Reader’s Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest Performances

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  This Can’t Be Love
  2:56
• 2
  There’s a Small Hotel
  2:49
• 3
  Blue Moon
  3:12
• 4
  Where or When
  2:47
• 5
  With a Song in My Heart
  2:45
  5.0 ★
• 6
  All the Things You Are
  3:18
• 7
  Yesterdays
  2:52
• 8
  The Way You Look Tonight
  4:30
• 9
  A Fine Romance
  3:38
  2.0 ★
• 10
  Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
  3:56
• 11
  Night and Day
  3:05
• 12
  What Is This Thing Called Love?
  2:05
• 13
  I Get a Kick Out of You
  4:02
• 14
  Just One of Those Things
  3:33
  2.0 ★
• 15
  Begin the Beguine
  3:40
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Blues in the Night
  7:13
• 17
  That Old Black Magic
  4:11
• 18
  Stormy Weather
  5:16
• 19
  I’ve Got the World on a String
  4:53
• 20
  Let’s Fall in Love
  4:00
• CD 2
• 1
  ’S Wonderful
• 2
  I’ve Got a Crush on You
• 3
  Love Is Here to Stay
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Love Walked In
• 5
  Embraceable You
• 6
  Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
• 7
  It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
• 8
  Mood Indigo
• 9
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
• 10
  Satin Doll
• 11
  Alexander’s Ragtime Band
• 12
  Puttin’ on the Ritz
• 13
  Remember
• 14
  Blue Skies
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Always
• 16
  Cheek to Cheek
• 17
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  4.5 ★
• 18
  Stars Fell on Alabama
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Tenderly
  4.0 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  April in Paris
  4.5 ★
• 2
  I’m Beginning to See the Light
• 3
  Them There Eyes
• 4
  Dream a Little Dream of Me
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
• 6
  On the Sunny Side of the Street
• 7
  Don’t Be That Way
• 8
  I Only Have Eyes for You
• 9
  Somebody Loves Me
• 10
  I Hear Music
• 11
  I Can’t Get Started With You
• 12
  A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
• 13
  (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It
• 14
  Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
  3.5 ★
• 15
  You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
• 16
  Little White Lies
• 17
  A Beautiful Friendship
• 18
  Body and Soul (live)
• 19
  Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home (live)
• 20
  Mack the Knife (live)
• 21
  How High the Moon (Pt.1)

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Release credits

• Al Porcino
  trumpet [15]
• Alex Beller
  violin [1, 4-5]
• Alvin Dinkin
  viola [1, 4-5]
• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [1.5, 1.11-12, 1.14-15, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6-10]
• Armand Kaproff
  cello [1]
• Barbara Simons
  viola [1, 5]
• Barney Kessel
  guitar [1.5, 1.11-12, 1.14-15, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.9-10]
• Ben Gill
  violin [1, 4-5]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [6-10]
• Benny Carter
  arranger [5], conductor [5]
• Bill Holman
  tenor saxophone [15]
• Bill Hughes
  trombone [5]
• Bill Richmond
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Bob Cooper
  tenor saxophone [11, 14-15]
• Bob Enevoldsen
  tenor saxophone [15], valve trombone [15]
• Bobby Plater
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Booty Wood
  trombone [5]
• Bud Shank
  alto saxophone [3.15, 1.11, 1.14-15]
• Buddy Bregman
  arranger [11-12, 14-15], conductor [11-12, 12, 14-15]
• Buddy Collette
  woodwind [1]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [3.1, 2.17-19]
• Butch Miles
  membranophone [5]
• Cappy Lewis
  trumpet [1]
• Champ Webb
  woodwind [1, 4]
• Charlie Fowlkes
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Chuck Gentry
  baritone saxophone [2.1, 1.11, 1.14-15]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [2]
• Conrad Gozzo
  trumpet [11, 14-15]
• Corky Hale
  harp [11, 15]
• Count Basie
  piano [5]
• Dale McMickle
  trumpet [1]
• Dan Lube
  violin [1]
• Danny Turner
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Dave Sterkin
  viola [5]
• David Filerman
  cello [4]
• Dennis Wilson
  trombone [5]
• Dick Nash
  trombone [4]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  trumpet [2]
• Don Fagerquist
  trumpet [2.4, 3.15]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [2]
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  performer [2]
• Ed Gilbert
  tuba [4]
• Edgar Lustgarten
  cello [2.1, 1.11, 1.15]
• Eleanor Slatkin
  cello [4]
• Elizabeth Greenschpoon
  cello [4-5]
• Ella Fitzgerald
  lead vocals [1.6, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.12, 1.14-15, 2.6-11, 2.13-16, 3.2, 3.9, 3.17], vocal [3.1, 3.4-5, 3.7-8, 3.10, 3.14-15, 3.18, 2.1-5, 2.11-13, 2.15-19, 1.5]
• Ellis Larkins
  piano [2]
• Eric Dixon
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Erno Neufeld
  violin [4-5]
• Felix Slatkin
  violin [4]
• Frank Flynn
  percussion [1]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [5]
• George Neikrug
  cello [4-5]
• George Roberts
  bass trombone [1.11-12, 1.14-15, 2.1, 2.4]
• Gerald Vinci
  violin [1]
• Harold Dicterow
  violin [4]
• Harry Klee
  woodwind [1]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [11, 14-15]
• Herb Ellis
  guitar [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 2.17-19, 3.1, 3.7]
• Herb Geller
  alto saxophone [11, 14-15]
• Jacques Gasselin
  violin [1, 5]
• James Arkatov
  cello [5]
• James Decker
  French horn [4]
• Jewell Grant
  woodwind [4]
• Jimmy Priddy
  trombone [1, 4]
• Joe Comfort
  bass [1, 4]
• Joe Howard
  trombone [11-12, 14-15]
• Joe Mondragon
  bass [2.5, 3.15, 1.5], double bass [2.6-7, 2.9-10, 1.11-12, 1.14-15]
• John Clayton
  double bass [5]
• Joseph Livoti
  violin [1]
• Jules Jacob
  woodwind [4]
• Kenny Hing
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Kurt Reher
  cello [1, 5]
• Larry Bunker
  percussion [4]
• Lloyd Ulyate
  trombone [11-12, 14-15]
• Lou Kievman
  viola [1]
• Lou Levy
  piano [2.1, 3.15]
• Louie Bellson
  drums (drum set) [3.7, 2.3]
• Louis Armstrong
  lead vocals [4], trumpet [2.3, 2.17-19, 3.1, 3.7], vocal [2.3, 2.17-19, 3.1, 3.4, 3.7]
• Marshall Sosson
  violin [1, 5]
• Marty Paich
  arranger [15], conductor [15]
• Maynard Ferguson
  trumpet [11, 14-15]
• Med Flory
  baritone saxophone [15]
• Mel Lewis
  drums (drum set) [2.4, 3.15]
• Mel Wanzo
  trombone [5]
• Milt Bernhart
  trombone [11-12, 14-15]
• Milt Gabler
  producer [2]
• Misha Russell
  violin [1, 5]
• Murray Kellner
  violin [4-5]
• Nathan Ross
  violin [4]
• Nelson Riddle
  arranger [2.1, 2.4-5, 1.6, 1.9, 3.9], conductor [1.6, 1.9, 2.1, 2.4-5, 3.8-10, 3.18]
• Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
  performer [1.6, 1.9, 2.1, 2.5, 3.9]
• Nolan Smith
  trumpet [5]
• Norman Granz
  producer [1.5-6, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.14-15, 2.1, 2.4-16, 3.2, 3.5, 3.8-10]
• Oscar Peterson
  piano [3.1, 3.7, 2.3, 2.8, 2.17-19]
• Paul Robyn
  viola [5]
• Paul Shure
  violin [1, 4-5]
• Paul Smith
  piano [2.4-7, 2.9-10, 1.5, 1.11-12, 1.14-15]
• Paul Weston
  arranger [11-16], conductor [11-16]
• Paul Weston and His Orchestra
  performer [11-16]
• Pete Candoli
  trumpet [2.1, 1.11, 1.14-15]
• Pete Minger
  trumpet [5]
• Pullman “Tommy” Pederson
  trombone [1, 4]
• Ralph Lane
  viola [1]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [3.1, 3.7, 2.3, 2.8, 2.17-19], trumpet [5]
• Ray Nance
  trumpet [2], violin [2]
• Red Callender
  tuba [1]
• Richard Noel
  trombone [1]
• Robert La Marchina
  cello [11, 15]
• Ronnie Lang
  alto saxophone [1, 4]
• Shorty Sherock
  trumpet [1]
• Sonny Cohn
  trumpet [5]
• Stanley Harris
  viola [4]
• Stuff Smith
  violin [6-7, 9-10]
• Sy Oliver
  conductor [4]
• Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [4]
• Ted Nash
  tenor saxophone [11, 14-15]
• The Ink Spots
  vocal [14]
• Val Valentin
  engineer [3.2, 3.5, 3.9, 2.1, 2.5-16, 1.5-6, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.14-15]
• Victor Arno
  violin [4-5]
• Victor Bay
  violin [1, 4-5]
• Vincent DeRosa
  French horn [3.15, 2.4]
• Wilbur Schwartz
  woodwind [4]
• William Green
  woodwind [4]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [2]
• Willie Cook
  trumpet [2]
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Issues

• 

  R
  Reader’s Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest Performances

  3x CD
  1997
• 

  R
  Reader's Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest Performances

  3x CD
  1998