I asked Ella why this set took so long to record "Don" she said "if you an I go into the studio and record 58 Gershwin songs back t back - it will all sound the same" Ella went on, "I give Nelslon 6 songs are a time ( two nights session 3 each evening ) and that's how we did it.. I"I was working 48 weeks a year so we would tackle them when we got to L,A - turned out kinda well don't ya think?" Yes Ella, it turned out bettter than rather well - its the definative reading of the Gershwins!!!" "Oh! Don" (shyly)
What a beautiful treatment of George and Ira Gershwin's memorable music! No one could have done all these songs better than Ella! She had the range, the perfect pitch, the control and the sound to do it all! Ella truly was the First Lady of Song, there was just no one like her! So talented, she could do it all, swing, sad, showy, and she always sang the intros to the songs which were so important to set the scene for the lyrics to follow. We lost a real gem when she left us, no one will ever quite compare to her talent! Opera had Maria Callas, Pop had Ella Fitzgerald, best bar none! There were many female singers, some terrific, but none could do it ALL like Ella!
Ella has been my favorite voice in song for forever. She let me carry her yellow basket when shopping once. I was the gaga geek fan and sang 'a tisket a tasket may I carry your yellow basket' and she looked at me for a long moment before handing the basket to me and I walked with her while she shopped ( a gourmet cook Miss Ella was). I was extremely respectful of our diva and I handed her basket back when she was finished. "That's it!" said the Forest Gump of chance encounters. I adore Ms. Ella and her voice is/was and always will be crystal clear perfection.
Michele - that's a lovely story, you must have been blown away by Ella letting you carry her shopping basket. RIP Ella, never to be forgotten - Peace -Gus ;)
@@michelerichards233 I can well imagine ;) and it shows the class of the Lady too, - I met Joe Pass one of my guitar heroes who worked a lot with Ella as you'll know, I was about 17, and he signed my program which I still have, almost 50 yrs on, and also Oscar Peterson as they were doing a duo tour of the UK, - . . . Memories' are made of this . . . . take care Michele - regards Gus ;)
Best advice I ever got from a jazz professor at the University of Utah: If you want to improvise, first learn how the song really GOES. He recommended the Ella songbooks.
This is beautiful....I can only imagine my parents falling in love to these songs. They were from this era. They are both in heaven now 😔 I’m a product of them........very blessed.
My dear parents were from that era, I learned my love of big band music and singers like Ella from them. They are in heaven now and I still listen to this wonderful music and think of them.
I grew up with this and a dozen other classic albums (Billie on Decca, Sarah on Mercury, Anita on Verve, Ray Charles box set, Errol Garner Concert by the Sea, The Elf, etc) - and I know every single note, every transition, every key. Can you BELIEVE the incredible work of Nelson Riddle, scoring what - 52 songs?? Holy cow. That's a lot of work! But they knocked it out of the ballpark.
What's amazing is Gershwin wrote every original melody, and the harmonies. Magical as his legacy was, he died early. God bless him for the beautiful melodies Gershwin left behind, and the witty lyrics Ira wrote.
Ella: the best forever. She has always been wonderful since the beginning of her great and incredible 59-year career! I am Brazilian and I live in Brazil. I love this singer and I know that she is the best in the world of all time.
She´s so obvious a genius. Beautiful how she control her talented voice with intelligence and feeling. The music tells so much that´s good for you to hear. An little singing angel.
1 | 00:00 | Ella Fitzgerald - The Man I Love 2 | 03:52 | Ella Fitzgerald - I Got Rhythm 3 | 07:00 | Ella Fitzgerald - 'S Wonderful 4 | 10:31 | Ella Fitzgerald - A Foggy Day 5 | 14:04 | Ella Fitzgerald - Just Another Rhumba 6 | 19:41 | Ella Fitzgerald - Embraceable You 7 | 24:34 | Ella Fitzgerald - Isn't It a Pity? 8 | 28:00 | Ella Fitzgerald - Slap That Bass 9 | 31:23 | Ella Fitzgerald - But Not for Me 10 | 34:58 | Ella Fitzgerald - (I've Got) Beginner's Luck 11 | 38:08 | Ella Fitzgerald - Sam And Delilah 12 | 41:26 | Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, Lady Be Good 13 | 45:28 | Ella Fitzgerald - Ambulatory Suite Promenade (Walking The Dog) - March Of The Swiss Soldiers - Fidgety Feet 14 | 52:44 | Ella Fitzgerald - Shall We Dance? 15 | 55:54 | Ella Fitzgerald - Lorelei 16 | 59:16 | Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Yo' Hands 17 | 1:01:46 | Ella Fitzgerald - Looking for a Boy 18 | 1:04:53 | Ella Fitzgerald - Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did? 19 | 1:08:23 | Ella Fitzgerald - The Preludes Prelude I - Prelude II - Prelude III 20 | 1:14:58 | Ella Fitzgerald - Soon 21 | 1:17:20 | Ella Fitzgerald - Let's Kiss And Make Up 22 | 1:21:12 | Ella Fitzgerald - By Strauss 23 | 1:23:44 | Ella Fitzgerald - I Can't Be Bothered Now 24 | 1:26:34 | Ella Fitzgerald - Boy Wanted 25 | 1:30:10 | Ella Fitzgerald - Of Thee I Sing (Baby) 26 | 1:33:19 | Ella Fitzgerald - Treat Me Rough 27 | 1:36:16 | Ella Fitzgerald - The Real American Folk Song 28 | 1:40:01 | Ella Fitzgerald - Boy! What Love Has Done To Me! 29 | 1:43:51 | Ella Fitzgerald - Cheerful Little Earful 30 | 1:45:59 | Ella Fitzgerald - Stiff Upper Lip 31 | 1:48:52 | Ella Fitzgerald - Love Is Sweeping The Country 32 | 1:52:19 | Ella Fitzgerald - My Cousin In Milwaukee 33 | 1:55:29 | Ella Fitzgerald - Bidin' My Time 34 | 1:58:11 | Ella Fitzgerald - I Was Doing All Right 35 | 2:01:39 | Ella Fitzgerald - Someone To Watch Over Me 36 | 2:06:13 | Ella Fitzgerald - My One and Only 37 | 2:08:50 | Ella Fitzgerald - Fascinatin' Rhythm 38 | 2:12:16 | Ella Fitzgerald - For You, For Me, For Evermore 39 | 2:15:41 | Ella Fitzgerald - Nice Work If You Can Get It 40 | 2:19:15 | Ella Fitzgerald - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 41 | 2:23:44 | Ella Fitzgerald - Love Walked In 42 | 2:27:37 | Ella Fitzgerald - Love Is Here To Stay 43 | 2:31:32 | Ella Fitzgerald - You've Got What Gets Me 44 | 2:33:48 | Ella Fitzgerald - Oh, So Nice 45 | 2:37:30 | Ella Fitzgerald - How Long Has This Been Going On? 46 | 2:41:17 | Ella Fitzgerald - Funny Face 47 | 2:44:41 | Ella Fitzgerald - They Can't Take That Away From Me 48 | 2:47:51 | Ella Fitzgerald - Somebody Loves Me 49 | 2:50:29 | Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got A Crush On You 50 | 2:53:59 | Ella Fitzgerald - He Loves And She Loves 51 | 2:56:48 | Ella Fitzgerald - "The Half Of It, Dearie" Blues 52 | 3:00:35 | Ella Fitzgerald - That Certain Feeling 53 | 3:03:39 | Ella Fitzgerald - Somebody From Somewhere 54 | 3:06:48 | Ella Fitzgerald - They All Laughed 55 | 3:09:53 | Ella Fitzgerald - Who Cares? 56 | 3:13:01 | Ella Fitzgerald - Strike Up The Band 57 | 3:15:36 | Ella Fitzgerald - Things Are Looking Up
This set of five 12" l.p.'s, in the then i newly created Stereo Sound took Miss Fitzgerald from the Summer of 959 to winter 1960 to sing 58 songs of the brothers Gershwin. Riddle arranged Grantz Produced the engineer was Val valentine - cover art by Bernard Buffet simply the finest record of the lare 50's. Love you all Don Wardell modf.m radio Palm Springgs
If we womens and girls in our little family were as persons as Ella we probably would live forever of the energy inside and outside of us. Nothing else would be possible or do. We would rise and be l ike lights. We would be so happy. But we better stay then in Ellas time cause it´s the best at least to this date counts. Time will show you never know it might grow.
Nancy Sinatra said a moment ago on her weekly 3-hour show on Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio that, “I always thought it was The Anniversary WALTZ, but no -- it's The Anniversary SONG . . . “ Me too. And I never realized until this moment that Al Jolson had such a great singing voice - a rich textured bass-baritone to go along with his strength in the tenor range. In our home, our finest music box (the loudest, and with the most complex harmonies) plays this ANNIVERSARY WALTZ (er . . . song). And again, I didn't know till I Googled a moment ago and learned that Al Jolson wrote the words! To a poignant melody by Saul Chaplin. The two new friends were working on a movie together when they came up with this one. A Wiki note (below) about the distinguished career of the melodist, Mr. Chaplin. Is this one at RU-vid? Yes. A superb recording, you may agree. And a vocal timbre that is almost unrivalled. Thanks, Chuck and Nancy for another terrific show. ----- Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 - November 15, 1997) was an American composer and musical director. He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he won three Oscars for collaborating on the scores and orchestrations of An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and West Side Story (1961). While continuing as a film music supervisor, Chaplin became an associate producer in the early '60s and worked on such major features as Can-Can (1960), West Side Story (1961), I Could Go On Singing (1963), The Sound of Music (1965), STAR! (1968), Man of La Mancha (1972) and That's Entertainment, Part 2 (1976). He published his autobiography, The Golden Age of Movie Musicals and Me, in 1994. He had worked with and was friends with most of the major songwriters and performers of his era, such as Cole Porter, Ira Gershwin, Al Jolson, Leonard Bernstein, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers, Julie Andrews, Frank Sinatra and others. His memoir focused on the behind the scenes aspect of moviemaking. In the note about his marriages (two) I just recalled something my favorite NYC member of our family - “Stanley” - shared about Broadway producer, Harold Prince. “Chaplin married Ethel Schwartz, had one child, a daughter Judith (who married Harold Prince); the couple divorced in 1950. In 1968, Chaplin married Betty Levin, who worked as script supervisor on The Sound of Music . . . “ Thanks for sharing, Timeless Music Box. Celebrated this day at Sinatra Family - Forum - "Siriusly Sinatra" NANCY FOR FRANK sinatrafamily.com/forum/showthread.php/51063-NFF-Week-of-November-22-2020-nbsp?p=1298736#post1298736
Mark, Thank you for sharing so much history with us. It seems to me that a "miracle" happened in the Jewish section of New York City in the early 1920's. All of the most beautiful music was written by Jewish composers and lyricists. My Jewish step grandfather who loved Jazz took me to see all of the movies featuring the songs of Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe. I was only 6 years old when we started our "dinner and a movie" and didn't realize what I was seeing. He passed away in 1974, and I think about him every day when I listen to this music. I remember him telling my Italian grandmother "Nobody puts a song over like Al Jolson". I've read that Al Jolson would never perform onstage if black entertainers weren't allowed at the venues. And Jolson wore himself out entertaining our troops. I advise everyone who loves this music to join a group which performs at nursing homes or assisted living. If you can sing and/or play these songs on the piano, so much the better. I have never met anyone who couldn't sing if they can find their correct key. I am a soloist at my group and when I did a salute to Kate Smith singing Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", I had to hold back the tears because some of the "Greatest Generation" struggled to get on their feet in respect for the song. I had to hold back my tears to get through the song. Afterwards, some of the people came to thank me because their brothers, or uncles had died at the Battle of the Bulge, at D Day or at Iwo Jima.
Eu tenho apenas,infelizmente,dois vídeos da cantora Nikki Yanofsky,e ouvindo-a atentamente,posso afirmar,sem medo de errar,que a sua mentora musical é sem dúvida alguma a maravilhosa e única no seu estilo musical,a Diva Ella Fitzgerald.É só ouví-la interpretando Gershwin para bater o martelo nessa minha percepção.Gostaria de ter mais vídeos de cantora muito linda e graciosa Nikki,um colírio e deleite musical.Aguardo...
Omg thank you for sharing this beautiful beautiful beautiful album of Ella with me and with the world!!! It made me so happy and so blessed. Thank you!!!!!!
Cela fait quarante ans que j'ai découvert et aime LE Jazz, ce jazz qui swing sous le talent du Duke, de Lionel Hampton, du Count de Basie, de Louis Arsmtrong ... membre du Hot Club de Limoges entre les années 80 et 2000, j'ai eu la chance de participer aux réunions hebdomadaires organisées par et chez Jean Marie Masse* chaque samedi soir avec une quinzaine d'autres 'fidèles' du pape du jazz limougeaud*, il m'a fait découvrir tous les grands jazzmen noirs américains dont Duke Ellington dont ce disque d'anthologie enregistré en 1957 et en direct un vendredi soir à Carroltown, ce soir là l'orchestre du Duke était tellement décontracté que cela s'entend et se perçoit à l'écoute de l'album. un album mythique, un album d'anthologie, j'oserais même dire l'ALBUM de Duke. __ ALL STAR ROAD BAND VOLUME 1 : _ Duke Ellington - Take The A Train ( Live 1957 ) . . . ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tvrOVCwUzLc.html _ Take The A Train (Ray Nance Vocal) ( Live 1957 ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_KJ31bS7hEI.html _ Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue ( Live 1957 ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1GtYfG577MQ.html _ Stardust ( Live 1957 ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tQjO6KjxDAo.html _ On The Sunny Side Of The Street ( Live 1957 ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AseoBpZPbGI.html _ Jeep's Blues ( Live 1957 ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FBd2UZkvjxE.html - Sophisticated Lady ( Live 1957 ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qn-x3b0URm4.html - Mood Indigo ( Live 1957 ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ricN32SsQj0.html - Perdido ( Live 1957 ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h5HN3vfF9SY.html
This is NOT only Ella Fitzgerald singing!! Certainly not "The Man I love! This is a COLLECTION of different singers (and a few duets with her). So, people, first learn how to distinguish famous voices!!
Billy or Ella such a hard choice between the two. Both absolutely amazing with sound for the ears pleasing. Both individually unique. They are the same but two completely different types of singers. Billy rough with tone of emotions to the core, you could hear billies pain through her sound of which made her who she was. Ella sounds like a glass of champagne 🍾 on a fairy somewhere on water. Ella is like silk. I can't ever choose 😭 I like both with everything in my heart and soul. I adore 💗 Ella and Billie have taught me the best classes for singing and enriched my life greatly but my heart belongs to billie. Will always love them both.
I love this music, even though a lot of the lyrics are borderline misogynist who the F cares. I’m so tired of speech repression in this country and all these websites and all over the entire world. What happened to I will fight for your right to say it. Anybody remember Skokie Illinois, what the F is wrong with everybody, those who do not study and learn from history are doomed, Doomed, DOOMED to repeat it over and over again. THERE ARE just way too many people obsessed with having no pain in their life, it’s freaking ridiculous. If you’re full of hate look for love and you will find away! All that being said I love this music, ELLA’s range and phrasing and everything else is simply phenomenal!
