Sings Standards

Track Listings
1. How Deep Is the Ocean?
2. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
3. Look for the Silver Lining
4. Exactly Like You
5. Where Are You?
6. Say It Isn't So
7. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
8. I Apologize
9. For All We Know
10. Moon River

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Sings Standards

Sings Standards
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • What can one say? Essential
  • Stunningly Unsurpassable
  • The Greatest Album of All Time
  • not just for the lonely
  • Sit them up Joe
 Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
Frank Sinatra
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006OHF
Release Date: 1998-05-26

Tracks:

  1. Only The Lonely
  2. Angel Eyes
  3. What's New?
  4. It's A Lonesome Old Town
  5. Willow Weep For Me
  6. Good-Bye
  7. Blues In The Night
  8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
  9. Ebb Tide
  10. Spring Is Here
  11. Gone With The Wind
  12. One For My Baby
  13. Sleep Warm
  14. Where Or When

Amazon.com essential recording

Look past the tacky, sad-clown velvet painting on the cover (a Grammy-winner for album design in 1959!), there's nothing cheap or sentimental about this record--the bleakest and blackest album of popular songs ever recorded, so quietly powerful it can leave you slumped in your chair with the ice cubes still rattling in your glass. Every single "suicide song" (as Sinatra liked to call 'em) on Only the Lonely is a stunner that will take your breath away. Nelson Riddle's arrangements are like shadows, almost colorless and motionless, so that all you hear is the ache in the singer's voice. "Angel Eyes" and "One for My Baby" each deserve an album to themselves-- so exquisitely moving that at the end of three minutes you feel like you've just heard a lifetime of loneliness. My only regret--and it's a big one--is that this flawless masterpiece doesn't include Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life," which truly belongs here; Sinatra put it into an already overcrowded recording schedule and, when fatigue and the difficulty of the song defeated him after a couple takes, he gave up and never attempted it again. We got the chillingly lovely "Willow Weep For Me" instead, so I'm really not complaining--but that just adds to the pang of loss that this album expresses so vividly. Drink up! --Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars What can one say? Essential .......2007-08-01

If you have ever had your heart broken. If you have ever thought about tossing in the towel and trying your luck with the afterlife. If you have ever felt completely alone and without a friend in the world. If you have ever hit rock bottom. In other words, if you are an adult member of the human race, then listen please to this recording. This man has been there. He is one of us. And that is why I love him so. His voice can summon any emotion it wants from us. On this album, it's all about sadness, and heart ache, and deep emotional pain, it's an album of longing, of lonliness, and of repressed emotions finally finding its stage to let it all out.

Short & Sweet - this is one of his best! 5 stars isn't even enough. This recording is simply in a league of its own.

5 out of 5 stars Stunningly Unsurpassable.......2007-05-25

Firstly, please know that I am not anything remotely close to an afficiando when it comes to Frank;nonetheless, it's quite difficult for me to imagine that he has ever surpassed this absolute gem in his entire career. I can only believe, now and forever that he may? have equalled this brilliant effort but never surpassed it. From start to finish, the performance, the songwriting, arrangments,choice of songs and even the order in which they appear are amazing in every way. Frank's delivery is so pitch perfect that you instantly know that you have never heard better pure singing in your entire life by anyone and that you never will again. If you cannot feel the heartbreak, pain and utter despair that pervades this album, you have no heart, no soul and are so devoid of any real life that you may already be dead.The remastered sound is so crystaline and detailed that you will swear you are literally in the studio. Like Sinatra, I am also certain that this was also the apex for Nelson Riddle as well. On occasions that are ever so rare, it all comes together in deeply magical ways,and this is one such occasion. If you simply live and breathe, buy this NOW. Even if you neither live nor breathe but have a good healthy morbid curiosity about Frank you should still buy it. This album will make you feel things you have never felt, things you didn't even know you felt as it's truly that powerful and if I could I'd give it 100 stars.Think of this as the greatest works of Rembrandt,Picasso and Dali all combined into one magnicient work and then you have some understanding of the broad and achingly beautiful brush strokes that all combined somehow managed to paint here.Without a doubt this is one of the greatest works of art ever produced and a thousand years from now people will still care and still listen. When one encounters a work such as this, there is no test of time for time truly stops and the music is indelibly and universally timeless. Let's all drink a toast to Frank and the great Nelson Riddle for that and know that others will toast them forever as well. Only those on the wagon are excused.

5 out of 5 stars The Greatest Album of All Time.......2007-05-02

The Beatles can't touch this. Full of tenderness and heartache. Only Kristin Hersh's work even aproaches it.

My only beef is on the recording of Where or When. At the end, when Frank hits the last note, his voiced gets very tinny and lost in the orchestral arrangement. Anyone else agree?

5 out of 5 stars not just for the lonely.......2007-01-30

Here we have Frank at his best ,as he often said hes a saloon singer.
Each track makes you feel the heartache he is going through.
All the songs on this CD are aptly chosen,the usual timing,phraseing& diction which have become the hallmark of the greatest vocalist of the 20th & 21st century.

5 out of 5 stars Sit them up Joe.......2006-11-06

The ultimate piano/vocal of all time, "it's a quarter till three!" Just the best
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • I Love Ella in Paris!
  • A Best Seller in Heaven
  • The First Lady of Song Sings Cole Porter Gems
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 Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
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ASIN: B0000047EG
Release Date: 1997-06-24

Tracks:

  1. All Through The Night
  2. Anything Goes
  3. Miss Otis Regrets
  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 Begiune
  14. Get Out Of Town
  15. I Am In Love
  16. From This Moment On

Tracks:

  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 (Alternative Take)
  18. I Concentrate On You (Alternative Take)
  19. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) (Alternative Take)

Amazon.com

Long considered a jewel in Verve Records' very impressive crown, Fitzgerald's songbook collections of various composers--a series that was started by the success of this set--are all wonderful, but her natural wit and intelligence was at its most perfect with Cole Porter's erudite, urbane songs. While not as scat-oriented as her small group outings, these Porter sets offer her most realized pop performances. Also, the gold remastering does a fine job of bringing out the nuances in the arrangements, making this a treasure for the serious collector and the casual listener alike. A true American music gem. --Skip Heller

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I Love Ella in Paris!.......2007-01-30

I received this CD for Christmas. I never listened to
another Christmas carol after this started playing.
This not only has Ella's great vocals, but it has songs
that everyone, at least everyone of my age, knows
and loves. On a trip to Paris we listened
to it every evening in our apartment while sipping our wine and watching
the barges glide down the Seine. When Ella sang "I Love
Paris", that did it for my friend. She bought it as soon as she got back home.

5 out of 5 stars A Best Seller in Heaven.......2007-01-06

The de-lightful-est! The de-lovely-est! It doesn't get better than this!

Vaishali, Naples, FL

5 out of 5 stars The First Lady of Song Sings Cole Porter Gems.......2006-12-13

"In Ella Fitzgerald there is a basic purity of sound and of style; she sings truly and she sings honestly. She is the Hemingway of the singers. Is there another singer alive today whose work, like Hemingway, is so basic and simple on the surface and yet so meaningful? There are none, of course. In the jargon Hemingway loves so well, today it is Ella, the champion, against the field." ~ Norman Granz ~

"What it is we recognize and enjoy as distinctively "Cole Porter" in Cole Porter lyric? Actually there are many great things in Porter lyrics and this gives them a continuing charm by always giving us something new to discover. But there is a key trait or quality that is paramount in a Porter lyric. It is intelligence that is the reigning force in Porter, putting all his facts, facilities and philosophies into the right balance to make good entertainment. And that, after all, is his purpose." ~ Fred Lounsberry ~

This two-CD-set presents the very best of Cole Porter songs as interpreted by the legendary songbird, Ella Fitzgerald at her best, and arranged and conducted by Buddy Bregman so remarkably wonderful. It's one of the best-ever Songbook series she recorded. This set offers a compilation of the most popular Cole Porter gems from stage shows and motion pictures from 1929 thru 1954, except for one track, "Miss Otis Regrets," which is neither from stage nor screen.

Cole Porter was one of the few great songwriters who can creatively write a song by himself and didn't need a songwriting partner. He was at par with Irving Berlin and Frank Loesser in that category. In these recordings, his songs really shine through with Ella Fitzgerald's beautiful interpretations, from "Begin The Beguine," "Do I Love You" and "Every Time We Say Goodbye" to "You Do Something To Me," "Easy To Love" and "I Concentrate On You."

This is essential not only to all Ella Fitzgerald and Cole Porter fans, but also to anyone who loves the Songbook series.

A collector's item.

5 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!!.......2006-09-02

I love this cd so much that at least one of them (it is a 2-cd set) are in my cd changer at ALL times. This is truly one of the best investments in music I have EVER made and I am so glad I bought it!!! This has to be one of the best ella cds out there...PERIOD.

4 out of 5 stars new ella fitzgerald fan.......2006-07-03

I never listened to this type of music before. I am a Jewel fan & had saw that this was her favorite cd, so I decided to give it a try. I am very impressed. Great cd!
Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love
Nancy Wilson
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ASIN: B000AHJ86K
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

  1. Guess Who I Saw Today Remastered
  2. Days Of Wine And Roses Remastered 96
  3. When Sunny Gets Blue
  4. (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
  5. Here's That Rainy Day
  6. You've Changed
  7. The Good Life
  8. Too Late Now
  9. Theme From 'Hotel'
  10. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
  11. Ghost Of Yesterday - George Shearing Quintet Nancy Wilson
  12. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
  13. How Insensitive
  14. You Can Have Him

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A bit sad, but absolutely beautiful.......2007-06-09

Nancy Wilson puts such emotion into this music it's almost as if she's been there, done that. She has other recordings of the title song, "Guess Who I Saw Today" but this is the one that pulls on your heart and makes you dread hearing the sadness of that last line. Nancy Wilson is a gem and you can feel her brilliance in this album.

3 out of 5 stars Comparing.......2007-04-02

The quality of the remastered record do not satisfied me, most of the items have echoes.

4 out of 5 stars jazz.......2007-02-08

Good selection of standards The best song is the first ' guess who I saw today'

5 out of 5 stars nancy wilson cd.......2007-01-11

as always, easy to order, quick delivery, totally pleasant and
hassle-free.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Beautiful.......2006-12-21

I heard the title song 'Guess Who I Saw Today'like fifteen years ago and remembered being totally blown away by the song-but then being a young twenty year old couldn't get myself to actually go and purchase a Nancy Wilson CD. How un-cool. But the song haunted me and recently I decided to give this CD a try...I'm SO glad I did. Nancy Wilson is a class act who has produced wonderful music. This is the CD to settle back with a nice glass of wine and let you mind flow with the music. This may have been my first Nancy Wilson CD but it certainly will not be my last.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Vol. 1
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Vol. 1
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ASIN: B0000046UG
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  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. 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 Good-bye
  12. All Of You
  13. Begin The Beguine
  14. Get Out Of Town
  15. I Am In Love
  16. From This Moment On

Amazon.com

There have probably never been a singer and a songwriter as perfect for each other as Ella and Cole, and this delicious, inexhaustibly delightful album is the pinnacle of Fitzgerald's career, not to mention one of the most likeable records ever made. Porter's songs were wry, sly and as sexy as he could get away with; over Buddy Bregman arrangements that have the good sense to stay out of the way, Ella delivers them with absolute grace and wit, savoring the words' erudite jokes but integrating them into her playful, technically astonishing swing. The Cole Porter Songbook--augmented with three illuminating alternate takes in this rerelease--works as jazz, as Broadway, and as an example of what a great vocalist can do with the right lyric. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The best of both.......2003-02-24

If you're a Cole Porter fan and an Ella Fitzgerald fan, you get the best of both worlds here. Her interpretations of Mr. Porter's songs make this a listening delight and so darn hot!

4 out of 5 stars If it's Ella, it's got to be good..........2002-08-15

What keeps me from awarding this famous album five stars? Hard to say. Price is a consideration. It is the wonderful Ella, singing the wonderful stuff of Cole Porter, but it's been selling well for more than 45 years. I think by now the price ought to drop by a fiver or so. There are a lot of great jazz records on CD from the 1952-62 era one can buy for less than this one. Second, I like the "Ella in Berlin" live album better, probably because I owned that one in high school in the 60's as my introduction to her, and it has great nostalgic value. Third, the orchestrations by Buddy Bregman, while they don't get in Ella's way, also don't make enough of a splash. This set is a bit low-key for my taste. I do prefer this disc to the one called "Best of the Songbooks", but I think Ella really comes to life either live, or sharing the recorded gig with Louis Armstrong, for instance. Let me switch five of these 16 songs for five that show up on Volume II, and I'd award that fifth star afterall.

5 out of 5 stars she's the top.......2000-06-05

With the exception of Miss Otis Regrets which is too slow for my taste, these songs are all sung impeccably. The combination of Porter's incredibly witty and daring lyrics, great arrangements, and Ella's crystal clear voice and brilliant phrasing make for a great record. She may not be emotional like Billie Holiday but in my book between the purity of the voice and her timing and phrasing noone does it like Ella (for example, in Always True to You in My Fashion Ella just KNOWS that the key verse is the one beginning "There's an oilman known as Tex" so she gives it a different emphasis. The sound quality is phenomenal too.

5 out of 5 stars A Truly Remarkable Woman.......2000-05-31

Wow.

Can you say cocktail music? Can you believe that the witty lyrics and word play of Cole Porter can get better? Absolutely.

Ella has a rich voice that makes you smile and slide back into your chair. Tap your glass along with your foot as she swings to Anything Goes. Her rendition of Lets Do It is simply classic.

I discovered this CD years ago and always find someone to share it with a smile. You may experience other collections more upbeat and more bouncy, but Ella comes through like a charm here.

5 out of 5 stars First Lady of Song and Great American Songwriter.......2000-04-01

Ella's first album in the celebrated Songbook series done for Verve is still one of my favorites. Who could resist Ella's pure voice coupled with Cole Porter's wonderful melodies? The warmth and sweetness of Ella's voice comes through in "All Through the Night," "Do I Love You?," and her incomparable rendition of "Miss Otis Regrets." Other songs swing, such as "Anything Goes" and "Too Darn Hot." I've heard criticisms that the orchestra fails to match the top-notch arrangements of some of the later Songbooks accompanied by other bandleaders, but Buddy Bregman is no hack. The real stars here are Ella and Cole Porter. I never hear one of these songs performed without comparing it to Ella's version. This album is timeless and beautful.
Mario Lanza Sings Songs From The Student Prince & The Desert Song / Romberg
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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 Mario Lanza Sings Songs From The Student Prince & The Desert Song / Romberg
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ASIN: B000003EUZ
Release Date: 1989-08-25

Tracks:

  1. Orchestral Introduction
  2. Serenade
  3. Golden Days
  4. Drink, Drink, Drink
  5. Summertime In Heidelberg
  6. Beloved
  7. Gaudeamus Igitur
  8. Deep In My Heart, Dear
  9. I'll Walk With God
  10. Overture
  11. The Desert Song
  12. French Military Marching Song
  13. The Riff Song
  14. I Want A Kiss
  15. Let Love Go
  16. One Flower In Your Garden
  17. Azuri's Dance
  18. Then You Will Know
  19. Instrumental
  20. Romance
  21. One Good Boy Gone Wrong
  22. One Alone

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The best.......2007-06-01

If you love Mario Lanza, this is a must have for your collection

4 out of 5 stars The Student Prince&The Desert Song/Rmberg.......2007-02-07

Good audio. Only complaint is that it has most, but not all songs from each production.

5 out of 5 stars Linnie.......2007-01-04

Beautiful Music and the Voice of Mario Lanza is wonderful. The Student Prince songs really take you back to Heidelberg and the lovely memories one has of that very special movie. The Desert Song is also great but I am a real Student Prince Fan. This is one good CD

5 out of 5 stars Songs for Romantics.......2006-11-10

Stirring songs for those who are young and in love by the "Fourth Tenor", Mario Lanza

1 out of 5 stars Don't buy it: burn it from the vinyl version........2006-10-12

I've played the vinyl version of the Student Prince with Mario Lanza enough times over the last 35 years to know the words well enough to sing them in the shower (badly to be sure). Bought this
CD for a clean copy. Bad move. I dont even know who is singing "Summertime in Heidelberg", it cant be Mr Lanza. If you have or can borrow the record, copy it instead.
Sinatra Sings Cole Porter
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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 Sinatra Sings Cole Porter
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ASIN: B00009VU2T
Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

  1. Night And Day
  2. Begin The Beguine
  3. I Get A Kick Out Of You
  4. I Love You
  5. Easy To Love/I've Got You Under My Skin
  6. Don't Fence Me In
  7. I Concentrate On You
  8. Why Shouldn't I?
  9. Just One Of Those Things
  10. Why Can't You Behave?
  11. So In Love
  12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
  13. Cherry Pies Ought To Be You
  14. You Do Something To Me
  15. I Am Loved
  16. You Don't Remind Me
  17. Begin The Beguine
  18. Night And Day

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Old arrangements, great songs.......2007-05-07

Another great album, because of Porter's song.
Sinatra's vocals are ok ( in his Album with Jobim he sounds like Sylvia Telles - i.e. much better )

The arrangements with women screaming for him is the only lowlight of the album.

1 out of 5 stars Don't buy from CDNOW Preferred Buyer's Club........2007-03-29

I never got the CD and Amazon and CDNOW Preferred Buyer's Club ignored my emails. I plan on returning to the "bricks and mortar" stores where I can actually walk out with the product in my hands and not get ripped off by shady merchants.

1 out of 5 stars Love, Hate.......2006-10-15

I love Cole Porter music. Could listen forever, However, this album sucks. When I bought it I thought it would be good. How bad could Frank Sinatra be? Well he's very bad and ruins Cole Porter's music. If anyone is considering buying this, please review it first.

5 out of 5 stars Delightful album.......2004-12-17

I enjoy listening to this tremendously. Though not particularly a Sinatra fan, the album provides a good playlist of Porter tunes and Sinatra's interpretations. Some songs come from live performances and the screaming girls in the background distract to some extent. Nevertheless, it's a great collection of well known and not so well known Porter tunes. I especially love "Cherry Pie Oughta' be You" which isn't normally part of Porter retrospectives. Listening to this almost always elevates my mood.

5 out of 5 stars THIS is how Cole Porter 's music SHOULD be sung.......2004-07-07

Well - I listened to the recently released "De-Lovely" soundtrack a couple of times and it left me empty so I went looking to fill my cup and found what I was looking for in my stack of cd's. If you REALLY want to hear Cole Porter's stunning music at it's very best get this cd. There is a reason why Frank Sinatra has 550 available items here in music at Amazon.com. You won't feel so empty after seeing the movie if you fill your soul with music from these tracks.
Sinatra sings:

"Night and Day;"
and my favorite Cole Porter tune: "Begin the Beguine;"
"I Get a Kick Out of You with" a kick;
the most loveliest of lovely -"I Love You;"
Medley: "Easy to Love/I've Got You Under My Skin;"
"Don't Fence Me In;"
"I Concentrate on You;"
"Why Shouldn't I;"
"Just One of Those Things;"
"Why Can't You Behave?" - Phil Moore Four;
"So in Love;"
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - June Hutton;
"Cherry Pies Ought to Be You" - Rosemary Clooney;
"You Do Something to Me;"
"I Am Loved"
"You Don't Remind Me"

These beautiful songs deserve this special treatment.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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  • It Don't Mean A thing If It Ain't Got That Swing!
  • Perfectly Imperfect
 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
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ASIN: B00000HYIC
Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

  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 Nothin' 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
  14. Just A-Sittin' & A-Rockin'
  15. Solitude
  16. Rocks In My Bed
  17. Satin Doll
  18. Sophisticated Lady

Tracks:

  1. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
  2. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  3. Azure
  4. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
  5. In A Sentimental Mood
  6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  7. Prelude To A Kiss
  8. Mood Indigo
  9. In A Mellow Tone
  10. Love You Madly
  11. Lush Life
  12. Squatty Roo
  13. I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
  14. All Too Soon
  15. Everything But You
  16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  17. Bli-Blip

Tracks:

  1. Chelsea Bridge
  2. Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald
  3. The E And D Blues (E For Ella, D For Duke)
  4. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
  5. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
  6. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
  7. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
  8. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
  9. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
  10. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
  11. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
  12. All Heart (Alternative Take)
  13. All Heart (Alternative Take)
  14. All Heart (Alternative Take)
  15. All Heart (Alternative Take)
  16. Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald (Alternative Takes)

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While legends such as Billie Holiday and Count Basie made their greatest impact with visceral, blues-soaked statements, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington succeeded by lending their work unmatched grace and precision. This is a roundabout way of saying that no one is better suited to interpret the Duke than Ella, and the evidence is contained within these three CDs. Discs 1 and 3, recorded in June 1957, feature the support of the full Ellington band and are a complete joy, from Fitzgerald's terrific scat vocal on "Rockin' in Rhythm" through the extended four-part suite "Portrait of Ella Fitzgerlad," which adds Ellington's spoken observations and Billy Strayhorn's piano accents. However, the real highlight is the middle disc, recorded in the fall of that year, which finds Ella fronting a small band boasting Ellington's former tenor star Ben Webster. Most of this disc includes wonderful violin from Stuff Smith and supple guitar from Barney Kessel; the remaining cuts feature Oscar Peterson's trio. Of particular note are the three warming Ella-Kessel duets and the consistently charming work of Webster. By combining big-band and small-band sides, this collection emphasizes the flexibility of both Ellington's songs and Fitzgerald's interpretive powers. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars If you have only 1 Jazz vocal album, make it this one!.......2007-07-31

The greatest jazz singer of all time, the first lady of song, here at her VERY BEST, singing some of the greatest songs in the American Oeuvre, accompanied by the composers, Duke Ellington and the lamentably uncredited Billy Strayhorn (he's the one who wrote Caravan, Take the A Train, Daydream, Chelsea Bridge, Something to Live For and others incorrectly attributed to the Duke).
There was only one Ella, there will never be another. Here's your chance to hear why everyone loved her. Thank God she lived in a time when we could record her voice in high fidelity so you can believe those of us who had the privilege of hearing her live. Get the other songbooks too. Farewell, thanks and God Bless you Ella (and Duke!)

5 out of 5 stars Ella and Duke, perfect match.......2006-05-02

This is the songbook to get, period. Ella is the perfect match for many of these Ellington compositions, in fact, I'll go as far as say that this box set contains many definitive performance of the Ellington catalogue. Ella's bubbly, happy but complex vocals, are exactly what many Ellington/Strayhorn compositions call for. Plus, this is the only songbook where the composer is playing along with Ella, plus you get the Ellington band!! To make sure 3 discs is not much of the same, you get some change in the pace and get to hear Ella also on a small combo and in guitar duos. I am not the biggest Ella fan, and I love this box.

The big 'BUT' about this box is first the price. $50 bucks for 3 disc set is really pushing the envelope. And the packaging is just beyond words...I cant imagine anyone at Verve actually trying to get the discs out/in of their sleeves and saying that this is a fine product. The package is totally useless, you need to get either jewel cases or protective sleeves for your CD's or you will cause some serious damage to them. Still, I cant take stars out of this wonderful music this time

4 out of 5 stars Forever Ella!!!.......2006-02-20

The music is great. I give it four stars for a bad packaging and the over price

5 out of 5 stars It Don't Mean A thing If It Ain't Got That Swing!.......2005-06-27

And this recording, "means a thing", because it swings when it's time to swing and sways when it's time to sway. A remarkable record of gigantic proportions. Of all the songbooks that Ella Fitzgerald recorded this is one of the very best, I rank it up there with the Rodgers and Hart tribute and the Cole Porter disc. There are so many great tunes in the Ellington Songbook, hard to pick a favorite but," Caravan" is amazing. Ella, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster,Oscar Peterson,Dizzy Gillespie,Stuff Smith an all star line, they could be pouring out of your hi fi anytime you cared to, if you add this to your collection.

5 out of 5 stars Perfectly Imperfect.......2004-08-07

If you can only afford one Ella songbook set, make Ellington the one. Ella and Duke are perfectly matched. Having her sing with the composer is a unique feature of this set. There is an exuberant spontaneity here which is unmatched by any other songbook album. This mean that there are some imperfections and improvisations, and that's what jazz is. The material is fabulous. The obvious reciprocal adoration and respect of these two legends permeate everything. It is one of the all time great jazz albums ever. Not to be missed.
Hoagy Sings Carmichael
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Uniquely beautiful....
  • Perfect late night listening
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  • Stunning vocals... great jazz backup group...
  • Buy it buy it buy it!
 Hoagy Sings Carmichael
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Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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ASIN: B000008E11
Release Date: 2000-02-29

Tracks:

  1. Georgia On My Mind
  2. Winter Moon
  3. New Orleans
  4. Memphis In June
  5. Skylark
  6. Two Sleepy People
  7. Baltimore Oriole
  8. Rockin' Chair
  9. Ballad In Blue
  10. Lazy River
  11. Georgia On My Mind (Instrumental)

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In 1956, 57-year-old Hoagy Carmichael, a giant of American songsmiths, recorded this album for Hollywood's progressive Pacific Jazz label. Johnny Mandel's swinging, uncluttered arrangements placed Carmichael, a product of the 1920s Jazz Age, in an unadulterated modern-jazz setting true to both his past and the current scene. Representing the latter were several top exponents of the West Coast school that the label helped nurture, most notably the principal soloist: alto sax giant Art Pepper. Mandel's arrangements and Pepper's cool, rich eloquence clearly forced normally amiable, laid-back Carmichael to alter his usual approach somewhat. A subtle yet discernable edge permeated his interpretations of "Georgia on My Mind" and "Rockin' Chair" and rendered his vocal on the bluesy "Baltimore Oriole" unusually raw. Two lesser-known ballads, "Winter Moon" and "Ballad in Blue," are beautifully presented, and Mandel's joyously explosive, Basie-esque "Lazy River" unleashed Carmichael's playful side. While his songs are timeless, hearing a man then pushing 60 having a ball with musicians old enough to be his kids is always both exhilarating and inspirational. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Uniquely beautiful...........2005-09-02

I've played this uniquely beautiful cd over and over since my recent purchase.Hoagy's kind of rough and bluesy voice combined with the absolute perfection of the jazz accompaniment creates a haunting loveliness.I especially love his rendition of (his favorite of all his songs) "Baltimore Oriole".

5 out of 5 stars Perfect late night listening.......2001-09-10

This is true jazz singing, and unbelievably relaxed. A treasure of an album. The backing is ideal. The cover photograph is a great portrait, too. Don't miss Hoagy's autobiographies (two versions in one book), which give his memories of the 1920s and how he came to write his songs.

5 out of 5 stars HOAGY SINGS Carmichael.......2001-06-29

great sound quality. He is one of my favorites.

5 out of 5 stars Stunning vocals... great jazz backup group..........2000-05-24

This is a classic vocal-jazz masterpiece, if you like Jack Teagarden's singing you'll also enjoy this. Charmichael's laid back style of singing with such jazz giants as Art Pepper is a jazz lovers dream come true. Highlights are "Georgia On My Mind", "Skylark" and many others. Absolutly stunning set of classic Charmichael tunes. If you like this you might also try "The Fred Astaire Story" a 2-CD set out on Verve with the JATP.

5 out of 5 stars Buy it buy it buy it!.......2000-05-05

Believe the other reviews and this one too. Truly one of the most enjoyable CD's I have. Hoagy's singing style will knock you out! And Art Pepper, well, what else do I have to say? This is one of those too good to be true albums. You just couldn't make it better if you tried.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B0000046UH
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  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 Thig Called Love
  8. You're The Top
  9. Love For Sale
  10. It's Delovely
  11. Night & 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

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Not nearly as good as Vol. 1.......2007-04-26

I love Ella Fitzgerald, so any of her albums are great, but for some reason this just doesn't have the same magic as Vol. 1 in this series. That is one of my favorite CDs, so I thought this one would be as good. She is always amazing, and the better songs on this album are 'Night and Day', 'So In Love', 'I've Got you Under My Skin', and 'Don't Fence Me In.' The last is probably my favorite. For an Ella fan, it's worth buying. But buy 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook Vol. 1' first.

5 out of 5 stars The Voices of Angels.......2005-08-30

Ella Fitzgerald is one of those rare people that can seldom be found in the world of musicians and vocal singing Jazz Ballads. She is masterful in both Volumes One and Two of the Cole Porter Song Book CD's. If you want to hear an angel on earth sing get both these CD's from Amazon.com, especially if your going to propose marriage to someone during dinner, I recommend that you have this music playing softly in the backround.

5 out of 5 stars THE BEST COLE PORTER ALBUM EVER.......2001-07-28

This and Vol. 1 of "The Cole Porter Songbook" is the best collection of Porter's songs you'll find. Fitzgerald hits all the right beats. She's emotional when she should be emotional. Flirty when she should be flirty. Perhaps the most appealing part of her performance is the sense of humor that shines through. And so does Porter's. It's the best songwriter and the best singer all in one. How can you beat it? If you don't have Vol. 1, buy the complete set. You'll save money in the long run. Because you'll want both volumes once you have one of 'em.

5 out of 5 stars I love Ella in the springtime.......2000-06-05

Even better than volume one. From the gorgeous rendition of I Love Paris to the delightful and fun Don't Fence Me In (which noone else should even bother singing again because Ella has perfected it), this CD has one great song after another, different in moods, yet united by their great arrangements and above all Ella's clear beautiful voice and perfect phrasing. On some of the tracks, especially I've Got You Under My Skin (this version blows Sinatra's away) and Don't Fence Me In, the sound quality is remarkable and it sounds like it was recorded yesterday not in the mid 50s.

5 out of 5 stars De-Lovely.......2000-04-21

The companion to volume 1--you can't have one without the other. Beautiful, lyrical renditions of "I Love Paris" and "So in Love." "It's All Right with Me" is really hot, and "Don't Fence Me In" is a fun finish. Really, they're all favorites. As with volume 1, Buddy Bregman provides the apt orchestra arrangements. I can't honestly say whether I prefer either volume; whenever I listen to one of them, I invariably play the other immediately afterward.
Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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 Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
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ASIN: B0000047EH
Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

  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
  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

Tracks:

  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. The Blue Room
  8. My Funny Valentine
  9. Bewitched
  10. Mountain Greenery
  11. Wait Till You See Her
  12. Lover - Stereo Take
  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 - Monaural Take

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Only Frank Sinatra has put his indelible stamp on as many pages of the American Popular Songbook as Ella Fitzgerald. But while Sinatra specialized in mood-themed albums (his composer-based collections were compiled from material already released), Fitzgerald's ambitious songbooks devoted themselves to one great songwriter after another: Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, and so on. Her two-volume Rodgers and Hart project ranks with the best, and if Buddy Bergman's arrangements are a bit sweeter than his Cole Porter settings, or Nelson Riddle's Gershwin treatments, they suit the material just fine. And what a wide range of material it is (with original verses intact!), intermingling novelty show tunes ("Give It Back to the Indians," "Johnny One Note"), sophisticated standards ("Manhattan," "Blue Moon," "The Lady Is a Tramp"), and lush ballads ("Isn't It Romantic," "It Never Entered My Mind"). But the most exquisite thing Fitzgerald ever recorded is her seven-minute "Bewitched" (a.k.a. "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered") on volume 2, casting a spell of hushed reverie that makes time stand still. --Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars 10 cents a dance.......2007-06-14

Is it possible that no one has mentioned MY favorite song? How entrancing is that charming waltz rhythm in TEN CENTS A DANCE? The pace is never hurried and you can almost feel the stumbling partner's feet on your toes. More importantly, this song is perhaps the most melancholy tune since the days of Robert Schumann's lieder in the 19th century. When Miss Fitzgerald finally descends into the depths of her range to grab the last note, you may also feel some of the loneliness that was a recuring motif in her career.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely it.......2007-04-28

There is something like home in this collection that I am regretting
lending out but listening to happily in clips from here today.

My mother loved to sing. She was a wonderful singer.
A contralto, on the radio in Richmond, VA in her "day" and for the
phone company in my baby/toddler/little bit days.
The phone company had an orchestra in Richmond Va, she sang with in a
theater funded by Mr. Sauer. He was a condiment company owner. She saw
Sinatra there at a Tobacco Festival. She said he was a kid with salt
and pepper hair in 1951 (before my time). She saw a lot of things
actually on 40 dollars a week.
So while I recall growing up with certain remarkable and interesting
variations on "normal" ....I thought being sung "Bewitched" or
"Mountain Greenery"(what lovely phrasing) as a night time, bedtime
ritual quite ordinary.

Mountain Greenery

On the first of May, it is moving day,
Spring is here, so blow your job,
Throw your job away!

Now's the time to trust,
To your wanderlust,
In the city's dust you wait, must you wait
Just you wait.......!

In a mountain greenery,
Where God paints the scenery
Just two crazy people together.

While you love your lover,
Let blue skies, be your cover-let,
When it rains we'll laugh at the weather.

And if you're good,
I'll search for wood,
So you can cook... while I stand look-in'

Beans could get no keener reception in a beanery
Bless our mountain greenery home!

Mosquitoes here,
Won't bite you dear,
I'll let them sting, me on the finger!


Each night I have my tunes to coast off. It's time to visualize those
I care for, being happy. That's what love is like that fast break of
words ...."in my mountain greenery where God paints the scenery.."
Nice, these days of spring.Go to sleep with a love song. Easy with
Ella. Listen to Where or When, my absolute favorite of hers. So soft.
I did this singing too for my girls/son thinking it "the thing to do
as a mother", after my mom. We model and are deeply affected by the
model of a mother. Can barely separate her from Moon River. But I'm
without that beautiful rich voice more as a cookie singing. I have a
voice of a Twix Bar. Not the same. Very few baby ovations. Mom's song
phrasing probably borrowed from Ella Fitzgerald who, in this
collection, simply makes me feel like I landed in a silk scarf.
If I Could Only do this..

I teach 1st grade. On Valentines Day I taught them, My Funny
Valentines which Ella makes so wistfully enchanting. The way she hits
'sweet' ...boy. It's nice to sit and listen to anytime. Each day is
Valentines Day...we had fun with it.
I actually think for young kids singing with a woman it is somehow
easier, but it's just a theory...which on the surface this particular
tune is a bit sad but...it was pretty enough to us. It carried
something I was feeling then. If I do nothing else I try to teach the
songs I grew up loving. Some say, what is she doing in there? Is that
"doing her own thing?" Is that in the adopted curricular kit? Others
kind of wonder what Standard this is. My answer...the Old Standards.
Rodgers and Hart are among my older Standards, the ones we used to
recall when we "planned instruction" considering life. Now replaced by
a workbook. If you want to learn language try some music...but I
suppose that's not clear enough to the everyone who seem more
comfortable with rote. Not only can you no longer afford music, you
can't hear it in school either. At least in my hood. When you consider
the roots of the music that's almost the most amazing thing I can
imagine. The death of culture rising from who we are, remarkable. I
suppose like bees and oxygen the assumption is we will go buy it.

Ella sings these Rodgers and Hart songs on Verve and it's
delightful.Enough...I like a little romance.

5 out of 5 stars A Best Seller in Heaven.......2007-01-06

The only thing better than a collection of Rodgers and Harts songs to delight the soul and lift the Spirit, is to have the songs performed by the Ella Diva! Sheer perfection!

Vaishali, Naples, FL

5 out of 5 stars "I Could Write A Preface On How We Met . . . So The World Will Never Forget".......2006-12-09

"If they asked me
I could write a book
About the way you walk
And whisper and look
I could write a preface on how we met
So the world will never forget
And the simple secret of the plot
Is just to tell them that I love you a lot." ~ I Could Write A Book ~ Rodgers & Hart

A music critic, William Simon, described the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald, as a musician with ear, instinct and training who never actually has been instructed in vocal technique and yet she can command such breath control, can shape a tone with such color sense, and with such flawless intonation.

She was once called "A Melody's Best Friend" for her special ability to turn an ordinary song into extraordinary with her outstanding vocal artistry and her creativity in scat singing. Ms. Fitzgerald's elegant interpretations and Buddy Bregman's striking arrangements of these appealing melodies from Richard Rodgers and the meaningful lyrics from Lorenz Hart truly made this album worthy to any listener who appreciates great music.

On Liner Notes' Foreword, Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the following about music.

"Music is a difficult subject - anybody's music. Words are easier to analyze. Everyone speaks and writes words. Few can write music. Its creation is a mystery. There are mathematical principles to guide its construction, but no mere knowledge of these can produce the emotional eloquence some music attains. We are made sad or happy, romantic, thoughtful, disturbed or peaceful by someone else's singing heart. To me this is a most exciting and inexplicable phenomenon. Certain experiences have an effect on us quite beyond the capacity of any symbols that can be written on paper, and what music can sometimes do to us is quite beyond the ken and lingo of academicians."

It's absolutely true. It's so amazing how music can deeply affect us in terms of our experiences in life. Music is the soundtrack of our lives. And in this age and time, nobody creates great music as brilliantly as Rodgers & Hart and their colleagues. Their music has captured the ears of millions of listeners who truly admire their talents in creating the most appreciated melodies and lyrics of all-time.

This two-CD-set is a confirmation on how Ella Fitzgerald became one of the greatest singers of all-time. It contains the best-loved Rodgers & Hart songs taken from different shows from 1925 thru 1942. "Blue Moon" is the only song that is not published as a part of a show or a movie score. Some of my highlights are: "I Could Write A Book" and "Bewitched" (1940 Pal Joey), "Isn't It Romantic" (1932 Love Me Tonight), "Manhattan" (1925 The Garrick Gaieties), "My Romance" (1935 Jumbo), "This Can't Be Love" (1938 The Boys from Syracuse), "My Funny Valentine" and "Where or When" (1937 Babes In Arms), "Spring Is Here" and "With A Song In My Heart" (1938 I Married An Angel).

Nostalgically recommended for your listening pleasure.

5 out of 5 stars Going By The Book.......2006-04-28

On a summers day in August of 1956. One of the greatest vocalist of her time went into a Los Angeles recording studio and took on "The Rodgers and Hart Songbook".The name of the great vocalist was Ms Ella Fitzgerald also known as "The First Lady Of Song".It was back in 1918 when composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart would form a collaboration that would change american music forever.During their lengthy careers they would come to write hundreds of songs.And some of those songs would become what we call "American Standards".Songs that would one day be perform by entertainers like Judy Garland,Frank Sinatra,Johnny Mathis and so many others the list is endless.After the death of Lorenz Hart.Richard Rodgers would team up with Oscar Hammerstein and continue his career.But that"s another story.This story is about Ella Fitzgerald who takes these Rodgers and Hart songs.And turns them into her own songs.These greatly entertaining songs are sung by Ella with perfect interruption,humor and style.Backed up the Buddy Bregman orchestra Ella sings songs that were written by Rodgers and Hart between 1925 and 1943.A naturally gifted singer who could sing anything Ella is at her best on this album.On the song "Where Or When" Ella uses her sweet voice to give us a sweet look at deja vu. On "Manhattan" she brings back the charm of the old city around the year 1925.On songs like "Isn"t It Romantic and I Could Write A Book" Ella sings these songs in such a way. It makes you want to fall in love.On "Give It Back To The Indians" Ella ready brings out the humor in this song.And Ella"s masterpiece on this album is "Bewitched" all the talent that made her such a unique vocalist are demonstrated on this song.This album is filled with classic Rodgers and Hart songs.Sung by one of my favorite vocalist Ms Ella Fitzgerald.Lyrics just roll off her lips like sweet melted butter.This is one of her best songbooks.And I just love listening to it.

Soul Music:

  1. So So Satisfied
  2. So What You Want?
  3. Something You Got
  4. Songs in a Minor [Import]
  5. Soulful Love Duets, Vol. 1
  6. Soulful Love Duets, Vol. 2
  7. Sounds of the Season
  8. Stand By Me
  9. Stay With Me: The Best of Lorraine Ellison
  10. Sweet Soul Music: The Best of Arthur Conley

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