Ella Fitzgerald And Joe Pass - Easy Living (1986)

Ella Fitzgerald And Joe Pass - Easy Living (1986)
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Genre ~ Vocal, Guitar Jazz | Label ~ Pablo Records

It's been a while since I played this CD, which was greeted with rave reviews on its first issue in 1986. Ella was then in her late sixties, by which time her voice was past its best, which manifests itself in what could be charitably described as a wide vibrato on sustained notes. Listening again, I'm reminded of her later tendency to take liberties with both tune and lyrics. That would be defensible if it improved upon the original, but that was always arguable in her case, and the facility did not improve with the passing years.
My copy carries a tracklist which adds up to under an hour of music, and nothing in the way of a liner note. These deficiencies are offset by Joe Pass's sympathetic accompaniment, which was for me the deciding factor in its purchase. ~ Amazon Customer's Review

Tracklist

1. My Ship (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill)
2. Don't Be That Way (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson)
3. My Man (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain)
4. Don't Worry About Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler)
5. Days of Wine and Roses (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
6. Easy Living (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
7. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young)
8. Love for Sale (Cole Porter)
9. Moonlight in Vermont (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf)
10. Green Dolphin Street (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
11. Why Don't You Do Right? (Kansas Joe McCoy)
12. By Myself (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)
13. I Want a Little Girl (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll)
14. I'm Making Believe (Mack Gordon, James V. Monaco)
15. Slow Boat to China (Frank Loesser)

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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis (1956) [LIM Ultra HD 32-bit Remastered 2010]

Ella and Louis (1956) [LIM Ultra HD 32-bit Remastered 2010]

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Genre ~ Traditional Pop, Standards, Vocal Jazz | Label ~ FIM Records

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong make for a charming team on this CD. Accompanied by pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Buddy Rich, Fitzgerald and Armstrong perform 11 standards with joy and swing. There are touches of Satch's trumpet, but this is primarily a vocal set with the emphasis on tasteful renditions of ballads. Its follow-up, Ella & Louis Again, is also worth getting. ~ AllMusic

Tracklist

1. Can't We Be Friends? (3:47)
2. Isn't This A Lovely Day? (6:16)
3. Moonlight In Vermont(3:42)
4. They Can't Take That Away From Me (4:39)
5. Under A Blanket Of Blue (4:18)
6. Tenderly (5:10)
7. A Foggy Day (4:32)
8. Stars Fell On Alabama (3:34)
9. Cheek To Cheek (5:53)
10. The Nearness Of You (5:42)
11. April In Paris (6:33)


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Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson - Ella and Oscar (1975) [20bit K2 Remaster 2001]

Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson - Ella and Oscar (1975) [20bit K2 Remaster 2001]

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Genre ~ Bop, Tradition Jazz, Standards, Vocal | Label ~ Pablo Records

For this Pablo set (reissued on CD), Ella Fitzgerald is heard on half of the program in duets with pianist Oscar Peterson and for the remainder in trios with Peterson and bassist Ray Brown. In general the performances are memorable (particularly "How Long Has This Been Going On," "More than You Know," "Midnight Sun" and "April in Paris" ) with the emphasis on ballads. Although her voice had slipped a little by this time, the results are still rewarding and swinging.

Tracklist

01. Mean to Me [0:03:30.16]
02. How Long Has This Been Going On [0:04:58.93]
03. When Your Lover Has Gone [0:04:58.04]
04. More Than You Know [0:04:37.80]
05. There's A Lull In My Life [0:04:59.76]
06. Midnight Sun [0:03:41.17]
07. I Hear Music [0:05:11.16]
08. Street of Dreams [0:04:07.93]
09. April in Paris [0:08:38.93]


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