Lover Come Back to Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Hammerstein, Oscar
Too Close for Comfort - Ella Fitzgerald, Bock, Jerry
Little White Lies - Ella Fitzgerald, Donaldson, Walter
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ella Fitzgerald, Fields, Dorothy
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home - Ella Fitzgerald, Warfield, Charles
I Found a New Baby - Ella Fitzgerald, Palmer, Jack
On a Slow Boat to China - Ella Fitzgerald, Loesser, Frank
My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole
Perdido - Ella Fitzgerald, Drake, Ervin
I've Got a Crush on You - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George
But Not for Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Fain, Sammy
Across the Alley from the Alamo - Ella Fitzgerald, Greene, Joe
I'm Glad There Is You - Ella Fitzgerald, Dorsey, Jimmy
'Round Midnight - Ella Fitzgerald, Hanighen, Bernie
Take the 'A' Train - Ella Fitzgerald, Strayhorn, Billy
Mr. Paganini [Mono Version] - Ella Fitzgerald, Coslow, Sam
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George
I Can't Get Started - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke, Vernon
Give Me the Simple Life - Ella Fitzgerald, Bloom, Rube
Caravan - Ella Fitzgerald, Ellington, Duke
One for My Baby - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold
Lorelei - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George
A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald, Alexander, Van
Witchcraft - Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman, Cy
Gone with the Wind - Ella Fitzgerald, Madgison, Herbert
Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold
It's De-Lovely - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole
The Lady Is a Tramp - Ella Fitzgerald, Hart, Lorenz
That Old Black Magic - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold
Lullaby of Birdland - Ella Fitzgerald, Shearing, George
Ella Introduces the Band - Ella Fitzgerald,
Imagination - Ella Fitzgerald, Burke, Johnny
Blue Moon - Ella Fitzgerald, Hart, Lorenz
Joe Williams' Blues - Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Ella
Track Listings (20) - Disc #3
The Lady's in Love with You - Ella Fitzgerald, Lane, Burton
Love Is Here to Stay - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George
Come Rain or Come Shine - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold
Anything Goes - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole
This Could Be the Start of Something Big - Ella Fitzgerald, Allen, Steve [1]
Candy - Ella Fitzgerald, Alex C. Kramer
Little Girl Blue - Ella Fitzgerald, Hart, Lorenz
You're Driving Me Crazy - Ella Fitzgerald, Donaldson, Walter
It's All Right with Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole
Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) - Ella Fitzgerald, Ellington, Duke
'S Wonderful - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George
How High the Moon - Ella Fitzgerald, Hamilton, Nancy
Deep Purple - Ella Fitzgerald, DeRose, Peter
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Ella Fitzgerald, Hilliard, Bob
Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald, Blitzstein, Marc
Exactly Like You - Ella Fitzgerald, Fields, Dorothy
Rock It for Me [Mono Version] - Ella Fitzgerald, Werner, Kay
Stompin' at the Savoy [Mono Version] - Ella Fitzgerald, Goodman, Benny
Love for Sale [Mono Version] - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole
St. Louis Blues [Mono Version] - Ella Fitzgerald, Handy, W.C.
Track Listings (20) - Disc #4
All of Me [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Marks, Gerald
Hard Hearted Hannah [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Ager, Milton
Broadway [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Byrd, Billy
My Kind of Boy [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Bricusse, Leslie
It Had to Be You [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Jones, Isham
C'est Magnifique [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole
How Long Has This Been Going On? [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George
When Your Lover Has Gone [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Swan, Einar A.
Taking a Chance on Love [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke, Vernon
Good Morning Heartache [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Drake, Ervin
Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie! [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, McDonald, Ballard
Hallelujah I Love Him So [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Charles, Ray
Angel Eyes [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Dennis, Matt
Ol' Man Mose [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Armstrong, Louis
Teach Me Tonight [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Cahn, Sammy
Medley: Too Darn Hot/Ella's Twist [Mono Version][*][Medley] - Ella Fitzgerald,
Too Darn Hot [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole
Bewitched [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Hart, Lorenz
Bill Bailey [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Cannon, Hughie
Bill Bailey Reprise [Mono Version][*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Cannon, Hughie
Ella Fitzgerald's Twelve Nights In Hollywood is an unprecedented release - a 4-CD box set of 73 completely unreleased live recordings from Ella in her relaxed, absolute prime. For Twelve Nights In Hollywood Verve Select du... more »g into the vault to collect the best of her performances across her extended 10-night 1961 engagement at Los Angeles' Crescendo Club - which originally resulted in the hit LP Ella In Hollywood - and her two-night return engagement the following year, presenting an unforgettable experience that puts you right in the front seat at the club, without repeating any performances from the original album. It includes several tracks never before heard by Ella live, tracks she had just recorded or had yet to record in the studio, and old chestnuts she revisited in a fresh way. Standouts among many across the four discs include "But Not For Me," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "Perdido," "How High the Moon" and "When Your Lover Has Gone." Twelve Nights In Hollywood is housed in exquisite packaging - same 7 3/8" square dimensions as the Oscar Peterson set, complete with extensive liner notes, detailed annotations, rare photos, and specially commissioned album cover art by Hall of Fame illustrator Bart Forbes. There have been several Ella live albums, but this is indeed unlike any other.« less
Ella Fitzgerald's Twelve Nights In Hollywood is an unprecedented release - a 4-CD box set of 73 completely unreleased live recordings from Ella in her relaxed, absolute prime. For Twelve Nights In Hollywood Verve Select dug into the vault to collect the best of her performances across her extended 10-night 1961 engagement at Los Angeles' Crescendo Club - which originally resulted in the hit LP Ella In Hollywood - and her two-night return engagement the following year, presenting an unforgettable experience that puts you right in the front seat at the club, without repeating any performances from the original album. It includes several tracks never before heard by Ella live, tracks she had just recorded or had yet to record in the studio, and old chestnuts she revisited in a fresh way. Standouts among many across the four discs include "But Not For Me," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "Perdido," "How High the Moon" and "When Your Lover Has Gone." Twelve Nights In Hollywood is housed in exquisite packaging - same 7 3/8" square dimensions as the Oscar Peterson set, complete with extensive liner notes, detailed annotations, rare photos, and specially commissioned album cover art by Hall of Fame illustrator Bart Forbes. There have been several Ella live albums, but this is indeed unlike any other.
CD Reviews
Ella live in an intimate setting - What a find!
T. Davis | Seattle, WA | 11/28/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"These cozy dates come from a Los Angeles club called the Crescendo in 1961 and 1962, two of Ella's peak years. Only one of the pristine tracks has ever been released. Why did Verve take nearly half a century to put out this treasure?
It's a case of more profitable material, a wealth of studio recordings, crowding out excellent performances that could have been a hit originally. Alas, producer Norman Granz gave them short shrift: a single poorly-selected and poorly-mastered album that flopped commercially.
The tapes sank into the vaults, not to be unearthed until jazz researcher Phil Schaap dug into the archives in 1988. He found 14 hours of California recordings made over 12 days, along with unheard live sets recorded in Rome and Chicago in 1958. At that point, Verve released a single CD, "Ella in Rome," which was a huge success, but then the label got busy with rereleases of her songbook series.
Finally, this year, Richard Seidel, the producer of this boxed set, listened to the tapes and decided to assemble four CDs containing 76 songs both swinging and sentimental. Ella is a joy throughout: creative and playful in her phrasing and scatting, by turns relaxed and spirited in her mood. She even succeeds at the blues, a form she was not particularly known for.
What are you waiting for? This is a glorious find and an essential acquisition for the Fitzgerald fan."
Package designed to damage the discs
Robert Wade Cottingham | Dallas, TX | 12/02/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This had to go right back. Brand new item, with one of the worst designs for holding CD's ever conceived.
All four discs arrived with either glue or scratches on them.
I've noticed a few complaining comments here and there when someone reviews the packaging not the music. But overall, I've noticed that our Amazon reviews are a perfectly good forum for sharing experiences with horrible packaging.
We know the music is great. Wow, horrible package on this one, designed to damage the discs. Thick cardboard pages, the type of cardboard that has little paper particles and dust particles that will rub the disc every time someone removes or replaces a disc. Also designed where the front and back of the cardboard sleeve are glued together, and where the disc slides right down into the glue.
If it had been only the glue, I could have wiped it off with alcohol and placed the discs in jewel cases.
But there was an obvious scratch on one disc, so ... not a keeper.
I'll probably download these tracks. Due to the package design, I'm not going to try a physical replacement on this particular set. It's difficult to enjoy physical CD's when the package design does not include any provision for storing or protecting the discs safely.
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Twelve Nights in Hollywood-- just in time for Twelve Days of
Singin' Sphinx | Berkeley CA USA | 11/28/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a wonderful and vivid recording with the singer up-front, a supportive pianist and percussionists, fresh, light, and delightful. Crystal clear. What a treat -- who would've expected to hear more great Ella after all this time?"
Ella at Her Best
R.L. | 11/29/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Ella shows in this treasure trove why Sinatra always said she was the best. In her prime, live in a cozy nightclub setting, with a jazz combo backing. And an excellent recording. Who could ask for anything more."
A Must for your Jazz Library
Steven Samuel | Yardley, PA | 12/15/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The one negative: The package. In addition to others' comments, I'll add that the package is "oversized", and will not fit into any standard CD rack or cabinet.
That said, this is Ella at her young, strong best. Vocals are lively and "clear as a bell", with strong, precise performances by her sidemen. Beautifully recorded and remastered, this is an intimate club date with the kind of dimension you just can't get in the studio (and quality you can't get on MP3)."
Track Listings (19) - Disc #1