First Class Jazz 10

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

Annotation

Label: EMI (Belgium) - Catalog #: - Format: 20CD
Additional:
This is a 20 cd box set of Blue Note and Verve material, compiled for a belgian newspaper, De Morgen.
More informations for this disc.
On #18 & #19 Fitzgerald is accompanied by Nelson Riddle.

#5 apparently:
Date: 27 April 1955
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Decca Records
Ella Fitzgerald (vc), Unknown Studio Orchestra (bd), Benny Carter (cnd, arr)
d. L-8365 Lover Come Back To Me - 01:58 (Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg)
- Decca Records LP 12" MONO: DL 8155 - Sweet And Hot (1955)
- Universal Victor CD: MCLD19365 - Lullabies Of Birdland / Sweet And Hot (1998)

#9 apparently:
Date: 4 September 1956
Location: Radio Recorders, Hollywood
Ella Fitzgerald (vc), Ben Webster (ts), Stuff Smith (vl), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d)
m. 20,264-2 Azure - 02:20 (Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Irving Mills)
Verve Records Double LP 12": V-4008-2 - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book Vol. 1 (1958)
Verve Records LP Box Set: V-4010-4 - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (1958)
Verve Records Box Set (multiple CDs): 314 559 248-2 - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (1999)

#14 apparently:
Date: 13 February 1960
Location: Deutschland Hall, Berlin (G)
Ella Fitzgerald (vc), Paul Smith (p), Jim Hall (g), Wilfred Middlebrooks (b), Gus Johnson (d)
k. 26,615 (62VK220) How High The Moon - 06:58 (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis)
Verve Records LP 12" STEREO: V6-4063 - Verve's Choice: The Best of Ella Fitzgerald (1964)
Verve Records LP 12" MONO: V-4063 - Verve's Choice: The Best of Ella Fitzgerald (1964)
Verve Records CD: 314 - Compact Jazz (1989)
Verve Records Box Set (multiple CDs): 314 517 898-2 - The First Lady Of Song (1993)

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-18 17:36 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A‐Tisket A‐Tasket
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-05-02)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1938-05-02)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1938-05-02)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1938-05-02)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1938-05-02)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1938-05-02)
reeds:
Garvin Bushell (on 1938-05-02)
tenor saxophone:
Wayman Carver (on 1938-05-02) and Teddy McRae (on 1938-05-02)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1938-05-02), Nat Story (on 1938-05-02) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1938-05-02)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1938-05-02), Taft Jordan (on 1938-05-02) and Bobby Stark (on 1938-05-02)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1938-05-02)
orchestra:
Chick Webb and His Orchestra (on 1938-05-02)
part of:
Grammy Hall of Fame (number: 1986)
recording of:
A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket (on 1938-05-02)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) and Van Alexander (aka Al Feldman)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13188)
Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb32:40
2You Won’t Be Satisfied
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-18)
alto saxophone:
George Koenig (on 1946-01-18) and Bill Stegmeyer (on 1946-01-18)
baritone saxophone:
Milton Schatz (on 1946-01-18)
bass:
Trigger Alpert (on 1946-01-18)
clarinet and reeds:
Bill Stegmeyer (on 1946-01-18)
double bass:
Trigger Alpert (on 1946-01-18)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1946-01-18)
guitar:
Danny Perri (on 1946-01-18)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1946-01-18)
solo trumpet:
Louis Armstrong
tenor saxophone:
Art Drelinger (on 1946-01-18) and Jack Greenberg (on 1946-01-18)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1946-01-18) and Billy Butterfield (on 1946-01-18)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1946-01-18) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1946-01-18)
orchestra:
Bob Haggart and His Orchestra (on 1946-01-18)
conductor:
Bob Haggart (on 1946-01-18)
arranger:
Bob Haggart
cover recording of:
You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (on 1946-01-18)
writer:
Freddy James and Larry Stock
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong42:54
3Oh, Lady Be Good!
cover recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good!
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
Ella Fitzgerald2:58
4Someone to Watch Over Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-09-12)
producer:
Milt Gabler
piano:
Ellis Larkins
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1950-09-12)
cover recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1950-09-12)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
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)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
Ella Fitzgerald3:16
5Lover, Come Back to Me
cover recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
Ella Fitzgerald2:01
6Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Joe Mondragon (on 1956-02-09)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Alvin Stoller (on 1956-02-09)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1956-02-09)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-02-09)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-02-09)
cover recording of:
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (Paris musical) (on 1956-02-09)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Paris (1928 musical)
Ella Fitzgerald3.53:34
7Can’t We Be Friends?
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1956-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1956-08-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1956-08-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1956-08-16)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-08-16)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-08-16) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-08-16)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-16)
cover recording of:
Can’t We Be Friends? (on 1956-08-16)
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong43:48
8The Lady Is a Tramp
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Bud Shank (on 1956-08-21) and Maurice Stein (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1956-08-21)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1956-08-21)
bass:
Joe Mondragon (on 1956-08-21)
bass trombone:
George Roberts (american bass trombone) (on 1956-08-21)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1956-08-21)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1956-08-21)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1956-08-21)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Cooper (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1956-08-21) and Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1956-08-21)
trombone:
Milt Bernhart (on 1956-08-21), Joe Howard (american trombone player) (on 1956-08-21) and Lloyd Ulyate (on 1956-08-21)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1956-08-21), Maynard Ferguson (on 1956-08-21), Conrad Gozzo (on 1956-08-21) and Ray Linn (on 1956-08-21)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-08-21)
conductor:
Buddy Bregman (on 1956-08-21)
arranger:
Buddy Bregman
recorded at:
Capitol Studios, Studio A in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-21)
cover recording of:
The Lady Is a Tramp (from “Babes in Arms”) (on 1956-08-21)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
Pal Joey
Ella Fitzgerald4.53:24
9Azure
cover recording of:
Azure
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937)
Ella Fitzgerald2:23
10I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
cover recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Ella Fitzgerald4:57
11What Will I Tell My Heart
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-10-15)
producer:
Norman Granz
saxophone:
Stan Getz (on 1957-10-15)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1957-10-15)
orchestra:
Frank De Vol and His Orchestra (on 1957-10-15)
conductor:
Frank De Vol (on 1957-10-15)
cover recording of:
What Will I Tell My Heart (on 1957-10-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
Ella Fitzgerald3:30
12Isn’t This a Lovely Day
cover recording of:
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? (from “Top Hat”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
Ella Fitzgerald3:28
13By Strauss
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-07-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Ronnie Lang (on 1959-07-16)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1959-07-16)
bass:
Joe Comfort (on 1959-07-16)
bass trombone:
George Roberts (american bass trombone) (on 1959-07-16)
cello:
Armand Kaproff (on 1959-07-16), Edgar Lustgarten (on 1959-07-16) and Kurt Reher (cellist) (on 1959-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1959-07-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1959-07-16)
percussion:
Frank Flynn (on 1959-07-16)
piano:
Lou Levy (on 1959-07-16)
trombone:
James Priddy (on 1959-07-16), Richard Noel (trombonist) (on 1959-07-16) and Tommy Pederson (on 1959-07-16)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1959-07-16), Cappy Lewis (on 1959-07-16), Dale McMickle (on 1959-07-16) and Shorty Sherock (on 1959-07-16)
tuba:
Red Callender (on 1959-07-16)
viola:
Alvin Dinkin (on 1959-07-16), Lou Kievman (violist) (on 1959-07-16), Ralph Lane (viola) (on 1959-07-16) and Barbara Simons (on 1959-07-16)
violin:
Victor Bay (on 1959-07-16), Alex Beller (on 1959-07-16), Ben Gill (on 1959-07-16), Jacques Gasselin (on 1959-07-16), Joseph Livoti (violinist) (on 1959-07-16), Dan Lube (on 1959-07-16), Misha Russell (on 1959-07-16), Paul Shure (on 1959-07-16), Marshall Sosson (on 1959-07-16) and Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor) (on 1959-07-16)
woodwind:
Buddy Collette (on 1959-07-16), Harry Klee (on 1959-07-16) and Champ Webb (on 1959-07-16)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1959-07-16)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1959-07-16)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (on 1959-07-16)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
cover recording of:
By Strauss (on 1959-07-16)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1936)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) (in 1936)
Ella Fitzgerald2:32
14How High the Moon?
cover recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) 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 Fitzgerald7:07
15Come Rain or Come Shine
cover recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Ella Fitzgerald3:24
16Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
cover recording of:
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
lyricist:
Fran Landesman
composer:
Tommy Wolf (US pianist/composer)
publisher:
Wolfland
Ella Fitzgerald6:17
17You Can Depend on Me
cover recording of:
You Can Depend on Me
composer:
Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
Ella Fitzgerald3:34
18She Didn’t Say “Yes”
cover recording of:
She Didn’t Say Yes
lyricist:
Otto Harbach (in 1931)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1931)
Ella Fitzgerald3:22
19Midnight Sun
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 Fitzgerald4:57
20Whisper Not
cover recording of:
Whisper Not (original instrumental composition)
composer:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer) (in 1956)
Ella Fitzgerald3:02

Credits

Release group

part of:First Class Jazz (number: 10) (order: 1)