Best of the BBC Vaults

by Ella Fitzgerald

Overview

Ella Fitzgerald's passionate phrasing, ability to scat-sing notes like an instrument, affinity with jazz, and uncanny ability to bring a composer's song to life from the inside-out in her ballad interpretations made her one of the greatest voices of the 20th century. This archival two-disc set (one CD and one DVD) collects unreleased recordings and performances Fitzgerald made between 1965 and 1977 for the BBC, and includes a couple of 1965 television shows (Ella Sings and Show of the Week), a 1974 show from Ronnie Scott's London jazz club, and her appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival from 1997 on the DVD, as well as 17 selected tracks from various BBC performances on the CD. The CD sound is admittedly not the best, but the video performances captured on the DVD are the real highlight here, featuring a one-of-a-kind singer doing what she always did -- capture and enrich a song and capture and enrich an audience. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/2022
Label:	Delta Classics / Jazzline Records
UPC:	5055551780142
Rank:	87250

Tracks

1. The Lady is a Tramp
2. Mack the Knife
3. Manhattan
4. Ev¿¿¿ry Time We Say Goodbye
5. That Old Black Magic
6. Don¿¿¿t Rain on My Parade
7. Misty
8. Sweet Georgia Brown
9. Good Morning Heartache
10. Goody Goody
11. Just A-Sittin¿¿¿ and A-Rockin¿¿¿
12. Cheek to Cheek
13. Here¿¿¿s That Rainy Day
14. The Girl (Boy) From Ipanema
15. St. Louis Blues
16. Something¿¿¿s Gotta Give
17. Too Marvellous For Words
18. Angel Eyes

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Paul Weston   Composer
Ray Noble   Composer
Simon Franglen   Mixing
Bertolt Brecht   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Irene Higginbotham   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Count Basie   Composer
Tony Swain   Producer
Larry Holofcener   Composer
Eddie Durham   Composer
Frank Eyton   Composer
Don George   Composer
Doris Tauber   Composer
David Weiss   Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Erroll Garner   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Lee Gaines   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Axel Stordahl   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Matt Dennis   Composer
William Tracey   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
Jerry Block   Composer
Dan Fisher   Composer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Paul Williams   Composer
Bob Merrill   Composer
Kenneth Casey   Composer
Jacques Charles   Composer
Larry Fotine   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Ben Bernie   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Marc Blitzstein   Composer
Ervin Drake   Composer
Johnny Green   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Robert Sour   Composer
Jerry Bock   Composer
Matty Malneck   Composer
Maurice Yvain   Composer
Thomas Waller   Composer
Albert Willemetz   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Darren Hall   Restoration
Earl Brent   Composer
Newton Mendonca   Composer
Stuart Nicholson   Liner Notes
Hugo "Pipo" Cipolatti   Adaptation
John Hendricks   Composer
Yale Joel   Cover Photo