Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012, and with notes by Dardo gonzalez dalto
The Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks were a series of eight studio albums released in irregular intervals between 1956 and 1964, recorded by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, supported by a variety of orchestras, big bands, and jazz quartets.
The eight albums are as follows, with arrangers in parentheses: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956) (Buddy Bregman) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956) (Bregman) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) (Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958) (Paul Weston) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) (Nelson Riddle) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961) (Billy May) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963) (Riddle) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964) (Riddle)
They are considered a cornerstone of 20th century recorded popular music, and as a whole, represent some of the finest interpretations of the greater part of the musical canon known as the Great American Songbook.
2 comments:
Brilliant composers and Ella was one of the best female vocalist. .I grew up listening to the greats of the 40s and 50s thanks to parents, grandparents. I wonder if any kids today are exposed to some of the best music ever made.
It is suggested that as Irving Berlin had a negro writing his music for him, so did the Gershwin brothers. NONSENSE.
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