| By R.C. on Sunday, January 4, 1998 - 10:45 pm: |
(compilation - Verve - 1993). Becuz Norman Ganz knew how to handle Talent. And becuz Gershwin/Porter/& Rogers & Hart are good cure for the Mean Reds. And becuz my neighbor's dog must like Ella -- he's FINALLY stopped barking! |
| By Jim aka PajamaBoy on Tuesday, June 23, 1998 - 01:31 pm: |
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to me she does the only version of "summertime" that matters. the last two songs on the album are "mack the knife" - where she forgets the lyrics and extemporizes - and then "how high the moon" - with a scorching extended scat improv where she even quotes bird's "ornithology." buy it, live it, love it. |
*Ella Fitzgerald -- The Best of the Songbooks *Ella Fitzgerald -- Love Songs: the best of the Songbooks *Pure Ella (which starts with Mack the Knife, though not the version you're talking about) *The Intimate Ella Fitzgerald (this is my favorite -- just her and a piano) *Ella Swings Gently With Nelson (AWESOME "Body and Soul" on this one) *The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong I agree with you on "Summertime." Mahalia Jackson also does a nice version, but it strays away from the original melody too much, at least the one version I've heard. Do you know if Ella Fitzgerald ever sang "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"? |