Ella fitzgerald cole porter songbook series#

Among those recordings are works with some of history’s greatest musicians and the legendary Songbook series. (on tracks 1.1–2, 5, 7–8, 11, 13, 15, 2.During Ella’s 50-plus year career she recorded over 200 albums and around 2,000 songs.

George Roberts – bass and baritone trombone.

Ted Nash – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone.

Bob Cooper – clarinet, oboe, tenor saxophone.

Bud Shank – clarinet, flute, alto saxophoneĪdditional members on 1.7, 11, 15, 2.1, 6.

Chuck Gentry – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone.

Afterwards, Porter merely remarked, My, what. Granz later visited Cole Porter himself at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and played him this entire album.

Ella fitzgerald cole porter songbook series#

Each of the eight albums in the series focused on a different composer of the canon known as the Great American Songbook. (on tracks 1.1–2, 4–5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 2.2–3, 5, 8–13, 15) The Cole Porter Song Book was the first of Fitzgerald's Song Book series. Paul Smith – piano, celeste (on all tracks except 2.11).Personnel adapted from the liner notes of CD reissue. 'Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love' (Alternative take) – 5:25.'I Concentrate on You' (Alternative take) – 3:00.'You're the Top' (Alternative take) – 2:08.' Don't Fence Me In' – 3:19 ( Robert Fletcher, co-lyricist)ġ997 reissue, previously unreleased bonus tracks.' What Is This Thing Called Love?' – 2:02.' Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love' – 3:32.' Always True to You in My Fashion' – 2:48.Track listing Īll tracks written by Cole Porter, except when noted. In 2000 it was voted number 490 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have 'qualitative or historical significance.' In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. Afterwards, Porter merely remarked, 'My, what marvelous diction that girl has.' Legacy and achievements The album was recorded February 7–9 and March 27, 1956, in Hollywood, Los Angeles.įitzgerald's manager, and the producer of many of her albums, Norman Granz, visited Cole Porter at the Waldorf-Astoria and played him this entire album. This album inaugurated Fitzgerald's Song Book series, each of the eight albums in the series focusing on a different composer of the canon known as the Great American Songbook.

įitzgerald's time on the Verve label would see her produce her most highly acclaimed recordings, at the peak of her vocal powers. The trick was to change the backing enough so that, here and there, there would be signs of jazz. I envisaged her doing a lot of composers. So I proposed to Ella that the first Verve album would not be a jazz project, but rather a song book of the works of Cole Porter. I was interested in how I could enhance Ella’s position, to make her a singer with more than just a cult following amongst jazz fans. Granz decided to have Fitzgerald record well-established popular works because was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1986. Find top songs and albums by Ella Fitzgerald including Sleigh Ride, Boy What Love Has Done To Me and more. This was Fitzgerald's first album for the newly created Verve Records (and the first album to be released by the label). Listen to music by Ella Fitzgerald on Apple Music. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song BookĮlla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio double album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs of Cole Porter. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald.