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Great Ladies of Jazz [Rebound]
(1995)
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Various Artists
Though there are only 12 tracks on this collection, the selections are impeccable: two standards by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington each, plus individual tracks by Lena Horne, Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn. ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide
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Now That's What I Call Christmas! [Universal]
(2001)
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The Now series is known for crossing the boundaries of record labels in its attempt to provide definitive collections of hits -- usually from contemporary hits, but also of different eras and styles from the past (at least in its U.K. incarnation). Thankfully, the double-disc, 36-track collection Now That's What I Call Christmas! lives up to the ...
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The Best of the Songbooks
(1993)
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Ella Fitzgerald
Simply a grand and eloquent performance put together by Verve records highlighting the best years of Ella Fitzgerald -- that sassy, charming legendary singer in jazz. The Best of the Songbooks features a captivating lineup of some of jazz's greatest composers and arrangers. It is here that Fitzgerald records and sings songs of Cole Porter, Richard ...
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The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
(1997)
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong from Verve contains a selection of 15 duets the two jazz legends recorded for the label over the years. Clearly, this set isn't of particular interest to hardcore collectors, since they'll already own much of the material, but as a sampler targeted at casual fans, this is quite nice indeed, since it ...
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Oh, Lady, Be Good! Best of the Gershwin Songbook
(1996)
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Pure Ella: The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald
(1998)
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Ella Fitzgerald
Pure Ella: The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald is an excellent 18-track collection that features many of her best recordings, which also happen to be among her most popular, including "A-Tisket, a-Tasket," "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "Night and Day," "My Funny Valentine," "Take the 'A' Train," "How High the Moon," "All the Things You Are," ...
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Best of the Verve Song Books: Love Songs
(1956)
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Ella Fitzgerald
Are you one of those people who can't walk through the jazz section without mooning over the lavishly packaged and heart-droppingly expensive 16-disc Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books set? If so, you're not alone, and Verve knows it. So to keep you from bemoaning your fate, the company has been releasing single-disc compilations drawn from the ...
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Sings the Cole Porter Song Book [Bonus Tracks]
(1956)
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Ella Fitzgerald
A striking two-CD set featuring arguably history's finest jazz singer singing some of the best-written American pop standards on one of jazz's most prolific labels. Ella Fitzgerald shines as the perfect interpreter of Cole Porter's bittersweet love songs on these 35 tracks from the Verve archives. Recorded and released on LP in 1956, Ella is ...
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Girl from Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook
(1962)
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Antonio Carlos Jobim
The first of several tribute albums issued just after Antonio Carlos Jobim's death, this one generally sticks to his most famous songs as interpreted by several Brazilian and American artists from PolyGram's archives. Jobim himself appears on such obvious choices as the best-selling Stan Getz, Joćo Gilberto, and Astrud Gilberto hit "The Girl from ...
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Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
(1952)
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Various Artists
With their vast back catalog of classic vocal sides, the Verve label has been releasing a seemingly endless line of songbook collections featuring a who's who of jazz greats. Irving Berlin, Gershwin, Ellington, and Rodgers & Hart have all been feted. Now it's Cole Porter's turn. Over the course of the 17 chestnuts heard here, the likes of Fred ...
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too
(1997)
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Various Artists
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Pure Ella
(1994)
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Ella Fitzgerald
In 1950, six years before her acclaimed Song Book series for Verve, Ella Fitzgerald recorded eight George and Ira Gershwin classics in intimate duets with the sensitive and lightly swinging pianist Ellis Larkins. Four years later she recorded a dozen more songs (this time by a variety of composers) with Larkins, and all 20 performances are ...
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Pure Jazz [Polygram]
(2001)
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Various Artists
Though it's part of the Pure series, Verve's Pure Jazz almost seems more as part of the Ken Burns Jazz multi-disc series, especially since it was released during that documentary's airing on PBS. Any of the tie-in discs to Ken Burns Jazz were designed to give an overview, either of an artist or an entire jazz style, while Pure Jazz is designed to ...
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Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
(1961)
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Ella Fitzgerald
In 1961 Ella Fitzgerald recorded two albums with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra. Her voice was in peak form and, even if the backup band was somewhat anonymous, Fitzgerald uplifted the 15 songs on this set; "All of Me" was from a different obscure sampler and "Call Me Darling" was previously unissued. Although the accent is on ballads, several of the ...
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Verve Remixed
(2002)
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Various Artists
More than ten years on from the first whisperings of a dance revolution, there are scores of solid producers in the scene, figures with all the talent, historical knowledge, and judgment necessary to rework most any tracks from the Verve archive. Surprisingly, Verve Remixed strays from the label's crossover-heavy '60s and '70s material (the ...
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Ultimate Christmas [Arista]
(1998)
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Various Artists
While perhaps not living up to the lofty goals of its title, Ultimate Christmas is an excellent holiday sampler nevertheless, compiling classic performances from artists of all eras and musical backgrounds to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The many highlights include Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas," ...
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Great Ladies Sing Gershwin
(1998)
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Various Artists
Great Ladies Sing Gershwin samples performances from some of the legendary composer's best interpreters. Consistently engaging throughout, the disc's highlights include Ella Fitzgerald's "Nice Work if You Can Get It," Sarah Vaughan's "Someone to Watch Over Me," Dinah Washington's "Summertime," and Betty Carter's "The Man I Love." ~ Raymond ...
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The Best of the Songbooks: The Ballads
(1994)
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Ella Fitzgerald
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First Lady of Song
(1993)
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Ella Fitzgerald
This attractive three-CD set gives listeners an overview of Ella Fitzgerald's Verve recordings, although the inclusion of seven previously unissued cuts (in addition to 44 that are mostly available in more complete form elsewhere) will frustrate some completists. However the careful selection of representative performances along with the ...
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Merry Christmas from Cole & Fitzgerald
(1995)
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Nat Cole King & Ella Fitzgerald
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong for Lovers
(2005)
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Part of Verve's extensive For Lovers series, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong for Lovers features timeless duets from the '50s including "Nearness of You," "Stars Fell on Alabama," "Moonlight in Vermont," and "Dream a Little Dream of Me." There are plenty of Ella and Louis compilations out there, all of which are fairly good. This one is no ...
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All-Time Greatest Christmas Records
(1990)
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Various Artists
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Night and Day, Vol. 2: Songbook
(1991)
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Cole Porter
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On the Sunny Side of the Street
(1963)
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Ella Fitzgerald
Vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and bandleader/pianist Count Basie came together on a July (15 & 16) 1963 date arranged by Quincy Jones. It was originally issued as Ella & Basie!. It was later reissued with slightly different cover art as On the Sunny Side of the Street. The music remained the same, a controlled, tough big band hiply backing the ...
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Late Night Piano
(1998)
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Late Night Piano gives listeners a look at the intimate side of jazz piano, with tracks from Erroll Garner, Bill Evans, Count Basie, George Shearing, Bud Powell and even Antonio Carlos Jobim. ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide
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