Jazz & Blues Collection 1: Ella Fitzgerald

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Notes

Obscure Charly budget bundle slacking together a bunch of Decca early cuts.

Annotation last modified on 2007-12-06 11:32 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)
cover recording of:
Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
Ella Fitzgerald2:36
2(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It
cover recording of:
If You Can’t Sing It (You’ll Have to Swing It)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Coslow
Ella Fitzgerald2:58
3My Last Affair
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-11-18)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1936-11-18)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-11-18)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-11-18)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-11-18)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-11-18)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-11-18)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1936-11-18)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-11-18)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61419-A)
recording of:
My Last Affair (on 1936-11-18)
lyricist and composer:
Haven A. Johnson
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight2:43
4Organ Grinder’s Swing
clarinet and reeds:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-11-18)
double bass [bass]:
Beverly Peer (in 1936)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-11-18)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-11-18)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-11-18)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-11-18)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (in 1936)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1936-11-18)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-11-18)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61420-A)
recording of:
Organ Grinder’s Swing (on 1936-11-18)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish
composer:
Will Hudson
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight2:53
5Shine
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-11-19)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1936-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-11-19)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-11-19)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-11-19)
reeds:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-11-19)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-11-19)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1936-11-19)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-11-19)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61421-A)
recording of:
Shine (on 1936-11-19)
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1910) and Cecil Mack (in 1910)
composer:
Ford Dabney (in 1910)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight2:55
6Darktown Strutters’ Ball
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-11-19)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1936-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-11-19)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-11-19)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-11-19)
reeds:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-11-19)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-11-19)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1936-11-19)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-11-19)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61422-B)
recording of:
Darktown Strutters’ Ball (on 1936-11-19)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks (in 1917)
publisher:
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
included in:
Memories / Victory March / Memories II / The Darktown Strutter’s Ball (Stormy Weather, 1943)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight3:09
7If You Ever Should Leave
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1937-05-24)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1937-05-24)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1937-05-24)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1937-05-24)
reeds and tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1937-05-24)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1937-05-24)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1937-05-24)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1937-05-24)
recording of:
If You Should Ever Leave Me (on 1937-05-24)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight3:14
8I Want to Be Happy
cover recording of:
I Want to Be Happy (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
No, No, Nanette
Ella Fitzgerald4:31
9Hallelujah!
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
recording of:
Hallelujah!
lyricist:
Clifford Grey (in 1927) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1927)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1927)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Ella Fitzgerald4:04
10I’m Just a Jitterbug
recording of:
I’m Just a Jitterbug
lyricist and composer:
Fud Livingston
Ella Fitzgerald3:20
11This Time It’s Real
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1938-05-03)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1938-05-03)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1938-05-03)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1938-05-03)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1938-05-03)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1938-05-03)
recording of:
This Time It’s Real (on 1938-05-03)
writer:
Buddy Bernier, Robert Emmerich (writer "Our Love") and Walter Shivers
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight3:09
12Saving Myself for You
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1938-05-03)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1938-05-03)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1938-05-03)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1938-05-03)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1938-05-03)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1938-05-03)
recording of:
Saving Myself for You (on 1938-05-03)
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight2:50
13MacPherson Is Rehearsin’ (to Swing)
recording of:
MacPherson Is Rehearsin’ (to Swing)
lyricist and composer:
Marion Sunshine
Ella Fitzgerald3:10
14Wacky Dust
cover recording of:
Wacky Dust
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Oscar Levant
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Stanley Adams Music
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Ella Fitzgerald3:06
15Strictly From Dixie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-08-18)
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1938-08-18)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1938-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1938-08-18)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1938-08-18)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1938-08-18)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1938-08-18)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1938-08-18)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1938-08-18)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1938-08-18)
recording of:
Strictly From Dixie (on 1938-08-18)
writer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter), James Cavanaugh and Chick Webb
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight2:50
16It’s Foxy
recording of:
It’s Foxy
writer:
Walter Bishop, Sr. and Chick Webb
Ella Fitzgerald3:04
17’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-02-17)
bass and double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1939-02-17)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1939-02-17)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1939-02-17)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1939-02-17)
reeds:
Garvin Bushell (on 1939-02-17), Hilton Jefferson (on 1939-02-17) and Teddy McRae (on 1939-02-17)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1939-02-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1939-02-17), Nat Story (on 1939-02-17) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1939-02-17)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1939-02-17), Bobby Stark (on 1939-02-17) and Dick Vance (US jazz trumpeter and arranger) (on 1939-02-17)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1939-02-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1939-02-17)
orchestra:
Chick Webb and His Orchestra (on 1939-02-17)
recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (on 1939-02-17)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
Ella Fitzgerald3:03
18My Heart Belongs to Daddy
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1939-02-17)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1939-02-17)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1939-02-17)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1939-02-17)
reeds:
Garvin Bushell (on 1939-02-17) and Hilton Jefferson (on 1939-02-17)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1939-02-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1939-02-17), Nat Story (on 1939-02-17) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1939-02-17)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1939-02-17), Bobby Stark (on 1939-02-17) and Dick Vance (US jazz trumpeter and arranger) (on 1939-02-17)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1939-02-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1939-02-17)
cover recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (on 1939-02-17)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
Ella Fitzgerald43:09

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part of:Jazz & Blues Collection (number: 1) (order: 1)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/683076 [info]