Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
Sings the Cole Porter Songbook | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Publication |
1956 |
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Label (s) | Verve Records | |||
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CD, DVD |
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Title (number) |
32 LP, 35 CD |
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running time |
118: 27 |
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Studio (s) |
Capital Studios, Hollywood |
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 published Jazz - album of Ella Fitzgerald with songs by Cole Porter .
background
It was Ella Fitzgerald's first album for the label Verve Records, newly founded by Norman Granz . The recordings were made in February and March 1956 in the Capitol Studios in Hollywood . Buddy Bregman arranged the tracks and conducted the studio orchestra.
The album opened the Songbook series of a total of eight albums with songs by various composers, which are collectively known as the Great American Songbook and earned Fitzgerald the title First Lady of Song .
Norman Granz, who was Fitzgerald's manager and producer of many of her albums, visited Cole Porter at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and played him the entire album. Porter just said: My, what marvelous diction that girl has . By choosing Cole Porter as the entry into the Songbook series, audiences became aware of both Porter as a source of great music and Ella Fitzgerald's inexhaustible vocal resources.
The album was inscribed in 2003 as one of 50 albums on the National Library of Congress Recordings Register , a list of recordings of cultural, historical, or aesthetic value and ties to the United States.
reception
Zac Johnson rated the album positively on Allmusic:
"This collection is one of those rare albums that can be treated as a terrific introduction to a classic artist, as well as remaining a treasured recording for the most scholarly jazz aficionados."
"This collection is one of those rare albums that can be viewed as an excellent introduction to a classical artist as well as a coveted recording for the most learned jazz lover."
Rolling Stone magazine voted the album at number 87 in 2013 in its list of The 100 Best Jazz Albums .
Track list
(on CD released in 1997 by Verve Records)
- Disk one
- All Through the Night - 3:15
- Anything Goes - 3:21
- Miss Otis Regrets - 3:00
- Too Darn Hot - 3:47
- In the Still of the Night - 2:38
- I Get a Kick Out of You - 4:00
- Do I Love You? - 3:50
- Always True to You in My Fashion - 2:48
- Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love - 3:32
- Just One of Those Things - 3:30
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 3:32
- All of You - 1:43
- Begin the Beguine - 3:37
- Get Out of Town - 3:22
- I Am in Love - 4:06
- From This Moment On - 3:17
- Disk two
- I Love Paris - 4:57
- You Do Something To Me - 2:21
- Ridin 'High - 3:20
- Easy to Love - 3:24
- It's All Right with Me - 3:07
- Why Can't You Behave? - 5:04
- What Is This Thing Called Love? - 2:02
- You're the Top - 3:33
- Love for Sale - 5:52
- It's De-Lovely - 2:42
- Night and Day - 3:04
- Ace in the Hole - 1:58
- So in Love - 3:50
- I've Got You Under My Skin - 2:42
- I Concentrate on You - 3:11
- Don't Fence Me In - 3:19
- You're the Top - 2:08 (not on the 1956 LP )
- I Concentrate on You - 3:00 (not on the 1956 LP)
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) - 5:25 (not on the 1956 LP)
All songs were composed by Cole Porter, lyrics for track 16, disc two by Robert Fletcher
Web links
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook on Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book. Retrieved April 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Jazz Albums . Retrieved November 16, 2016.