Ella Fitzgerald – Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book (2-LP Vinyl)
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Rodgers and Hart wrote some of the most harmonically rich and emotionally complex songs of the Great American Songbook, and Fitzgerald understood exactly what that demanded. Recorded in 1956, this was her second collaboration with Buddy Bregman, and the chemistry they'd built on the Porter sessions translated immediately into something even more assured. The 34-song scope of the original release gave Ella room to stretch across ballads, swing numbers, and torch songs in a way that revealed new dimensions in compositions most listeners thought they already knew.
Ella Fitzgerald -"Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series)" The second of her celebrated song book albums and heralded as one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made, Ella and arranger/conductor Buddy Bregman began work on the Rodgers and Hart sessions three months after the release of her Cole Porter Song Book. Like it's predecessor, it features the cream of West Coast session musicians, many of whom graced the fabulous recordings that Frank Sinatra was making around the same time in the same studio. Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Milt Bernhart (trombone), Herb Geller, Ted Nash & Bud Shank (reeds), Barney Kessel (guitar), and Alvin Stoller (drums). The album is full of standards that everyone knows and loves, but in Ella's hands these songs become even more special. Standouts include "There's a Small Hotel," "You Took Advantage of Me," and the perennial, "My Funny Valentine." Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180g vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
Side C
Side D
UPC: 602478282249
Label: Verve
Release Date: 3.27.26
Format: LP Vinyl