AVID Jazz presents three classic Ella Fitzgerald albums plus including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. “Mack the Knife”, “Let No Man Write My Epitaph”, “Ella in Hollywood” and 10 tracks from “Ella Swings Gently with Nelson”. A live set kicks off our Ella Fitzgerald tribute, “Mack The Knife” was recorded in 1960 in Berlin as part of the Jazz at the Philharmonic International tour. It features Paul Smith on piano, Jim Hall on guitar, Wilfred Middlebrooks on bass and Gus Johnson on drums. A rather portentious title greets our next selection “Let No Man Write My Epitaph” featuring Paul Smith again on piano recorded in L.A. in 1960.This album features the music from a film of the same name Ella had appeared in plus numbers that Ella just felt were right to complete the record. A year on from “Mack the Knife” featuring Ella in Berlin, we have “Ella in Hollywood” again recorded live as part of a projected new series of Fitzgerald recordings. The series was designed to highlight the differences in approach by Ella to performing in front of audiences with a different first language and to also guage the response of the audiences to Ella’s different musical approach. Featured in her band are Lou Levy on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar, Wilfred Middlebrooks on bass and Gus Johnson on drums. “Ella Swings Gently with Nelson” finds Ella performing with the great Nelson Riddle Orchestra and highlights her amazing ability to be able to interpret and improvise across a variety of different musical numbers. All three albums plus have been digitally re-mastered
CD1 1-9: ‘Mack The Knife’ 1. Gone With The Wind 2. Misty 3. The Lady Is A Tramp 4. The Man I Love 5. Summertime 6. Too Darn Hot 7. Lorelei 8. Mack The Knife 9. How High The Moon 10-22: ‘Let No Man Write My Epitaph’ 10. Black Coffee 11. Angel Eyes 12. I Cried For You 13. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love 14. Then You’ve Never Been Blue 15. I Hadn’t Anyone Till You 16. My Melancholy Baby 17. Misty 18. September Song 19. One For My Baby 20. Who’s Sorry Now 21. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You 22. Reach For Tomorrow
CD2 1-12: ‘Ella In Hollywood’ 1. This Could Be The Start Of Something Big 2. I’ve Got The World On A String 3. You’re Driving Me Crazy 4. Just In Time 5. It Might As Well Be Spring 6. Take The “A” Train 7. Stairway To The Stars 8. Mr. Paganini 9. Satin Doll 10. Blue Moon 11. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home 12. Air Mail Special 13. Sweet And Slow from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 14. Georgia On My Mind from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 15. I Can’t Get Started from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 16. Street Of Dreams from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 17. Imagination from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 18. The Very Thought Of You from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 19. It’s A Blue World from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 20. Darn That Dream from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 21. He’s Funny That Way from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson 22. I Wished On The Moon from Ella Swings Gently With Nelson
