The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve

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The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
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Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 20, 1997
RecordedAugust 1956 – October 1957
Genre Jazz
Length90:45
Label Verve
Producer Michael Lang, Ben Young,
Steve Fallone
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks
(1994)
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
(1997)
Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
(2003)
Louis Armstrong chronology
Together for the First Time
(1961)
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
(1997)
Complete New York Town Hall & Boston Symphony Hall Concerts
(2006)
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The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve is a compilation album released on Verve Records in 1997. It comprises three compact discs containing the three studio albums made for the label by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, released during 1956 through 1958.

Contents

Its 47 tracks are collated from Ella and Louis , Ella and Louis Again , and Porgy and Bess . Two tracks are from an August 15, 1956, concert at the Hollywood Bowl with the duo backed by Armstrong's touring band, the All Stars. [1] [3] Disc one tracks one through eleven comprise Ella and Louis, while disc one tracks 12 through 16 and disc two tracks one through 14 comprise Ella and Louis Again. The Hollywood Bowl performances are on tracks 15 and 16 of disc two, and disc three contains the Porgy and Bess album. Not all tracks are vocal duets and are indicated below.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let's Do It" (Armstrong solo vocal) Cole Porter 8:41
2."Stompin' at the Savoy"Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf 5:12
3."I Won't Dance" Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Dorothy Fields 4:43
4."Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" Don Redman, Andy Razaf4:12
5."Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"Ira Gershwin, George Gerswhin4:11
6."These Foolish Things" (Fitzgerald solo vocal) Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey 7:36
7."I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"Irving Berlin3:09
8."Willow Weep for Me" (Armstrong solo vocal) Ann Ronell 4:18
9."I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket"Irving Berlin3:26
10."A Fine Romance"Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern3:52
11."Ill Wind" (Fitzgerald solo vocal) Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler 3:41
12."Love Is Here to Stay"Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin3:58
13."I Get a Kick out of You" (Armstrong solo vocal)Cole Porter4:17
14."Learnin' the Blues"Dolores Silver7:11
15."You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" (live at the Hollywood Bowl) Freddie James, Larry Stock 3:53
16."Undecided" (Fitzgerald solo vocal live at the Hollywood Bowl)Sidney Robin, Charlie Shavers 3:40

Disc three

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Overture" (instrumental)George Gershwin (arranged by Russell Garcia)10:52
2."Summertime" DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin4:58
3."I Wants to Stay Here" (Fitzgerald solo vocal)DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin4:38
4."My Man's Gone Now" (Fitzgerald solo vocal)DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin4:02
5."I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin3:52
6."Buzzard Song" (Fitzgerald solo vocal)DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin2:58
7."Bess, You Is My Woman Now"DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin5:28
8."It Ain't Necessarily So"Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin6:34
9."What You Want Wid Bess?" (Fitzgerald solo vocal)DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin1:59
10."A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" (Armstrong solo vocal)DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin4:47
11."Oh, Doctor Jesus" (Fitzgerald solo vocal)DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin2:00
12."Here Come de Honey Man / Crab Man / Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine"DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin3:29
13."There's a Boat Dat's Leavin Soon for New York" (Armstrong solo vocal)Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin4:54
14."Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" (Armstrong solo vocal)Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin2:36
15."Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way!" (Armstrong solo vocal with chorus)DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin2:57

Personnel

Accompaniment on discs one and two

Orchestra on disc three

Additional personnel

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