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Best Of... |
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| Styles: |
Adult Contemporary - Female Vocalists - Greatest Hits - Easy Listening - Vocal - Jazz - Early Jazz - Trumpet - Instruments - Labels - Verve - Vocalists - Female - Male - Pop |
| Media: |
Audio CD |
| Release Date: |
8 February 1999 |
| Label: |
Verve |
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| UPC Catalogue No: |
731453790926 |
| Amazon Sales Ranking: |
14997 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Description |
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Ella Fitzgerald's voice was satin to Louis Armstrong's sandpaper, but when you put them together on a single song, their chemistry was unimpeachable. This disc selects highlights from the three albums they made together at Verve (including their Porgy and Bess), and adds a spiffy live track from the Hollywood Bowl. Though they don't harmonise much (Armstrong's voice wasn't built for harmony), Ella's dignified swing and flashes of teasing wit play off Satchmo's gritty, good-humoured roar symbiotically. The material is mostly lightweight Tin Pan Alley stuff (lots of Gershwin, plus the likes of "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"), and they fly it like a kite. --Douglas Wolk |
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Tracks |
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| 1 |
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off |
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Love Is Here to Stay |
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Nearness of You |
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Stars Fell on Alabama |
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Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You |
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They Can't Take That Away from Me |
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Autumn in New York |
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Summertime |
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Tenderly |
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Stompin' at the Savoy |
| 11 |
Under a Blanket of Blue |
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I Wants to Stay Here |
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I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm |
| 14 |
There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York |
| 15 |
You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) - Louis Armstrong |
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