cover of Fitzgerald, Ella - The Duke Ellington Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald – The Duke Ellington Song Book

1956, United States
02:47:38; 154M; 128JS; 97;
  1. Just A Sittin' And A Rockin' - 3:34
  2. Solitude - 2:09
  3. Rocks In My Bed - 3:58
  4. Satin Doll - 3:29
  5. Sophisticated Lady - 5:21
  6. Just Squeeze Me - 4:15
  7. It Don't Mean A Thing - 4:14
  8. Azure - 2:22
  9. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Hear - 4:11
  10. In A Sentimental Mood - 2:47
  11. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 5:02
  12. Prelude To A Kiss - 5:29
  13. Mood Indigo - 3:27
  14. In A Mellow Tone - 5:10
  15. Love You Madly - 4:41
  16. Lush Life - 3:41
  17. Squatty Roo - 3:38
  18. I'm Just A Lucky So and So - 4:16
  19. All Too Soon - 4:24
  20. Everything But You - 2:57
  21. I've Got it Bad and That Ain't - 6:14
  22. Bli-Blip - 3:04
  23. Chelsea Bridge - 3:25
  24. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald - 16:14
  25. Rockin' in rhythm - 5:20
  26. Drop me off in Harlem - 3:50
  27. Day dream - 4:00
  28. Caravan - 3:55
  29. Take the A train - 6:42
  30. I ain't got nothing but the bl - 4:41
  31. Clementine - 2:40
  32. I didn't know about you - 4:13
  33. I'm beginning to see the light - 3:28
  34. Lost in meditation - 3:27
  35. Perdido - 6:15
  36. Cottontail - 3:26
  37. Do nothing till you hear from - 7:39

Duke Ellington - leader
Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Norman Granz - producer [original recording]
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - orchestra
Kevin Reeves - remastered by
Phil Schaap - remastered by
Ben Young - reissue producer

This release comes in a cardboard box which houses a 4-panel digisleeve and a 66-page booklet.

Tracks were recorded from September 1956 to October 1957.

Tracks 1-1 to 2-3 were originally released in 1957 as "Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Vol. One"(MGV 4008-2).
Tracks 2-4 to 3-3 were originally released as "Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book, Vol. Two" (MGV 4009-2).
Tracks 3-4 and 3-11 were first released in 1994 on "The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books".
Tracks 3-5 to 3-10 and 3-12 to 3-15 were priviously unissued.

Verve Records, 559 248-2
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