Love Letters From Ella
Ella Fitzgerald
Engineer: Gregg Field, Steve Genewick, Lewis Jones, Dick Lewzey, Aaron Walk, Paul Smith, Andrew Kitchen, Bill Smith,
Producer: Gregg Field, Jorge Calandrelli
Concord Records (USA), 2007
1 CD
Catalogue #: 7230213
EAN: 0888072302136
UPC: 888072302136
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Personnel: Freddie Green, John Chiodini (guitar); Keiron Moore (oboe); Christine Pendrill (English horn); Nolan Smith, Pete Minger, Ray Brown, Warren Luening, Sonny Cohn (trumpet); Mel Wanzo, Dennis Wilson, Bill Hughes (trombone); Count Basie, Michael Lang, Jorge Calandrelli (piano); Chuck Berghofer, John Clayton (bass guitar); Gregg Field, Butch Miles (drums); Carmine Lauri, Mitchell 'Bootie' Wood, Nick Ingman.
Additional personnel: Joe Pass (guitar); Scott Hamilton (saxophone); André Previn (piano); Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass guitar); Count Basie & His Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra.
Ella would have been 90 years old in 2007, and to celebrate, a collection of never-before-released love songs was released to honor the legend. Many of these tracks find Ella backed up by the London Symphony Orchestra, while others find her dueting with Count Basie. No matter who else appears on the track, though, Ella's stunning voice is always the main attraction.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Through unparalleled ability and judicious choice of repertoire, Ella Fitzgerald became the foremost female interpreter of the 20th-century Great American Popular Song Book. With producer Norman Granz she worked on the "songbook" series, placing on record definitive performances of the work of America's leading songwriters. Fitzgerald had a wide vocal range, but her voice retained a youthful, light vibrancy throughout the greater part of her career, bringing a fresh and appealing quality to most of her material, especially her scat singing. While there are still numerous excellent artists whose work has been strongly influenced by Fitzgerald, the social and artistic conditions that helped to create America's First Lady of Song no longer exist, and it seems highly unlikely that we shall ever see or hear her like again.
