The Very Best of the Song Books

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Night and Day
  3:07
• 2
  I Get a Kick Out of You
  4:03
• 3
  Begin the Beguine
  3:41
• 4
  Love for Sale
  5:55
• 5
  My Funny Valentine
  3:56
• 6
  The Lady Is a Tramp
  3:23
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Where or When
  2:50
• 8
  Take the ‘A’ Train
  6:41
• 9
  I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
  6:14
• 10
  It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
  4:16
• 11
  Cheek to Cheek
  3:44
• CD 2
• 1
  Blue Skies
  3:46
• 2
  ’S Wonderful
  3:32
• 3
  Embraceable You
  4:54
• 4
  I Got Rhythm
  3:09
• 5
  The Man I Love
  3:53
• 6
  Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)
  7:13
• 7
  Over the Rainbow
  4:20
• 8
  That Old Black Magic
  4:12
• 9
  All the Things You Are
  3:19
• 10
  Skylark
  3:14
• 11
  Too Marvelous for Words
  2:29
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Alex Beller
  violin [2, 5]
• Alvin Dinkin
  viola [2, 5]
• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.5, 1.1, 1.6]
• Armand Kaproff
  cello [2, 5]
• Barbara Simons
  viola [2, 5]
• Barney Kessel
  guitar [1, 6]
• Ben Gill
  violin [2, 5]
• Bob Cooper
  tenor saxophone [1, 6]
• Bud Shank
  alto saxophone [1, 6]
• Buddy Bregman
  arranger [1, 6], conductor [1, 6]
• Buddy Collette
  woodwind [2, 5]
• Buddy DeFranco
  clarinet [11]
• Cappy Lewis
  trumpet [2, 5]
• Champ Webb
  woodwind [2, 5]
• Chuck Gentry
  baritone saxophone [1.1, 1.6, 2.2]
• Conrad Gozzo
  trumpet [1, 6]
• Corky Hale
  harp [1]
• Dale McMickle
  trumpet [2, 5]
• Dan Lube
  violin [2]
• Edgar Lustgarten
  cello [2.2, 1.1]
• Eleanor Slatkin
  cello [5]
• Ella Fitzgerald
  lead vocals [1.1, 2.9, 2.11], vocal [1.6, 2.2, 2.5]
• Eudice Shapiro
  violin [5]
• Felix Slatkin
  violin [5]
• Frank Flynn
  percussion [2, 5], vibraphone [11]
• George Roberts
  bass trombone [1.1, 1.6, 2.2, 2.5]
• Gerald Vinci
  violin [2]
• Harry Klee
  woodwind [2, 5]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [1]
• Herb Ellis
  guitar [2, 5]
• Herb Geller
  alto saxophone [1]
• Jacques Gasselin
  violin [2, 5]
• James Getzoff
  violin [5]
• Jimmy Priddy
  trombone [2]
• Joe Comfort
  bass [2]
• Joe Howard
  trombone [1, 6]
• Joe Koch
  woodwind [5]
• Joe Mondragon
  bass [2.5, 1.6], double bass [1]
• Joseph Livoti
  violin [2]
• Kurt Reher
  cello [2, 5]
• Lloyd Ulyate
  trombone [6]
• Lloyd Ulyate
  trombone [1]
• Lou Kievman
  viola [2]
• Lou Levy
  piano [2]
• Marshall Sosson
  violin [2, 5]
• Maurice Stein
  alto saxophone [6]
• Maynard Ferguson
  trumpet [1, 6]
• Milt Bernhart
  trombone [1.1, 1.6, 2.5]
• Misha Russell
  violin [2]
• Murray Kellner
  violin [5]
• Nathan Ross
  violin [5]
• Nelson Riddle
  arranger [2, 5, 9, 11], conductor [2, 5, 9, 11]
• Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
  performer [2, 9, 11], performing orchestra [5]
• Norman Granz
  producer [2.2, 2.5, 2.9, 2.11, 1.1, 1.6]
• Paul Shure
  violin [2]
• Paul Smith
  instrument [11], piano [2.5, 1.1, 1.6]
• Pete Candoli
  trumpet [1.1, 1.6, 2.2]
• Plas Johnson
  tenor saxophone [11]
• Pullman “Tommy” Pederson
  trombone [2, 5]
• Ralph Lane
  viola [2]
• Ray Linn
  trumpet [6]
• Red Callender
  tuba [2]
• Richard Noel
  trombone [2, 5]
• Robert La Marchina
  cello [1]
• Ronnie Lang
  alto saxophone [2]
• Shorty Sherock
  trumpet [2, 5]
• Stanley Harris
  viola [5]
• Ted Nash
  alto saxophone [5], tenor saxophone [1, 6]
• Val Valentin
  engineer [1.1, 1.6, 2.2, 2.5, 2.9, 2.11]
• Victor Bay
  violin [2, 5]
• Vincent DeRosa
  French horn [5]
• Vito N. Mangano
  trumpet [5]
• Willie Smith
  alto saxophone [11]
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Issues

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  The Very Best of the Song Books

  2x CD
  12 May 2006