Ella Fitzgerald - The Very Best of the Rodgers and Hart Song Book

Title: The Very Best of the Rodgers and Hart Song Book Artist: Ella Fitzgerald Release Date: 2/13/2007 Label: Verve Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 602517052437 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Bop, 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: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Lover
2. My Funny Valentine
3. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
4. It Never Entered My Mind
5. Ten Cents a Dance
6. The Lady Is a Tramp
7. Manhattan
8. Little Girl Blue
9. I Could Write a Book
10. Where or When
11. This Can't Be Love
12. Bewitched

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Verve 0007425

No other editions were found for this album.

After the initial impact of her first songbook venture (Cole Porter) in early 1956, Ella Fitzgerald returned to the studio quickly with the same arranger/conductor (Buddy Bregman) and recorded nearly three dozen songs from the pens of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Released just six months after the Porter volume, Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book confirmed that something special was afoot and just narrowly missed the Top Ten of the album charts. Fitzgerald's heavy musical skills were naturally pleasing to the reportedly finicky Rodgers, and her nearly endless reserves of buoyant optimism were an excellent complement to Hart's songs. The 2007 Verve compilation The Very Best of the Rodgers and Hart Song Book includes less than one out of three songs from the original, but it forms a solid introduction to what is arguably Fitzgerald's best work. It begins with a bang ("Lover"), reprises the best ballads ("My Funny Valentine," "Manhattan," "Where or When"), and includes three of the more downcast numbers from the Rodgers & Hart catalog ("It Never Entered My Mind," "Ten Cents a Dance," and "Little Girl Blue"). For those who don't have the confidence to spring for the full set, these 12 songs will probably convince them. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Name Credits Abe Most Clarinet Alvin Stoller Drums Arnold Koblentz Horn (English), Oboe Barney Kessel Guitar Bob Cooper Clarinet, Sax (Tenor), Oboe, Horn (English) Bob Irwin Mastering Bryan Koniarz Supervisor Bud Shank Flute, Sax (Alto), Clarinet, Sax (Soprano) Buddy Bregman Conductor, Arranger Chuck Gentry Bassoon, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone) Conrad Gozzo Trumpet Corky Hale Harp Edgar Lustgarten Cello George Roberts Trombone (Bass) Hollis King Art Direction Isabelle Wong Design James Gavin Liner Notes Jayme Pieruzzi Mastering Joe Howard Trombone Joe Mondragon Bass Jule Kinzler Flute Lloyd Ulyate Trombone Maurice Stein Sax (Alto) Maynard Ferguson Trumpet Milt Bernhart Trombone Milt Holland Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone Mischa Russell Concert Master Norman Granz Original Recording Producer Paul "Scooby" Smith Arranger, Piano Pete Candoli Trumpet Ray Linn Trumpet Richard Seidel Selection, Sequencing Robert LaMarchina Cello Sarah Huo Project Assistant Ted Nash Sax (Soprano), Flute, Sax (Tenor), Clarinet Vincent DeRosa French Horn Willie Schwartz Flute, Sax (Alto), Clarinet, Sax (Soprano)