The Definitive

Tracklist

• CD 1: Ella & Louis
• 1
  Can’t We Be Friends
  3:47
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Isn’t This a Lovely Day
  6:15
  3.6 ★
• 3
  Moonlight in Vermont
  3:41
  5.0 ★
• 4
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  4:39
  4.6 ★
• 5
  Under a Blanket of Blue
  4:17
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Tenderly
  5:07
  4.0 ★
• 7
  A Foggy Day
  4:31
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Stars Fell on Alabama
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Cheek to Cheek
  5:53
  4.1 ★
• 10
  The Nearness of You
  5:41
  4.0 ★
• 11
  April in Paris
  6:34
  4.6 ★
• 12
  The Frim Fram Sauce
  3:13
• 13
  You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
  2:54
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Dream a Little Dream of Me
  3:06
• 15
  Can Anyone Explain?
  3:11
• 16
  Necessary Evil
  2:33
• 17
  Oops!
  3:12
• CD 2: Ella & Louis Again
• 1
  Don’t Be That Way
  5:01
• 2
  They All Laughed
  3:48
• 3
  Autumn in New York
  5:58
• 4
  Stompin’ at the Savoy
  5:14
  3.6 ★
• 5
  I Won’t Dance
  4:45
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Gee Bay, Ain’t I Good to You
  4:13
• 7
  Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
  4:13
  3.6 ★
• 8
  I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  3:10
  4.0 ★
• 9
  I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
  3:27
  3.0 ★
• 10
  A Fine Romance
  3:54
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Love Is Here to Stay
  3:59
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Learnin’ the Blues
  7:13
• 13
  Makin’ Whoopee
  3:58
• 14
  Comes Love
  2:27
• 15
  Would You Like to Take a Walk?
  3:17
• 16
  I Get a Kick Out of You
  4:19
• CD 3: Porgy and Bess
• 1
  Porgy and Bess: Overture
  10:52
• 2
  Summertime
  5:00
  2.9 ★
• 3
  I Want to Stay Here
  4:37
• 4
  My Man’s Gone Now
  4:01
• 5
  I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’
  3:52
• 6
  The Buzzard Song
  2:58
• 7
  Bess You Is My Woman Now
  5:29
• 8
  It Ain’t Necessary So
  6:35
• 9
  What You Want Wid Bess?
  2:01
• 10
  A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
  4:48
• 11
  Oh, Doctor Jesus
  2:01
• 12
  Medley: Here Come de Honey Man / Crab Man / Oh, Dey’s So Fresh and Fire
  3:28
• 13
  There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
  4:54
• 14
  Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess
  2:36
• 15
  Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way
  2:58
• 16
  These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
  7:38
• 17
  Who Walks in When I Walk Out?
  2:18

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book

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Ella and Louis Again

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Satchmo: The Louis Armstrong Collection

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The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald

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Release credits

• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [1-15]
• Art Drelinger
  tenor saxophone [12-13]
• Bill Stegmeyer
  alto saxophone [12-13], clarinet [12-13], reeds [12-13]
• Billy Butterfield
  trumpet [12-13]
• Bob Haggart
  arranger [12-13], conductor [12-13]
• Bob Haggart and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [12-13]
• Buddy Childers
  trombone [1-15]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [1-11]
• Cozy Cole
  drums (drum set) [12-13]
• Danny Perri
  guitar [12-13]
• Ella Fitzgerald
  lead vocals [10], performer [7], vocal [1.1-13, 2.1-7, 2.7-8, 2.8-9, 2.11-12, 2.14, 3.2-9, 3.11-12]
• Frank Beach
  trumpet [1-15]
• George Koenig
  alto saxophone [12-13]
• Herb Ellis
  guitar [2.1-7, 2.7-12, 2.14, 1.1-11]
• Jack Greenberg
  tenor saxophone [12-13]
• Joe Bushkin
  piano [12-13]
• Joe Mondragon
  double bass [1-15]
• Louie Bellson
  drums (drum set) [1-7, 7-12, 14]
• Louis Armstrong
  lead vocals [10], solo [13], trumpet [3.2, 1.1-13, 1.13, 2.1-7, 2.7-12, 2.14], vocal [2.1-7, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11-12, 2.14, 1.1-13, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7-15]
• Milton Schatz
  baritone saxophone [12-13]
• Oscar Peterson
  piano [1.1-11, 2.1-7, 2.7-12, 2.14]
• Paul Smith
  piano [1-15]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [2.1-12, 2.14, 1.1-11]
• Russ Garcia & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2]
• Russell Garcia
  conductor [1-15]
• Tony Rizzi
  guitar [1-15]
• Trigger Alpert
  bass [12-13], double bass [12-13]
• Victor Arno
  violin [1-15]
• Vincent DeRosa
  French horn [1-15]
• Show all credits (29)

Issues

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  The Definitive

  3x CD
  2009