (E For Ella, D For Duke) 9.Rehearsal 10.Chelsea Bridge (Alternate Take) CD8 1.Let's Face The Music And Dance 2.You're Laughing At Me 3.Let Yourself Go 4.You Can Have Him 5.Russian Lullaby 6.Puttin' On The Ritz 7.Get Thee Behind Me Satan 8.Alexander's Ragtime Band 9.Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails 10.How About Me? 11.Cheek To Cheek 12.I Used To Be Color Blind 13.Lazy 14.How Deep Is The Ocean? 15.All By Myself 16.Remember CD9 1.Suppertime 2.How's Chances? 3.Heat Wave 4.Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain) 5.You Keep Coming Back Like A Song 6.Reaching For The Moon 7.Slumming On Park Avenue 8.The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) 9.I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 10.Now It Can Be Told 11.Always 12.It's A Lovely Day Today 13.Change Patterns 14.No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) 15.I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 16.Blue Skies CD10 1.Ambulatory Suite 2.The Preludes: Prelude I/Prelude II/Prelude III 3.Sam And Delilah 4.But Not For Me 5.My One And Only 6.Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 7.(I've Got) Beginner's Luck 8.Oh, Lady Be Good 9.Nice Work If You Can Get It 10.Things Are Looking Up 11.Just Another Rhumba 12.How Long Has This Been Going On? 13.'S Wonderful 14.The Man I Love 15.That Certain Feeling 16.By Strauss 17.Someone To Watch Over Me 18.The Real American Folk Song 19.Who Cares? CD11 1.Looking For A Boy 2.They All Laughed 3.My Cousin In Milwaukee 4.Somebody From Somewhere 5.A Foggy Day 6.Clap Yo' Hands 7.For You, For Me, For Evermore 8.Stiff Upper Lip 9.Boy Wanted 10.Strike Up The Band 11.Soon 12.I've Got A Crush On You 13.Bidin' My Time 14.Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did? 15.Of Thee I Sing (Baby) 16.'The Half Of It, Dearie' Blues 17.I Was Doing All Right 18.He Loves And She Loves CD12 1.Love Is Sweeping The Country 2.Treat Me Rough 3.Our Love Is Here To Stay 4.Slap That Bass 5.Isn't It A Pity? 6.Shall We Dance? 7.Love Walked In 8.You've Got What Gets Me 9.They Can't Take That Away From Me 10.Embraceable You 11.I Can't Be Bothered Now 12.Boy! What Love Has Done To Me! 13.Fascinating Rhythm 14.Funny Face 15.Lorelei 16.Oh, So Nice 17.Let's Kiss And Make Up 18.I Got Rhythm 19.Somebody Loves Me 20.Cheerful Little Earlful 21.Oh, Lady Be Good 22.But Not For Me CD13 1.Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) 2.Let's Fall In Love 3.Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time) 4.Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 5.My Shining Hour 6.Hooray For Love 7.This Time The Dream's On Me 8.That Old Black Magic 9.I've Got The World On A String 10.Let's Take A Walk Around The Block 11.III Wind (You're Blowin Me No Good) 12.Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive CD14 1.When The Sun Comes Out 2.Come Rain Or Come Shine 3.As Long As I Live 4.Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe 5.It's Only A Paper Moon 6.The Man That Got Away 7.One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 8.It Was Written In The Stars 9.Get Happy 10.I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 11.Out Of This World 12.Over The Rainbow 13.Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead 14.Sing My Heart 15.Let's Take A Walk Around The Block 16.Sing My Heart CD15 1.Let's Begin 2.A Fine Romance 3.All The Things You Are 4.I'll Be Hard To Handle 5.You Couldn't Be Cuter 6.She Didn't Say 'Yes' 7.I'm Old Fashioned 8.Remind Me 9.The Way You Look Tonight 10.Yesterdays 11.Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man 12.Why Was I Born? CD16 1.Too Marvelous For Words 2.Early Autumn 3.Day In-Day Out 4.Laura 5.This TIme The Dream's On Me 6.Skylark 7.Single-O 8.Something's Gotta Give 9.Trav'lin Light | |
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Looks like you are headed in the right direction!
The 16 disk set looks like a keen gift....go for it! "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
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Besides the "Swingin' Christmas" record, which is a huge favorite, I think "Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson" is a fantastic, really UP Ella collection -- she scats like a mutha on a few tracks and the arrangements are nothing but smiles and styles. The Louis Armstrong collection (and the "highlights" version) Verve put out about 8 or 9 years ago is also a big favorite of mine. And the Mack the Knife record is an absolute must. Also check out Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (I think there's a highlights version of that, too). | |
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I personally like The Cote D'azure Concerts she did with Duke Ellington. Although much of that is ellington performances without Ella, it's still great. | |
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Get her 'At Duke's House' for a start
She was @ the peak of her artisty during her verve years(circa 50's). No more novelty songs, anymore. [Edited 9/26/06 23:39pm] | |
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Icicle said: One day i`ll have to buy the sixteen (!) disc set "The complete Ella Fitzgerald songbooks"
You don't have to buy the Complete Songbooks. They are available individually in 1- or 2-disc sets. The Gershwin Songbook is the exception; it's so massive it's on 4 discs. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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