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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald · 1956
A strategic pivot, not a sentimental one.
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald · 1956
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio double album recorded in Hollywood over four sessions in February and March 1956; it features Fitzgerald singing Cole Porter’s songs with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, under producer Norman Granz’s conceptual direction to expand her audience while preserving jazz inflections through orchestral arrangement choices. It was the inaugural release on Verve Records and launched Fitzgerald’s acclaimed Song Book series.
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2
Ella Fitzgerald · 1959
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2 is a documented instalment in a pre-defined series — not a self-contained artistic event. Its value lies entirely in its position: following the Cole Porter volume, preceding others, and contributing to a structured survey of the Great American Songbook. Nothing in the source supports claims about its sound, performance, or originality.