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PUBLISHED
℗1999
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3 audio discs (approximately 217 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
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Compact disc
disc one. Rockin' in rhythm -- Drop me off in Harlem -- Day dream -- Caravan -- Take the "A" train -- I ain't got nothing but the blues -- Clementine -- I didn't know about you -- I'm beginning to see the light -- Lost in meditation -- Perdido -- Cotton tail -- Do nothin' till you hear from me --
Jazz vocals; principally by Duke Ellington
(con't.). Just a-sittin and a-rockin -- Solitude -- Rock in my bed -- Satin doll -- Sophisticated lady. disc two. Just squeeze me (but don't tease me) -- It don't mean a thing -- Azure -- I let a song go out of my heart -- In a sentimental mood -- Don't get around much anymore -- Prelude to a kiss -- Mood indigo --In a mellow tone -- Love you madly -- Lush life -- Squatty roo -- I'm just a lucky so-and-so -- All too soon -- Everything but you -- I got it bad (and that ain't good) -- Bli-blip -- disc three. Chelsea Bridge -- Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald -- The E and D blues (E for Ella, D for Duke) -- Chelsea Bridge (rehearsal) -- All heart (alternative takes)
Analog recordings
Previously released as analog discs
Original biographical and program notes by Norman Granz and Leonard Feather and new preface by Patricia Willard inserted in booklet (65 p. : ill.)
Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; in part with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ; in part with jazz ensemble including (in various combinations): Ben Webster, tenor saxophone ; Stuff Smith, violin ; Paul Smith, Oscar Peterson, piano ; Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, guitar ; Joe Mondragon, Ray Brown, bass ; Alvin Stoller, drums
Recorded September 1956 and June, August, September, and October 1957. Tracks 5-10 and 12-15 on disc three are previously unissued