![]() ![]() 2 3 It was part of the popular and influential Songbook series. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a 1959 (see 1959. (1959) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin. It is listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.įor the 1998 4 CD set Verve re-issue, Verve 314 539 759-2Īll Tracks composed by George Gershwin and all lyrics written by Ira Gershwin, unless otherwise indicated. Very smart clean vinyl with a good gatefold cover showing minor ring wear. Like the other songbooks devoted to the Broadway composers, Fitzgerald gets only a single outlet for her notable scat singing, on "I Got Rhythm".įitzgerald's recording of "But Not for Me" won her the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female. It was this project that led Ira Gershwin to say that he had "never known how good our songs were until I heard Ella sing them".Įlla Fitzgerald was 41 when she recorded this album, and at the peak of her vocal powers, demonstrated in the earlier Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, and her two greatest live albums from this period, Ella in Berlin (1960) and Ella in Rome (1958). Though Fitzgerald was 20 years old at the time George Gershwin died in 1937, Ira Gershwin was still alive to see this project completed, and helped contribute lyrics and support to some songs on the album which had never been recorded before. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book is an earlier version that does not have SID codes. Riddle arranged 59 Gershwin compositions for the album, including the two orchestral suites which open the album. The album cover is an original portrait of Fitzgerald by the French artist Bernard Buffet, starting a tradition of using contemporary artists for Fitzgerald 's albums, the artwork of Henri Matisse gracing the cover of her Harold Arlen Songbook (1961). Recorded in 1959, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Song Book has some of the greatest vocal performances of the 20th century. This album is the largest single recording project that Ella worked on, and it is considered to be one of the most ambitious achievements in Western popular music. It is one of eight albums in the 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Complete American Songbook' series which was recorded between 1956 and. It was recorded with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, marking the first time that Ella and Riddle had worked together. 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book' is a collection 59 songs written and composed by George and Ira Gershwin, sung by Ella Fitzgerald and music performed by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) five album set by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, focusing on the songs of George and Ira Gershwin. ![]()
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