Ella Fitzgerald Sings George & Ira Gershwin Song Book: ALL 5 Vol. Set Verve LP's
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a 1959 five album set by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, focusing on the songs of George and Ira Gershwin. It was recorded with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, marking the first time that Fitzgerald and Riddle had worked together. This album is the largest single recording project that Fitzgerald worked on, and it is consideredto be one of the most ambitious achievements in Western popular music.
The album cover is an original portrait of Fitzgerald by the French artist Bernard Buffet, starting a tradition of using contemporary artists for Fitzgerald's albums.
Riddle arranged 59 Gershwin compositions for the album, including the two orchestral suites which open the album. Though Fitzgerald was 20 years old at the time George Gershwin died in 1937, Ira Gershwin was still alive to see this project completed, and helped contribute lyrics and support to some songs on the album which had never been recorded before. It was this project that led Ira Gershwin to say that he had "never known how good our songs were until I heard Ella sing them".
Ella Fitzgerald was 41 when she recorded this album, and at the peak of her vocal powers. It is listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
This collection was purchased at different times but is a complete 5 piece LP set in Excellent condition:
1) George & Ira Gershwin Song Book-Vol.1 (1959) – (Verve-MG V-4024)
2) George & Ira Gershwin Song Book-Vol.2 (1961) – (Verve-MG V-4025)
3) George & Ira Gershwin Song Book-Vol.3 (1960) – (Verve- MG VS-6076)
4) George & Ira Gershwin Song Book-Vol.4 (1959) – (Verve-MG V-4027)
5) George & Ira Gershwin Song Book-Vol.5 (1959) – (Verve-MG V-4028)
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