'Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz' 10-CD Box Set
By: Caryn Robbins Nov. 25, 2013
Ella Fitzgerald's vocal style was as incredible and diverse as the material that she sang. She started out a swing singer, moved to bebop, sang perfect scat, was an extraordinary jazz vocalist and had no fear of modern material as the 60s and 70s came along. From the blues to bossa nova, and calypsos to carols, Fitzgerald imbued all with her unique voice, sounding forever young.
On December 10, 2013, Verve Records/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will release the 10-disc box set Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz, the first career-spanning retrospective of the most popular jazz singer and arguably one of the greatest singers of all time, Ella Fitzgerald. Featuring over 200 newly remastered studio and live tracks, including a previously unreleased concert from the 1960s, The Voice of Jazz is elegantly packaged in a linen-covered box and includes a 96-page, hardbound book that charts Fitzgerald's career through her recordings plus photos and a complete discographical notation along with color and black and white illustrations.
From her days as Chick Webb's girl singer, including her first ever release with Chick Webb's Orchestra in 1935, through her rise as Decca Records' singing star in the 1940s and early 1950s, to her decade-long career with Verve Records where she defined the long-playing record with her albums dedicated to the writers of the Great American Songbook. Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz encapsulates the recording legacy of one of the most loved, admired and revered vocalists of the 20th century.
TRACK LISTING:
| CD-1 | |||||
| 1. | I'll Chase The Blues Away (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 2. | Love & Kisses (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 3. | My Melancholy Baby (Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 4. | All My Life (Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 5. | When I get low, I get high (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 6. |
Sing me a swing song (and let me dance) (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) |
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| 7. |
Mr. Paganini (You'll have to swing it) (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) |
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| 8. | Goodnight My Love (Benny Goodman & his Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 9. | Eight My Last affair (Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy) | ||||
| 10. | Big Boy Blue (Ella Fitzgerald & The Mills Brothers) | ||||
| 11. | Dedicated to You (Ella Fitzgerald & The Mills Brothers) | ||||
| 12. | All over Nothing at all (Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight) | ||||
| 13. | Everyone's Wrong but me (Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight) | ||||
| 14. | I got a guy (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 15. | Rock it for me (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 16. | It's my turn now (Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight) | ||||
| 17. | A-Tisket A-Tasket (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 18. | This time it's real (Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight) | ||||
| 19. | You can't be mine (Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight) | ||||
| 20. | Wacky Dust (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 21. | Undecided (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 22. | Taint What You Do (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 23. | My heart belongs to daddy (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 24. | Don't worry 'bout me (Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight) | ||||
| 25. | That was my heart (Chick Webb & His Orchestra vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| CD-2 | |||||
| 1. | I Want the Waiter (With the water) (Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra) | ||||
| 2. | The Starlit Hour (Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra) | ||||
| 3. | Imagination (Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra) | ||||
| 4. | Shake Down The Stars (Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra) | ||||
| 5. | Five O'Clock Whistle (Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra) | ||||
| 6. | Hello Ma I done It Again (Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra) | ||||
| 7. | The Muffin Man (Ella Fitzgerald & her Famous Orchestra) | ||||
| 8. | Cow Cow Boogie (Ella Fitzgerald & The Inkspots) | ||||
| 9. | I'm Making Believe (Ella Fitzgerald & The Inkspots) | ||||
| 10. | Into each life some rain must fall (Ella Fitzgerald & The Inkspots) | ||||
| 11. | And her tears flowed like wine (Ella Fitzgerald acc. By Johnny Lang & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 12. |
It's only a paper moon (Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta River Boys) |
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| 13. | Stone Cold dead in the market (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan) | ||||
| 14. | Flying Home (Ella Fitzgerald with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 15. | You won't be satisfied (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 16. | For Sentimental Reasons (Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta River Boys) | ||||
| 17. | Guilty (Ella Fitzgerald with Eddie Heywood & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 18. | Oh Lady Be Good (Ella Fitzgerald with Bob Haggart & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 19. | How high the Moon (Ella Fitzgerald & The Daydreamers) | ||||
| 20. |
My Happiness (Ella Fitzgerald with The Song Spinners) |
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| 21. | I can't go on (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 22. | I couldn't stay away (Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 23. | Lovers Gold (Ella Fitzgerald with Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 24. | Dream a little longer (Ella Fitzgerald with Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 25. | Baby it's cold outside (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan) | ||||
| CD-3 | |||||
| 1. | Baby Won't you say you love me (Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 2. | I've got the world on a string (Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 3. | Ain't nobody's business but my own (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five) | ||||
| 4. | Dream a little dream of me (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 5. | Looking for a boy (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 6. | Maybe (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 7. | Because of rain (Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 8. | Even as you and I (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 9. | Smooth sailing (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 10. | Air Mail Special (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 11. | Nowhere guy (Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 12. | Angel Eyes (Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 13. | Trying (Ella Fitzgerald with Leroy Kirkland's Orchestra) | ||||
| 14. | Walkin' by the river (Ella Fitzgerald with Leroy Kirkland's Orchestra) | ||||
| 15. | Crying in the Chapel (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 16. | Melancholy me (Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 17. | I need (Ella Fitzgerald with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra) | ||||
| 18. | People will say we're in love [Ella Fitzgerald with Ellis Larkins (piano)] | ||||
| 19. | Stardust [Ella Fitzgerald with Ellis Larkins (piano)] | ||||
| 20. | Lullaby of Birdland (Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 21. | It might as well be spring (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Andre Previn) | ||||
| 22. | I can't get started (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Andre Previn) | ||||
| 23. | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Benny Carter) | ||||
| 24. | Pete Kelly's Blues (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 25. | My one and only love (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Toots Camarata) | ||||
| CD-4 | |||||
| 1. | Stay there (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 2. | Ridin' High (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 3. | Just one of those things (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 4. | Begin the Beguine (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 5. | So in love (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 6. | What is this thing called love (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 7. | I concentrate on you (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 8. | Let's do it (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 9. | Cheek to Cheek (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 10. | Moonlight in Vermont (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 11. | The nearness of you (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 12. | Lover (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 13. | I wish I were in love again (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 14. | Mountain greenery (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 15. | Manhattan (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 16. |
Wait till you see her (Ella Fitzgerald with Barney Kessel) |
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| 17. | It never entered my mind (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 18. | I could write a book (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 19. | Where or when (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 20. | Isn't it romantic (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman) | ||||
| 21. | Everything I've got belongs to you (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 22. |
In a sentimental mood (Ella Fitzgerald with Barney Kessel) |
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| CD-5 | |||||
| 1. | Satin Doll (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 2. | Don't get around much anymore (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 3. | Hear my heart (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Russ Garcia) | ||||
| 4. | Take the A Train (Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 5. | Drop me off in Harlem (Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 6. | I'm beginning to see the light (Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 7. | All too soon (Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 8. | Our love is here to stay (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 9. | Autumn in New York (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 10. | These foolish things (remind me of you) (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 11. | You turned the tables on me (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 12. | Summertime (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 13. | Bess, you is my woman now (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) | ||||
| 14. | I wants to stay here (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 15. | We'll be together again (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 16. | I thought about you (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 17. | Mood indigo (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| CD-6 | |||||
| 1. | In a mellow tone (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 2. | Night wind (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 3. | What's new (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 4. | Isn't this a lovely day (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Paul Weston) | ||||
| 5. | I used to be color blind (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Paul Weston) | ||||
| 6. | How deep is the ocean (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Paul Weston) | ||||
| 7. | Blue skies (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Paul Weston) | ||||
| 8. | Teach me how to cry (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Paul Weston) | ||||
| 9. | What's your story morning glory (Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette) | ||||
| 10. | If I were a bell (Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette) | ||||
| 11. | Oh what a night for love (45 rpm version) (Ella Fitzgerald with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette) | ||||
| 12. | Let's fall in love (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 13. | Love is here to stay (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 14. | The Man I love (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 15. | A foggy day (in London town) (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 16. | Somebody loves me (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 17. | I've got a crush on you (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 18. | You go to my head (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 19. | Spring will be a little late this year (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 20. | But not for me (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 21. | They all laughed (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 22. | Gone with the wind (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| CD-7 | |||||
| 1. | Shall we dance (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 2. | It's Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 3. | Beat me, Daddy eight to the bar (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Marty Paich) | ||||
| 4. | Black Coffee (Ella Fitzgerald with Paul Smith, piano) | ||||
| 5. | September Song (Ella Fitzgerald with Paul Smith, piano) | ||||
| 6. | One for my baby (Ella Fitzgerald with Paul Smith, piano) | ||||
| 7. | Winter wonderland (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 8. | It's only a paper moon (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Billy May) | ||||
| 9. | Stormy weather (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Billy May) | ||||
| 10. | Heart & Soul (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Billy May) | ||||
| 11. | Come rain or come shine (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Billy May) | ||||
| 12. | The one I love belongs to somebody else (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 13. | Stella By Starlight (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 14. | Ich Fuhle Mich Crazy (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 15. | Mean to me (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 16. | I hear music (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 17. | Broadway (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Bill Doggett) | ||||
| 18. | She's funny that way (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 19. | Stardust Bossa Nova (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Marty Paich) | ||||
| 20. | Almost like being in love (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Marty Paich) | ||||
| 21. | I'm Old Fashioned (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 22. | The way you look tonight (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 23. | All the things you are (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| CD-8 | |||||
| 1. | Deed I do (Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 2. | My last affair (Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 3. | Trouble in mind (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 4. | How high the moon (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol) | ||||
| 5. | I'm a poached egg (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 6. | Skylark (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 7. | Brown-Skin Gal (In The Calico Gown) (Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 8. | The shadow of your smile (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins) | ||||
| 9. | Whisper Not (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Marty Paich) | ||||
| 10. | Lover Man (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Marty Paich) | ||||
| 11. | Misty Blue (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Sid Fuller) | ||||
| 12. | Love for sale (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) | ||||
| 13. |
Once I loved (Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass) |
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| 14. | Round Midnight (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 15. | Midnight Sun (Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson) | ||||
| 16. | That old Feeling (Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass) | ||||
| 17. | I'm getting sentimental over you (Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie & his Orchestra) | ||||
| 18. | Wave (Ella Fitzgerald with orchestra conducted by Eric Bulling) | ||||
| 19. | They can't take that away from me (Ella Fitzgerald with Andre Previn) | ||||
| 20. | Don't worry 'bout me (Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass) | ||||
| 21. | All that jazz (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| CD-9 | |||||
| 1. | Love For Sale (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 2. | You Won't Be Satisfied (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 3. | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Down Myself a Letter (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
| 4. | Moonlight in Vermont (Ella Fitzgerald) | ||||
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