The complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Fitzgerald, Ella, performer.

Contributor:

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, performer.

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Jazz music library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz vocals.

Jazz--1951-1960.

Jazz.

Musicals--Excerpts, Arranged.

Musicals.

Genre:

Jazz vocals.

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Arrangements (Music)

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Complete Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Verve

Place of Publication:

New York : Verve, [1997]

Contents:

Disc 3. Overture (10:50)

Summertime (4:59)

I want to stay here (4:35)

My man's gone now (4:00)

I got plenty of nuttin' (3:51)

The buzzard song (2:57)

Bess, you is my woman now (5:27)

It ain't necessarily so (6:33)

What you want wid Bess? (2:00)

A woman is a sometime thing (4:46)

Oh, Doctor Jesus (1:58)

Medley: Here come de honey man; Crab man; Oh, dey's so fresh and fine (3:27)

There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (4:53)

Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess? (2:35)

Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way (2:57).

Disc 1. Can't we be friends / K. Swift, P James (3:45)

Isn't this a lovely day? / I. Berlin, I. Balin (6:14)

Moonlight in Vermont / K. Suessdorf, J. Blackburn (3:41)

They can't take that away from me / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (4:38)

Under a blanket of blue / J. Livingston, A.J. Neiburg, M. Symes (4:16)

Tenderly / W. Gross, J. Lawrence (5:06)

A foggy day / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (4:31)

Stars fell on Alabama / F. Perkins, M. Parish (3:32)

Cheek to cheek / I. Berlin (5:52)

The nearness of you / H. Carmichael, N Washington (5:40)

April in Paris / V. Dukelsky, E. Hatburg (6:33)

Don't be that way / B. Goodman, E. Sampson, M. Parish (4:59)

Makin' whoopee / W. Donaldson, G. Kahn (3:56)

They all laughed / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (3:46)

Comes love / L. Brown, S. Stept, C. Tobias (2:25)

Autumn in New York / V. Duke (5:57).

Disc 2. Let's do it / C. Porter (8:41)

Stompin' at the Savoy / B. Goodman, E. Sampson, W. Webb, A. Razaf (5:12)

I won't dance / J. Kern, O. Hammerstein, O. Harbach (4:43)

Gee baby, ain't I good to you / D. Redman, A. Razaf (4:12)

Let's call the whole thing off / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (4:11)

These foolish things / H. Link, J. Strachey, H. Marvell (7:36)

I've got my love to keep me warm / I. Berlin (3:09)

Willow weep for me / A. Ronell (4:18)

I'm puttin' all my eggs in one basket / I. Berlin (3:26)

A fine romance / J. Kern, D. Fields (3:52)

Ill wind (You're blowin' me no good) / H. Arlen, T. Koehler (3:41)

Love is here to stay / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (3:58)

I get a kick out of you / C. Porter (4:17)

Learnin' the blues / D. Silvers (7:11)

You won't be satisfied (Until you break my heart) / F. James, L. Stock (3:53)

Undecided / C. Shavers, S. Robin (3:40).

Participant:

Performed by Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; Louis Armstrong, vocals and trumpet ; accompanied on various pieces by Oscar Peterson and Billy Kyle, piano ; Herb Ellis, guitar ; Ray Brown, Dale Jones, bass ; Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Barrett Deems, drums ; Trummy Young, trombone ; Edmond Hall, clarinet and others.

Notes:

All songs on disc three composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by either/or Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward.

Previously released on three recordings, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Verve MGV 4003, 1957), Ella and Louis again (Verve MGV4006-2, 1958) and Porgy & Bess (Verve MGVS 6040-2, 1958).

Program notes by William Ruhlmann ([16] p. : ports) and the origianal liner notes from the LP issues ([21] p. : ill.).

Recorded at various places in Los Angeles between August 15, 1956 and October 14, 1957.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Jazz music library). Available via World Wide Web.

Related Work:

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Selections; arranged

Other Format:

314 537 284-2

314 537 285-2--314 537 287-2

731453728424

OCLC:

689531053

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.