Ella Fitzgerald - The Early Years-Part 1 (1998)

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Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Title: The Early Years Part 1
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: GRP/Decca
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log)
Total Time: 02:05:50
Total Size: 332 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. I'll Chase The Blues Away 02:33
02. Love And Kisses 03:18
03. Rhythm And Romance 03:05
04. Under The Spell Of The Blues 02:59
05. When I Get Low I Get High 02:26
06. Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) 02:36
07. A Little Bit Later On 03:03
08. Love, You're Just A Laugh 03:10
09. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini) 02:55
10. Vote For Mr. Rhythm 02:27
11. My Last Affair 02:44
12. Organ Grinder's Swing 02:50
13. Shine 02:50
14. Darktown Strutters' Ball 03:03
15. Oh, Yes, Take Another Guess 02:43
16. You Showed Me The Way 03:19
17. Cryin' Mood 02:38
18. If You Ever Should Leave 03:05
19. Everyone's Wrong But Me 03:04
20. Just A Simple Melody 02:58
21. I Got A Guy 03:18

CD2
01. Rock It For Me 03:10
02. I Want To Be Happy 04:31
03. The Dipsy Doodle 03:10
04. If Dreams Come True 02:35
05. Hallelujah! 04:05
06. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen 03:03
07. It's My Turn Now 02:55
08. It's Wonderful 02:56
09. I Was Doing All Right 02:54
10. A-Tisket, A-Tasket 02:39
11. Heart Of Mine 02:54
12. I'm Just A Jitterbug 03:16
13. You Can't Be Mine (and Someone Else's, Too) 02:58
14. If You Only Knew 02:45
15. Pack Up Your Sins Ans Got To The Devil 02:55
16. McPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing) 03:07
17. Everybody Step 02:43
18. Wacky Dust 03:02
19. Strictly From Dixie 02:47
20. F.D.R. Jones 02:52
21. It's Foxy 02:59
22. I Found My Yellow Basket 02:34

This two-CD set collects Ella Fitzgerald's work with the Chick Webb Orchestra from 1935 to 1938, including the subgroup that recorded under her own name, Ella Fitzgerald and her Savoy Eight. Fitzgerald was a teenager when she began recording with Webb; the complete singer of ballads, show tunes, and scat improvisation existed only in the future. What Fitzgerald possessed was a great voice in embryo, and these CDs give listeners a chance to hear her growing in skill and confidence with each successive session. Her pitch and diction were already good, and she clearly had a unique talent for rhythmic phrasing. In fact, the novelty and rhythm songs she was usually called on to perform drew only on that aspect of her talent, songs of the first rank--then jealously guarded by music publishers and record companies--being unavailable to her. When she gets the opportunity with better material--as on "I Want to Be Happy"--she acquits herself admirably. Her hit of "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," brilliantly propelled by Webb's drumming, still sounds inspired. There were some bands of the period that were more artful, but few as singularly devoted to the principle of swing and none with a drummer more dynamic or creative than Webb. His presence drives every medium to uptempo tune in the collection. --Stuart Broomer

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