Ella Fitzgerald's series of songbooks on Verve are all considered classics. This compilation brings together 19 tracks from various songbooks that were recorded in stereo for Verve between 1956 and 1964. Composers and lyricists represented include George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin and Rodgers and Hart.
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Ella Fitzgerald's series of songbooks on Verve are all considered classics. This compilation brings together 19 tracks from various songbooks th… read more
Ella Fitzgerald's series of songbooks on Verve are all considered classics. This compilation brings together 19 tracks from various songbooks that were recorded in stereo for Verve … read more
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6). Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz" or just simply "Lady Ella", she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 60-year recording career, she sold 40 million copies of her… read more
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6). Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song… read more
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves (D♭3 to D♭6). Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz" or ju… read more