Ella Fitzgerald - 100 Songs For a Centennial (2017)
Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Title: 100 Songs For a Centennial
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Verve
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless
Total Time: 05:03:04
Total Size: 720 / 1549 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
TracklistTitle: 100 Songs For a Centennial
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Verve
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless
Total Time: 05:03:04
Total Size: 720 / 1549 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
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01. Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) [feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra] [Single Version] - Ella Fitzgerald
02. If You Can't Sing It You'll Have To Swing It - Chick Webb and His Orchestra
03. Dedicated To You (feat. The Mills Brothers) - Ella Fitzgerald
04. Big Boy Blue (feat. The Mills Brothers) - Ella Fitzgerald
05. I Got a Guy (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra) [Single Version] - Ella Fitzgerald
06. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra) - Ella Fitzgerald
07. I Found My Yellow Basket (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra) [Single Version] - Ella Fitzgerald
08. McPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing) [feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra] [Single Version] - Ella Fitzgerald
09. F.D.R. Jones - Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb and His Orchestra
10. Undecided (feat. Chick Webb and His Orchestra) [Single Version] - Ella Fitzgerald
11. I Want the Waiter (With the Water) [Single Version] - Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra
12. Imagination - Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra
13. Five O'Clock Whistle (Single Version) - Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra
14. Cow Cow Boogie (feat. The Ink Spots) - Ella Fitzgerald
15. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (Single Version) - Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra
16. I'm Making Believe (Single Version) - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
17. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (Single Version) - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
18. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Ella Fitzgerald & The Song Spinners
19. I'm Beginning To See the Light - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
20. It's Only a Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta Rhythm Boys
21. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) [Single Version] - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
22. Stone Cold Dead In the Market (feat. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five) - Ella Fitzgerald
23. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta Rhythm Boys
24. My Happiness - Ella Fitzgerald & The Song Spinners
25. Baby It's Cold Outside (feat. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five) - Ella Fitzgerald
26. Oh Lady Be Good - Ella Fitzgerald
27. That Old Feeling (feat. The Day Dreamers) - Ella Fitzgerald
28. I Hadn't Anyone Till You - Ella Fitzgerald
29. Black Coffee - Ella Fitzgerald
30. Soon - Ella Fitzgerald
31. There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby - Ella Fitzgerald
32. Walkin' By the River - Ella Fitzgerald
33. Taking a Chance On Love - Ella Fitzgerald
34. Until the Real Thing Comes Along (feat. Ellis Larkins) - Ella Fitzgerald
35. You Leave Me Breathless (feat. Ellis Larkins) - Ella Fitzgerald
36. Lullaby of Birdland - Ella Fitzgerald
37. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Ella Fitzgerald
38. It Might As Well Be Spring - Ella Fitzgerald
39. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) - Ella Fitzgerald
40. You Do Something To Me - Ella Fitzgerald
41. I've Got You Under My Skin - Ella Fitzgerald
42. Moonlight In Vermont - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
43. Cheek To Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
44. Manhattan - Ella Fitzgerald
45. Thou Swell - Ella Fitzgerald
46. I Wish I Were In Love Again (feat. Buddy Bregman and His Orchestra) - Ella Fitzgerald
47. Blue Moon - Ella Fitzgerald & Buddy Bregman and His Orchestra
48. Solitude - Ella Fitzgerald
49. Comes Love - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
50. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
51. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
52. In a Mellow Tone (feat. Oscar Peterson) - Ella Fitzgerald
53. I Never Had a Chance - Ella Fitzgerald
54. What Will I Tell My Heart - Ella Fitzgerald
55. Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
56. Little White Lies - Ella Fitzgerald
57. You Hit the Spot - Ella Fitzgerald
58. You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me - Ella Fitzgerald
59. Let's Face the Music and Dance (feat. Paul Weston and His Orchestra) - Ella Fitzgerald
60. Isn't This a Lovely Day? (feat. Paul Weston and His Orchestra) - Ella Fitzgerald
61. Puttin' On the Ritz (feat. Paul Weston and His Orchestra) - Ella Fitzgerald
62. You Make Me Feel So Young - Ella Fitzgerald
63. Moonlight Becomes You - Ella Fitzgerald
64. Let's Fall In Love - Ella Fitzgerald
65. My Old Flame - Ella Fitzgerald
66. They All Laughed - Ella Fitzgerald
67. I Can't Be Bothered Now - Ella Fitzgerald
68. My One and Only - Ella Fitzgerald
69. I Got Rhythm - Ella Fitzgerald
70. Stairway To the Stars - Ella Fitzgerald
71. Misty - Ella Fitzgerald
72. Hooray For Love - Ella Fitzgerald
73. Out of This World - Ella Fitzgerald
74. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Ella Fitzgerald
75. Stella By Starlight - Ella Fitzgerald
76. I Hear Music - Ella Fitzgerald
77. Love Me Or Leave Me - Ella Fitzgerald
78. Hallelujah, I Love Him So - Ella Fitzgerald
79. The Very Thought of You - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
80. Warm All Over - Ella Fitzgerald
81. Almost Like Being In Love - Ella Fitzgerald
82. All the Things You Are - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
83. A Fine Romance - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
84. Yesterdays - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
85. Honeysuckle Rose - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
86. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
87. Tea For Two - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
88. Trouble In Mind - Ella Fitzgerald
89. See, See Rider - Ella Fitzgerald
90. Can't Buy Me Love - Ella Fitzgerald & Johnny Spence Orchestra
91. The Sweetest Sounds - Ella Fitzgerald
92. Skylark - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
93. Something's Gotta Give - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
94. Dream (When You’re Feeling Blue) - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
95. Cottontail - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
96. Duke's Place - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
97. Something To Live For - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
98. Whisper Not - Ella Fitzgerald
99. Time After Time - Ella Fitzgerald
100. Mack the Knife (Live In Berlin/1960) - Ella Fitzgerald
"The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was arguably the finest female jazz singer of all time (although some may vote for Sarah Vaughan or Billie Holiday). Blessed with a beautiful voice and a wide range, Fitzgerald could outswing anyone, was a brilliant scat singer, and had near-perfect elocution; one could always understand the words she sang. The one fault was that, since she always sounded so happy to be singing, Fitzgerald did not always dig below the surface of the lyrics she interpreted and she even made a downbeat song such as "Love for Sale" sound joyous. However, when one evaluates her career on a whole, there is simply no one else in her class. One could never guess from her singing that Ella Fitzgerald's early days were as grim as Billie Holiday's. Growing up in poverty, Fitzgerald was literally homeless for the year before she got her big break. In 1934, she appeared at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, winning an amateur contest by singing "Judy" in the style of her idol, Connee Boswell. After a short stint with Tiny Bradshaw, Fitzgerald was brought to the attention of Chick Webb by Benny Carter (who was in the audience at the Apollo). Webb, who was not impressed by the 17-year-old's appearance, was reluctantly persuaded to let her sing with his orchestra on a one-nighter. She went over well and soon the drummer recognized her commercial potential. Starting in 1935, Fitzgerald began recording with Webb's Orchestra, and by 1937 over half of the band's selections featured her voice. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" became a huge hit in 1938 and "Undecided" soon followed. During this era, Fitzgerald was essentially a pop/swing singer who was best on ballads while her medium-tempo performances were generally juvenile novelties. She already had a beautiful voice but did not improvise or scat much; that would develop later. On June 16, 1939, Chick Webb died. It was decided that Fitzgerald would front the orchestra even though she had little to do with the repertoire or hiring or firing the musicians. She retained her popularity and when she broke up the band in 1941 and went solo; it was not long before her Decca recordings contained more than their share of hits. She was teamed with the Ink Spots, Louis Jordan, and the Delta Rhythm Boys for some best-sellers, and in 1946 began working regularly for Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic. Granz became her manager although it would be nearly a decade before he could get her on his label. A major change occurred in Fitzgerald's singing around this period. She toured with Dizzy Gillespie's big band, adopted bop as part of her style, and started including exciting scat-filled romps in her set. Her recordings of "Lady Be Good," "How High the Moon," and "Flying Home" during 1945-1947 became popular and her stature as a major jazz singer rose as a result. For a time (December 10, 1947-August 28, 1953) she was married to bassist Ray Brown and used his trio as a backup group. Fitzgerald's series of duets with pianist Ellis Larkins in 1950 (a 1954 encore with Larkins was a successful follow-up) found her interpreting George Gershwin songs, predating her upcoming Songbooks series. After appearing in the film Pete Kelly's Blues in 1955, Fitzgerald signed with Norman Granz's Verve label and over the next few years she would record extensive Songbooks of the music of Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Rodgers & Hart, Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, and Johnny Mercer. Although (with the exception of the Ellington sets) those were not her most jazz-oriented projects (Fitzgerald stuck mostly to the melody and was generally accompanied by string orchestras), the prestigious projects did a great deal to uplift her stature. At the peak of her powers around 1960, Fitzgerald's hilarious live version of "Mack the Knife" (in which she forgot the words and made up her own) from Ella in Berlin is a classic and virtually all of her Verve recordings are worth getting. Fitzgerald's Capitol and Reprise recordings of 1967-1970 are not on the same level as she attempted to "update" her singing by including pop songs such as "Sunny" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," sounding quite silly in the process. But Fitzgerald's later years were saved by Norman Granz's decision to form a new label, Pablo. Starting with a Santa Monica Civic concert in 1972 that is climaxed by Fitzgerald's incredible version of "C Jam Blues" (in which she trades off with and "battles" five classic jazzmen), Fitzgerald was showcased in jazz settings throughout the 1970s with the likes of Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, and Joe Pass, among others. Her voice began to fade during this era and by the 1980s her decline due to age was quite noticeable. Troubles with her eyes and heart knocked her out of action for periods of time, although her increasingly rare appearances found Fitzgerald still retaining her sense of swing and joyful style. By 1994, Ella Fitzgerald was in retirement and she passed away two years later, but she remains a household name and scores of her recordings are easily available on CD.
