Ella Fitzgerald - Complete 1940 NBC Broadcasts

Title: Complete 1940 NBC Broadcasts Artist: Ella Fitzgerald Release Date: 9/4/2006 Label: Definitive Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, live UPC: 8436006492990 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Classic Female Blues, Swing, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Elegant, Exuberant, Joyous, Playful, Springlike, Amiable/Good-Natured, Bright, Carefree, Cheerful, Effervescent, Energetic, Intimate, Refined/Mannered, Romantic, Rousing, Soothing, Sweet, Bittersweet, Boisterous, Fun, Gentle, Lively, Reflective, Sentimental, Sophisticated, Stylish, Warm, Autumnal, Aggressive, Brash, Confident, Happy, Lush, Poignant Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Opening Theme) [Live]
2. Traffic Jam [Live]
3. A Lover Is Blue [Live]
4. Dodging the Dean [Live]
5. 'Tain't What You Do [Live]
6. I'm Confessin' [Live]
7. Blue Lou [Live]
8. What's the Matter with Me [Live]
9. I Want the Waiter [Live]
10. Let's Get Together (Closing Theme) [Live]
11. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Opening Theme) [Live]
12. Limehouse Blues [Live]
13. This Changing World [Live]
14. Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! [Live]
15. Diga Diga Doo [Live]
16. Thank Your Stars [Live]
17. Take It from the Top [Live]
18. Vagabond Dreams [Live]
19. Breakin' Down [Live]
20. Let's Get Together (Closing Theme) [Live]

1. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Opening Theme) [Live]
2. Royal Garden Blues [Live]
3. Sing Song Swing [Live]
4. Sugar Blues [Live]
5. Make Believe [Live]
6. Sweet Sue [Live]
7. It's a Blue World [Live]
8. Is There Somebody Else? [Live]
9. One Moment Please [Live]
10. I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter (Closing Theme) [Live]
11. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Opening Theme) [Live]
12. I Got Rhythm [Live]
13. One Cigarette for Two [Live]
14. Chewing Gum [Live]
15. Lover, Come Back to Me [Live]
16. Who Ya Hunchin' [Live]
17. The Starlit Hour [Live]
18. Sing Song Swing [Live]
19. Goin' and Getting' [Live]
20. Let's Get Together (Closing Theme) [Live]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Definitive 11299

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With the death of Chick Webb in 1939, his big band was temporarily without a leader. Since Ella Fitzgerald had become the orchestra's most popular attraction, she was put at its head even though she had very little to do with the music. The Webb management, musical director Teddy McRae and trumpeter Taft Jordan actually ran the show, but Fitzgerald was still virtually the only female singer (other than Ina Ray Hutton) to be the leader of her own big band during the era. The experiment would last for two years, until Fitzgerald started her own remarkably successful solo career in 1941. While most of the band's recordings after Webb's death featured Fitzgerald's vocals, the four radio broadcasts that comprise this two-CD set have the orchestra taking instrumentals on over one-third of the material. Ella Fitzgerald was not yet the mature singer that she would become, nor is she heard scatting, a skill she would master five years later. However, her voice is cheerful and pleasing, the band swings and the Edgar Sampson arrangements are a major asset. A few of her novelty features are throwaways but overall this two-fer, which has the only existing live performances of the Ella Fitzgerald Orchestra (and is more complete than previous reissues), is a worthwhile acquisition. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Beverly Peer Bass Bill Beason Drums Dick Vance Trumpet Edgar Sampson Arranger Ella Fitzgerald Director, Vocals Estudi Canó Artwork Garvin Bushell Clarinet, Alto, Saxophone George Matthews Trombone Hilton Jefferson Alto, Saxophone, Clarinet Irving "Mouse" Randolph Trumpet John Trueheart Guitar Matías Rinar Liner Notes Nat Story Trombone Ram Ramirez Piano Roger "Ram" Ramirez Piano Sandy Williams Trombone Taft Jordan Trumpet, Vocals Teddy McRae Saxophone, Clarinet, Sax (Tenor) Wayman Carver Saxophone, Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)