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Essential Ella - Ella Fitzgerald

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4 Feb 14th, 2007 

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Beautiful Lady with a Beautiful Voice

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I found this CD a couple of years ago in my mum's collection when I was looking for something to listen to as I was bored. I was pleasently suprised when I discovered it had lots of pieces that I already knew. I have been brought up surrounded by classical, jazz, blues etc as my parents are fanatics and to be honest I prefer classic singers to modern music (which is quite unusual for a 20 year old!).

She was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25th, 1917 and died on June 15th, 1996. In her lifetime, Ella won 13 Grammy awards and also sold over 40 million album, working with Jazz ledgends such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole. She was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25th, 1917 and died on June 15th, 1996. Ella Fitzgerald has a warm, romantic style of singing and sounds sooo relaxed when she's singing and you believe that she is really enjoying herself which makes you enjoy appreciate the CD even more.


Tracks on the CD:

1. Manhattan
2. With A Song In My Heart
3. Every Time We Say Goodbye
4. Let's Face The Music And Dance
5. Man I Love
6. Fine Romance
7. Blue Moon
8. Mack The Knife
9. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
10. Love For Sale
11. It's All Right With Me
12. What Is This Thing Called Love
13. But Not For Me
14. It's Wonderful
15. I Could Write A Book
16. Let's Fall In Love
17. Lady Is A Tramp
18. My Funny Valentine
19. Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered
20. There's A Small Hotel
21. Our Love Is Here To Stay


My Top 5 tunes on this CD are:

1. Let's Face The Music And Dance
2. It's All Right With Me
3. Every Time We Say Goodbye
4. Blue Moon
5. But Not For Me
  • Let's face the Music and Dance starts slow in the introduction but jumps into a catchy, toe-tapping swing. With her mellow, relaxed voice it is definately a favourite on the CD.
  • It's alright with me is another toe-tapping song where Ella is really enjoying herself.
  • Everytime we say goodbye is a sure example of her amazing warm, sensous voice.
  • Blue Moon is another favourite of mine, it's a well-known song and her arrangement is outstanding.
  • But not for Me is my ultimate favourite on this CD, she puts so much feeling into the piece it is beautiful.

My 5 Weakest Songs on the CD:

1. Lady Is A Tramp
2. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
3. Mack The Knife
4. --
5. --

I know there isn't five weaker songs but the one's that are here are well sung, just like the rest and are just as good as the others, but they are just not my as enjoyable in my opinion.

I have looked at other sites and you can get this CD on:

Amazon.co.uk for £11.49

I recommend this CD to people of all generations, it is such laid-back CD with one or two songs you will definately have heard of before. It's worth every penny and will give you hours of entertainment.  

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gaunts 14.02.2007 16:07

good quality review...i feel it could have a little more personal opinion on the tracks/cover detail etc to make it that bit better (am i being fussy?)...if you would like any help or for me to re-read you review, feel free to leave a message in my guestbook. gaunty

Expired-Account 14.02.2007 15:29

More info needed here really, not my kind of music, helpful review though

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