| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Mack the Knife |
Mack the Knife: Ella Live in Berlin |
Polygram |
happy birthday Ella Fitzgerald! |
| Chick Webb Orchestra |
Blue Minor |
Stompin at the Savoy |
Proper UK |
inst. |
| Ella Fitzgerald o/ Chick Webb |
Love and Kisses |
Stompin at the Savoy |
Proper UK |
Ellas very first recording, 1935 |
| Ella Fitzgerald o/ Chick Webb |
A Tisket, A Tasket |
Stompin at the Savoy |
Proper UK |
big hit for Ella & Chick Webb |
| Ella Fitzgerald w/ The Ink Spots |
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall |
Hits of '44 |
ASV |
|
| Ella Fitzgerald w/ Louis Jordan |
Stone Cold Dead in the Market |
Let the Good Times Roll |
Bear Family |
Ella and Jordan had worked together in Webb's orchestra |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Flying Home |
THe Very Best of Ella |
|
1945 |
| Billy Eckstine Orchestra |
Opus X |
1944-45 |
|
inst. |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Lady Be Good |
The Best of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song |
|
1947 |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Smooth Sailing |
The Very Best of Ella |
|
1949 transition to hard bop |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Angel Eyes |
The Legendary Decca Rcordings: Ella & The Arrangers |
|
she called this her favorite ballad |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Hard Hearted Hannah |
Pete Kelly's Blues |
|
1955 movie w/ Jack Webb! |
| Nelson Riddle Orch |
Ambulatory Suite |
George and Ira Gershwin Songbook |
Verve |
inst. |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Someone to Watch Over Me |
George and Ira Gershwin Songbook |
Verve |
orch Nelson Riddle
|
| Ella Fitzgerald |
All Through the Night |
Cole Porter Songbook |
Verve |
orch Buddy Bregman |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
With a Song In My Heart |
Rodgers and Hart Songbook |
Verve |
orch Buddy Bregman |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Isn't This a Lovely Day |
Irving Berlin Songbook |
Verve |
orch Paul Weston |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
I'm Beginning to See the Light |
Duke Ellington Songbook |
Verve |
orch Duke Ellington arr Billy Strayhorn |
| Duke Ellington Orchestra |
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald |
Duke Ellington Songbook |
Verve |
inst. |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Something to Live For |
Duke: The Last Jam Session |
LSP |
|
| Ella Fitzgerald |
How Long Has This Been Going On |
Twelve Nights in Hollywood |
Verve |
outstanding new box set |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
When Your Lover Has Gone |
Twelve Nights in Hollywood |
Verve |
recorded in 1961 at Crescendo in LA |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Lullaby of Birdland |
Twelve Nights in Hollywood |
Verve |
all previously unreleased |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Blue Moon |
Twelve Nights in Hollywood |
Verve |
rare chance to hear Ella in a small club environment |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
How High the Moon |
Mack the Knife: Ella Live in Berlin |
Polygram |
some call this the best scat performance ever recorded |
| Count Basie Orch |
Fantail |
The Atomic Mr. Basie |
Blue Note |
inst. |
| Ella Fitzgerald o/ Count Basie |
Deed I Do |
Ella and Basie! On the Sunny Side of the Street |
Polygram |
|
| Ella Fitzgerald & Mel Torme |
Medley |
The Garry Moore Show |
|
|
| Ella Fitzgerald & Nat King Cole |
Too Close for Comfort |
The Nat King Cole Show |
|
|
| Ella Fitzgerald & Frank Sinatra |
The Lady Is a Tramp |
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music |
|
1967 tv special |
| Louis Armstrong |
Ole Miss Blues |
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy |
Sony |
inst. |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
Cheek to Cheek |
Ella and Louis |
Verve |
|
| Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass |
Don't Be That Way |
Take Love Easy |
Pablo |
1973 |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Stevie Wonder |
You Are the Sunshine of My LIfe |
We All Love Ella |
|
1977 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Is It Live or Is It Memorex? |
Memorex TV commercial |
|
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| Duke Ellington Orchestra |
Things Ain't What They Used to Be |
Duke: The Last Jam Session |
LSP |
inst. |
