The Absolutely Essential, 3 CD Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Love and Kisses
  3:19
• 2
  (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It
  2:57
• 3
  A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
  2:37
• 4
  Flying Home
  2:28
• 5
  Oh, Lady Be Good
  3:12
• 6
  Imagination
  2:36
• 7
  You Leave Me Breathless
  3:04
• 8
  Until the Real Thing Comes Along
  2:57
• 9
  How High the Moon
  3:15
• 10
  Miss Otis Regrets
  3:01
  3.0 ★
• 11
  It Never Entered My Mind
  4:07
• 12
  I Love Paris
  4:58
• 13
  Russian Lullaby
  1:52
• 14
  What Is This Thing Called Love
  2:03
• 15
  I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  2:42
  2.2 ★
• 16
  Little Girl Blue
  3:53
• 17
  Love for Sale
  5:53
• 18
  Stone Cold Dead in the Market
  2:41
• 19
  Baby, It’s Cold Outside
  2:42
• 20
  The Nearness of You
  5:39
• CD 2
• 1
  Bewitched
  7:02
• 2
  You’re the Top
  3:34
• 3
  Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 4
  My Heart Stood Still
  3:04
• 5
  I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
  3:46
• 6
  Johnny One Note
  2:12
• 7
  Let’s Face the Music and Dance
  2:56
• 8
  Cheek to Cheek
  5:52
• 9
  The Lady Is a Tramp
  3:23
• 10
  I’ve Got a Crush on You
  3:17
• 11
  Puttin’ on the Ritz
  2:16
• 12
  Night and Day
  3:04
• 13
  Blue Skies
  3:45
• 14
  All by Myself
  2:27
• 15
  Isn’t This a Lovely Day?
  3:27
• 16
  Blue Moon
  3:11
• 17
  You Do Something to Me
  2:22
  2.0 ★
• 18
  I’ve Got the World on a String
  3:15
• 19
  An Empty Ballroom
  3:09
• 20
  Tenderly
  5:05
• CD 3
• 1
  My One and Only Love
  3:18
• 2
  Dancing on the Ceiling
  4:07
• 3
  Dream a Little Dream of Me
  3:03
• 4
  Black Coffee
  3:03
• 5
  Begin the Beguine
  3:38
• 6
  All of You
  1:44
• 7
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  2:38
• 8
  Undecided
  3:19
• 9
  Summertime
  4:58
• 10
  Under a Blanket of Blue
  4:16
• 11
  But Not for Me
  3:16
• 12
  Moonlight in Vermont
  3:41
  5.0 ★
• 13
  April in Paris
  6:31
• 14
  My Funny Valentine
  3:54
• 15
  With a Song in My Heart
  2:45
• 16
  Stardust
  4:00
• 17
  Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
  3:34
• 18
  I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
  2:56
• 19
  It’s Only a Paper Moon
  2:35
• 20
  Solitude
  2:05

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Release credits

• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [1.15, 2.17]
• Barney Kessel
  guitar [2.17, 1.15]
• Bob Cooper
  tenor saxophone [17]
• Bud Shank
  alto saxophone [17]
• Buddy Bregman
  arranger [2.17, 1.15], conductor [2.17, 1.15]
• Buddy Rich
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Chuck Gentry
  baritone saxophone [17]
• Conrad Gozzo
  trumpet [17]
• Ella Fitzgerald
  lead vocals [1.8, 1.10, 1.15, 2.17], vocal [1.7-8, 3.12]
• Ellis Larkins
  piano [7-8]
• George Roberts
  bass trombone [1.15, 2.17]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [17]
• Herb Ellis
  guitar [12]
• Herb Geller
  alto saxophone [17]
• Joe Howard
  trombone [2.17, 1.15]
• Joe Mondragon
  double bass [1.15, 2.17]
• Lloyd Ulyate
  trombone [1.15, 2.17]
• Louis Armstrong
  trumpet [12], vocal [12]
• Maynard Ferguson
  trumpet [17]
• Milt Bernhart
  trombone [1.15, 2.17]
• Milt Gabler
  producer [7-8]
• Mischa Russell
  concertmaster [17]
• Norman Granz
  producer [2.17, 1.10, 1.15]
• Oscar Peterson
  piano [12]
• Paul Smith
  piano [1.10, 1.15, 2.17]
• Pete Candoli
  trumpet [17]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [12]
• Ted Nash
  tenor saxophone [17]
• Val Valentin
  engineer [2.17, 1.10, 1.15]
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  The Absolutely Essential, 3 CD Collection

  3x CD
  2010
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  The Absolutely Essential, 3 CD Collection

  3x CD
  23 January 2012