Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Love for Sale (live 1956/Hollywood Bowl)
live cover recording of:
Love for Sale (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Ella Fitzgerald3:15
2You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong4:02
3I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (live 1957/Newport)Ella Fitzgerald2:29
4Moonlight in Vermont (live Chicago Opera House)
live cover recording of:
Moonlight in Vermont
lyricist:
John Blackburn (songwriter)
composer:
Karl Suessdorf
publisher:
Chappell, Johnny R. Music, Michael H. Goldsen Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), 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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Ella Fitzgerald3:08
5Stompin’ at the Savoy (live 1957/Chicago Opera House)
live cover recording of:
Stompin’ at the Savoy
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader), Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP), Ragbag Music (ASCAP), Razaf Music, Rytvoc (ASCAP), 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 Fitzgerald5:10
6St. Louis Blues (live 1958/Rome)
live cover recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Ella Fitzgerald5:58
7I Loves You Porgy (live in Rome/1957)
live cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
Ella Fitzgerald4:58
8Midnight Sun (live Rome)
live cover recording of:
Midnight Sun
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1954)
composer:
Johnny Mercer, Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1947) and Lionel Hampton (in 1947)
Ella Fitzgerald3:44
9Misty (live in Berlin/1960)
live cover recording of:
Misty (in 1960)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Erroll Garner
publisher:
Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Octave Music Publishing Corp., Pocketful of Dreams Music, Reganesque Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Vernon Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
is based on:
Misty (original instrumental work)
Ella Fitzgerald2:49
10The Man I Love (live in Berlin/1960)
live cover recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Ella Fitzgerald3:39
11Mack the Knife (live in Berlin/1960)
live cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Ella Fitzgerald4:44
12(I’d Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China (live 1961/Berlin)
Ella Fitzgerald2:26
13Rock It for Me (live 1961/Berlin)
live recording of:
Rock It for Me
writer:
Kay Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Sue) (in 1938) and Sue Werner (Songwriter, along with her sister Kay) (in 1938)
Ella Fitzgerald3:26
14Stairway to the Stars (live at the Crescendo)
live cover recording of:
Stairway to the Stars
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Ella Fitzgerald4:00
15Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe (live at the Crescendo)
live cover recording of:
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1940)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1940)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Ella Fitzgerald3:51
16Deep Purple (live at the Crescendo)
live cover recording of:
Deep Purple
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1938)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Ella Fitzgerald2:21
17Here’s That Rainy Day
cover recording of:
Here’s That Rainy Day
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke-Van Heusen, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Morris Ltd., Dorsey Bros. Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Ella Fitzgerald3:46
18Don’t Rain on My Parade
cover recording of:
Don’t Rain on My Parade
lyricist:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Broadway Tunes LLC dba Songs of Funny Girl, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
part of:
Funny Girl (Broadway musical)
Ella Fitzgerald3:15
19Lullaby of Birdland (live 7/28/66‐Cote D’Azur)
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1966-07-28)
bass trombone:
Chuck Connors (trombonist) (on 1966-07-28)
double bass:
John Lamb (bass) (on 1966-07-28)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1966-07-28)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1966-07-28)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1966-07-28), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1966-07-28) and Russell Procope (on 1966-07-28)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Gonsalves (on 1966-07-28)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1966-07-28) and Buster Cooper (on 1966-07-28)
trumpet:
William “Cat” Anderson (on 1966-07-28), Mercer Ellington (on 1966-07-28), Herbie Jones (on 1966-07-28) and Cootie Williams (on 1966-07-28)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1966-07-28)
live cover recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1966-07-28)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
writer:
George David Weiss
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
cover recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
writer:
George David Weiss
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
Ella Fitzgerald & Jimmy Jones Trio2:55
20The More I See You (live 7/28/66‐Cote D’Azur)
live cover recording of:
The More I See You
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., Four Jays Music Co., Peermusic (UK) Limited, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music International Ltd.
translated version of:
The More I See You (Valli’s version with french lyrics)
Ella Fitzgerald & Jimmy Jones Trio3:57
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