Fitzgerald, Ella / Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook
| Album: | Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Fitzgerald, Ella | Added: | Jul 2022 | |
| Label: | Verve Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2022-08-21 | Pull Date: | 2022-10-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 9 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 31, 2022: | Music Casserole
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails |
4. | Dec 03, 2022: | Music Casserole
You're Laughing at Me |
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| 2. | Dec 15, 2022: | Traditions
How Deep Is the Ocean? |
5. | Nov 30, 2022: | Run-Away Radio
Alexander's Ragtime Band |
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| 3. | Dec 05, 2022: | Dust and Bones
How Deep Is the Ocean? |
6. | Nov 09, 2022: | The Mystery Machine
How Deep Is the Ocean? |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2022-07-17
Reviewed 2022-07-17
TRADITIONAL JAZZ VOCALS
Ella Fitzgerald’s recorded work includes much of the Great American Songbook; this includes famous studio albums covering the songs of the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Rogers & Hart, and Duke Ellington. In 1958 she released “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book.” Now we get a previously unreleased live concert with 15 of those songs, recorded in August 1958 with orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl.
FCC clean (of course)
1 mid-tempo & swinging; a past affair has left pleasant memories; a bit a scat singing (2:15)
2 * slow ballad; warm singing with lush strings and a nice trombone solo; no scat (3:26)
3 * slow dance number / love song; restrained acc’mt lets Ella’s gorgeous voice star (3:07)
4 ** mid-fast; a fun tune with brash horns in intro & bridge; play this on a hot day (2:01)
5 * slow & somber; a wife & mother reflects on her husband’s recent lynching; compare this to Ethel Waters’s famous, much sparser version (3:13)
6 ** mid-tempo & swinging; wonderful, joyous version of a classic (3:26)
7 very slow; short lullaby with harp accompaniment; skip it (1:52)
8 mid-tempo; this song is so associated with Fred Astaire it seems out of place (2:46)
9 * mid-fast; a bouncing & spirited version of a standard; play this in December (3:07)
10 very slow, a bit dreary; the singer struggles with her guilt of an illicit meeting (4:01)
11 slow intro then mid-tempo; a nice give and take with the band (2:50)
12 slow first verse, then mid-tempo & swinging; then slow again; ok but not great (3:16)
13 mid-tempo; this song wasn’t always a cliché, but… (2:02)
14 ** mid-tempo; a fun, swing era version of “dance like you just don’t care” (2:22)
15 *** mid-fast & very spirited; the finale & highlight; brass section mimics a Nola marching band; Ella’s melodic improvisations & bits of scat singing are delightful (3:02)
Ella Fitzgerald’s recorded work includes much of the Great American Songbook; this includes famous studio albums covering the songs of the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Rogers & Hart, and Duke Ellington. In 1958 she released “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book.” Now we get a previously unreleased live concert with 15 of those songs, recorded in August 1958 with orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl.
FCC clean (of course)
1 mid-tempo & swinging; a past affair has left pleasant memories; a bit a scat singing (2:15)
2 * slow ballad; warm singing with lush strings and a nice trombone solo; no scat (3:26)
3 * slow dance number / love song; restrained acc’mt lets Ella’s gorgeous voice star (3:07)
4 ** mid-fast; a fun tune with brash horns in intro & bridge; play this on a hot day (2:01)
5 * slow & somber; a wife & mother reflects on her husband’s recent lynching; compare this to Ethel Waters’s famous, much sparser version (3:13)
6 ** mid-tempo & swinging; wonderful, joyous version of a classic (3:26)
7 very slow; short lullaby with harp accompaniment; skip it (1:52)
8 mid-tempo; this song is so associated with Fred Astaire it seems out of place (2:46)
9 * mid-fast; a bouncing & spirited version of a standard; play this in December (3:07)
10 very slow, a bit dreary; the singer struggles with her guilt of an illicit meeting (4:01)
11 slow intro then mid-tempo; a nice give and take with the band (2:50)
12 slow first verse, then mid-tempo & swinging; then slow again; ok but not great (3:16)
13 mid-tempo; this song wasn’t always a cliché, but… (2:02)
14 ** mid-tempo; a fun, swing era version of “dance like you just don’t care” (2:22)
15 *** mid-fast & very spirited; the finale & highlight; brass section mimics a Nola marching band; Ella’s melodic improvisations & bits of scat singing are delightful (3:02)
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