Ella Fitzgerald – Sings Rodgers And Hart (1956/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Sings Rodgers And Hart (1956/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:47:36 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

On 7 February 1956, Ella Fitzgerald was at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood to begin one of the most remarkable series of recordings in the history of modern music. Joining her was Norman Granz, the founder and guiding light behind Verve Records and his arranger and A&R man, 15-year-old Buddy Bregman. They were there to start work on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, it was to be the first in a series of albums where Ella explored the Great American Songbook, songwriter by songwriter.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Musical Moments to Remember: The Ella Fitzgerald Film & Musical Album (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Musical Moments to Remember: The Ella Fitzgerald Film & Musical Album (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:27:34 minutes | 494 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jube Legends

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife: Ella In Berlin (1960/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife: Ella In Berlin (1960/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:31 minutes | 826 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

Recorded live in Berlin in 1960, this celebrated historical document captures Ella Fitzgerald at her peak and garnered two Grammy Awards, including one for her famous improvised version of Mack The Knife after she forgot most of the lyrics. The album has been inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame to recognize its significance.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife- Ella In Berlin (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife- Ella In Berlin (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 34:31 minutes | 208 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

Dubbed “The First Lady of Song,” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Lullabies Of Birdland (1954/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Lullabies Of Birdland (1954/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 34:33 minutes | 312 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

This is the scattin’, singin’ force of nature that was Ella on Decca from 1947-55. This vintage collection of bepop and bluesy gems includes Lullaby of Birdland; Angel Eyes; Smooth Sailing; Oh, Lady Be Good!; Later; Ella Hums the Blues; How High the Moon; Flying Home, and more!

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Ella Fitzgerald – Live at the Concertgebouw (1961) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/176,4kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Live at the Concertgebouw (1961) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 57:37 minutes | 935 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fondamenta

After a memorable performance in Berlin, 1960, Ella Fitzgerald was once again singing to a packed concert hall in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Norman Granz, serious and to the point, introduced the musicians. Lou Levy had long been accompanying Ella. The quartet took the stage with the singer herself. In her fresh, almost girlish voice and that hint of characteristic impertinence, she launched into Too Close for Comfort, followed by On a Slow Boat to China. By now the singer had the audience firmly in the palm of her hand. The performance was quite the opposite of what took place in a recording studio. Fitzgerald settled in as if she were in her living room, welcoming each spectator like a privileged guest and each song she sang, a gracefully proffered glass of champagne. The pieces had to be kept short because she had to see that all the members of the public were served. Ranging from the melancholy of Heart and Soul to her teasing in the midst of Lorelei, when she announced that she was about to strip, overall she was witty, dynamic and rousing. Just before starting You’re Driving Me Crazy, she made a request: ‘I need a handkerchief!’ and it’s easy to imagine her winking as she resumed after a brief ‘Thank you. Back to work!’ There would never be a dull moment with Ella. During the stream of joy she poured out for her audience, she always made sure to include her closest friends: composers Rodgers and Hart with My Funny Valentine; her ‘own’ George Gershwin with the oh-so-tender I’ve Got a Crush on You; not to mention the venerable ‘Mr Paganini’, when she got the words mixed up. That was the moment the audience had been waiting for – everyone knew that the ensuing scat would be captivating. Mack the Knife was the moment to give the inventory of a host of her friends and she surpassed herself with her take of Satchmo. By now, it was the end of the party, and true to herself, the hostess-with-the-mostest saw her guests out with a version of Saint Louis Blues that was as festive as it was electrifying. You could count on Ella, always resourceful, always entertaining. As Bing Crosby so aptly said, ‘Man, woman, or child, Ella is the greatest of them all’

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Ella Fitzgerald – Like Someone In Love (1957/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Like Someone In Love (1957/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:55 minutes | 2,24 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

Like Someone in Love is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. This album represents a fine example of Ella’s singing from this period, recorded at the same time as her albums with Louis Armstrong.

The album was also recorded in the midst of her epic ‘Songbooks’ project, celebrating the composers of the ‘Great American Songbook’ and Broadway. The album features only four songs written by the composers featured in her ‘Songbooks’, instead concentrating on very famous ballads by lesser known writers. Some songs on the album were also recorded with Armstrong on the albums that they collaborated on from this period. The famous American saxophonist Stan Getz is featured on tenor sax on four tracks, including “Midnight Sun” and “You’re Blasé”. Ted Nash plays the alto sax and solos. Cover photos are by the great Phil Stern.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas! (1960/2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas! (1960/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:45 minutes | 466 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Trunk Records

Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a 1960 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in the summer of 1960, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. The tracks are all secular holiday and winter popular songs, eschewing traditional religious Christmas carols.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:11 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve

In 1962, Ella Fitzgerald was at the height of her powers, about midway through recording her now-iconic series of “songbook” albums and, two years earlier, having released a barnstormer of a live album, Ella in Berlin, that solidified her position as one of the most talented and popular musicians working in the jazz idiom. Her only competition at the time was, essentially, Frank Sinatra and herself. During the course of 1962, she would release three albums: two complementary collaborations with Nelson Riddle that further pushed her into crossover territory without tarnishing her credibility or minimizing her skills, and the oft-overlooked Rhythm is My Business, a hard-swinging set that comes off breezy and soulful, but is a remarkable document of the strength of Fitzgerald and her band during this era. And it’s that strength that’s captured on The Lost Berlin Tapes, recorded in concert at Berlin’s Sportpalast that year. Verve Records founder Norman Granz frequently recorded live sets of many of his acts (Fitzgerald especially), and that’s what accounts for both the existence and the remarkable fidelity of these “lost” tapes. (Though they were never truly lost; Granz had just stashed them away). From a performance perspective, it’s unbelievable that this concert recording sat unheard for more than a half-century. Brimming with energy and benefiting from the confidence that can only come from being at the top of one’s game, Ella and her band careen through 17 songs with a full-throated fervor that’s greeted with an equally enthusiastic response from the crowd. The set both swings incredibly hard and evinces a cool, sophisticated polish, a combination that, again, pretty much only she and Sinatra were delivering at this scale during the era. It’s the sort of casual excellence that’s made to look deceptively easy. (And yes, she aces the version of “Mack the Knife” here.) Releases like this—especially in the aftermath of the devastating Universal fire that destroyed so many iconic album masters and so much unreleased material—prove that, even when we think a barrel has been fully scraped or a vault fully excavated, there will always be warm, welcome surprises to be found in the archives of these legendary artists. – Jason Ferguson

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Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Swings Lightly (1958/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Swings Lightly (1958/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 47:56 minutes | 2,19 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve

“Ella Swings Lightly” is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with the Marty Paich Dek-tette. Ella also worked with Marty Paich on her 1967 album “Whisper Not’. The album features a typical selection of jazz standards from this era, songs from musicals like Frank Loesser’s If I Were a Bell, and a famous jazz instrumental vocalised by Ella, Roy Eldridge’s Little Jazz.

This album won Ella the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book (1961/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book (1961/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:40:35 minutes | 4,23 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

Released in 1961, this volume in Ella Fitzgerald’s essential Songbook series spotlights composer Harold Arlen and features such beloved classics as Over The Rainbow, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive and That Old Black Magic, arranged and conducted by Billy May and produced by Norman Granz.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 03:14:33 minutes | 7,87 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

This 1959 six disc set from Ella Fitzgerald is the largest and most ambitious in her celebrated Song Book series, consisting of her interpretations of 59 Gershwin tunes, including her Grammy-winning version of But Not For Me. The album also marks Fitzgerald’s first collaboration with arranger Nelson Riddle, a partnership that would yield further recordings in the 1960s.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (1956/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (1956/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:48:48 minutes | 2,48 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio double album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs of Cole Porter.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald (1973) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald (1973)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 23:23 minutes | 451 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Everest Records

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

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Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You To Listen And Relax (1955/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You To Listen And Relax (1955/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:08 minutes | 546 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax is a collection of material recorded by Ella Fitzgerald between 1949 and 1954, all tracks were arranged by Gordon Jenkins. All tracks were previously only available on 78rpm singles. The album was compiled and released by Decca in 1955.

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