Author: Ken Burns Jazz

Format: Best of

Release Date: 07-11-2000

Details: Amazon.ca Through much of her career, Ella Fitzgerald was the reigning queen of jazz singers, applying her consummate musicality to uptempo swing and bop material, as well as the usual mix of ballads and show tunes. Fitzgerald's ability to swing was immediately apparent in her early work with drummer Chick Webb, which produced the novelty rhythm hit "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" from 1938. However, the breadth of her talent becomes apparent here with the inspired scat improvising on "Flying Home" from 1945 and the mature balladry of "Nice Work If You Can Get It", recorded with just the accompaniment of pianist Ellis Larkins in 1954. Fitzgerald is heard here in collaboration with some of the greatest names in jazz. There's a 1957 meeting with Louis Armstrong on "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" and a 1963 encounter with the Basie band on "Shiny Stockings". There's also a sampling of her multi-volume Song Book recordings, including a wonderful "Sophisticated Lady" with tenor saxophonist Ben Webster from the Ellington set. Live recordings with her working rhythm section, such as "How High The Moon", are filled with playful exuberance, but there's also restrained artfulness in the introduction to "Blue Skies" and the lyric concentration of "Blues In The Night". --Stuart Broomer Product Description From her early Decca sides with Chick Webb to her classic Verve songbooks, 18 tracks spanning 25 years! Includes A-Tisket, A-Tasket; Night and Day; Nice Work if You Can Get It; Sophisticated Lady; Blue Skies (with Paul Weston & His Orchestra); Mack the Knife , and more.

UPC: 731454908726

EAN: 0731454908726

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood