Ella Fitzgerald && Louis Amstrong - Ella && Louis Sing Gershwin + The Best Of@320

1. Ella & Louis Sing Gershwin Review: When Ella and Louis recorded a series of albums together for Verve in 1956 and 1957, George Gershwin's songs were a constant theme, including a double LP of Porgy and Bess that delighted Ira Gershwin. This 1998 compilation pulls together material from those recordings to celebrate a union of jazz's greatest singers with a songwriter who had been an essential resource for jazz since the 1920s. The chemistry is consistently inspired, with Armstrong's gravelly voice, perfect rhythmic sense, and still-eloquent trumpet providing a fine complement to Fitzgerald's consummately smooth delivery and extraordinary range. Also included are Ella and Louis's own takes on Gershwin from contemporary sessions, including Fitzgerald's Jazz at the Philharmonic version of "Oh, Lady, Be Good!" (from At the Opera House) that includes Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and Stan Getz among the tenor saxophonists. Collectors will want the CD reissues of the original albums to get a complete picture of the Fitzgerald and Armstrong partnership, or Fitzgerald's own extended encounter with Gershwin in the Songbook series; nevertheless, this is a delightful introduction to an inspired collaboration. 01. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin 02. He Loves And She Loves 03. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing 04. They Can't Take That Away From Me 05. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 06. Strike Up The Band 07. Things Are Looking Up 08. They All Laughed 09. A Foggy Day 10. How Long Has This Been Going On 11. Summertime 12. Love Is Here To Stay 13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin'Soon 14. 's Wonderful 15. I Was Doing All Right 16. Oh, Lady, Be Good! Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Russell Garcia, Nelson Riddle (conductor); Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone); Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet (tenor saxophone); Roy Eldridge (trumpet); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Louie Bellson, Jo Jones, Buddy Rich (drums); The Russell Garcia Orchestra; The Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California on August 16, 1956, between August 18 and October 14, 1957 and between January 5 and July 17, 1959; Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California on July 23, 1957; The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California on October 7, 1957. Includes liner notes by Jim Macnie. Label: Verve Date: January 27, 1998 Not My rip (thanks to original uploader) Covers Included The missing tracks are common with these in the other album 2. The Best Of From August 1956 to August 1957, legendary jazz producer Norman Granz oversaw several recording sessions and a handful of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl starring two of the finest singers in jazz history, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Fitzgerald was at the peak of her powers at the time, having clearly defined herself as the best female singer in jazz. Armstrong was comfortably settling into his Grand Old Man of Jazz role by this point, trading hot swing and fiery trumpet solos for genial, good-humored vocalizing. Still, Armstrong was never one to back off from a challenge, and he holds his own divinely against the younger singer. Fitzgerald was Armstrong's only rival as a scat singer, and so nearly every track here dissolves into impressive competing scat solos. Fans of scat singing will rejoice. 01. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 02. Love Is Here To Stay 03. The Nearness Of You 04. Stars Fell On Alabama 05. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You 06. They Can't Take That Away From Me 07. Autumn In New York 08. Summertime 09. Tenderly 10. Stompin' At The Savoy 11. Under A Blanket Of Blue 12. I Wants To Stay Here 13. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 14. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York 15. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Russell Garcia (conductor, arranger); Trummy Young (trombone); Edmond Hall (clarinet); Billy Kyle, Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown, Dale Jones (bass); Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Barrett Deems (drums). Principally recorded at Capitol Studios, The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California from August 15, 1956 - August 28, 1957. Includes liner notes by William Ruhlmann. Label: Verve Orig Year: 1997 BITRATE: 320 My cd-rip (EAC and Lame) Covers Included

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Guilbert53 (2008-03-20)

Five of the tracks seem to be missing from the first album.
I downloaded the whole torrent and only got 11 tracks.
Tracks 4,5,11,12,13 are all missing.

 alekow1 (2008-03-22)

As I said, the missing tracks are the same with these in the second album

rajinbacon (2008-11-12)

have errors in Track 14 "'S Wonderful" starting at 1:50.
anyone else?
Good up regardless, thanks

MRMKHS1 (2012-05-11)

Pretty Good! Thank You.

TPBTPR (2012-08-17)

I'm looking for a duet version of "Cheek to Cheek" done by Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong that keeps coming up on Pandora, but can't find it for the life of me. Has anybody happened across it?