| Variant title |
Complete Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Verve |
| Contents |
Disc 3. Overture (10:50) -- Summertime (4:59) -- I want to stay here (4:35) -- My man's gone now (4:00) -- I got plenty of nuttin' (3:51) -- The buzzard song (2:57) -- Bess, you is my woman now (5:27) -- It ain't necessarily so (6:33) -- What you want wid Bess? (2:00) -- A woman is a sometime thing (4:46) -- Oh, Doctor Jesus (1:58) -- Medley: Here come de honey man; Crab man; Oh, dey's so fresh and fine (3:27) -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (4:53) -- Oh, Bess, oh where's my Bess? (2:35) -- Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way (2:57). |
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Disc 1. Can't we be friends / K. Swift, P James (3:45) -- Isn't this a lovely day? / I. Berlin, I. Balin (6:14) -- Moonlight in Vermont / K. Suessdorf, J. Blackburn (3:41) -- They can't take that away from me / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (4:38) -- Under a blanket of blue / J. Livingston, A.J. Neiburg, M. Symes (4:16) -- Tenderly / W. Gross, J. Lawrence (5:06) -- A foggy day / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (4:31) -- Stars fell on Alabama / F. Perkins, M. Parish (3:32) -- Cheek to cheek / I. Berlin (5:52) -- The nearness of you / H. Carmichael, N Washington (5:40) -- April in Paris / V. Dukelsky, E. Hatburg (6:33) -- Don't be that way / B. Goodman, E. Sampson, M. Parish (4:59) -- Makin' whoopee / W. Donaldson, G. Kahn (3:56) -- They all laughed / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (3:46) -- Comes love / L. Brown, S. Stept, C. Tobias (2:25) -- Autumn in New York / V. Duke (5:57). |
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Disc 2. Let's do it / C. Porter (8:41) -- Stompin' at the Savoy / B. Goodman, E. Sampson, W. Webb, A. Razaf (5:12) -- I won't dance / J. Kern, O. Hammerstein, O. Harbach (4:43) -- Gee baby, ain't I good to you / D. Redman, A. Razaf (4:12) -- Let's call the whole thing off / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (4:11) -- These foolish things / H. Link, J. Strachey, H. Marvell (7:36) -- I've got my love to keep me warm / I. Berlin (3:09) -- Willow weep for me / A. Ronell (4:18) -- I'm puttin' all my eggs in one basket / I. Berlin (3:26) -- A fine romance / J. Kern, D. Fields (3:52) -- Ill wind (You're blowin' me no good) / H. Arlen, T. Koehler (3:41) -- Love is here to stay / G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin (3:58) -- I get a kick out of you / C. Porter (4:17) -- Learnin' the blues / D. Silvers (7:11) -- You won't be satisfied (Until you break my heart) / F. James, L. Stock (3:53) -- Undecided / C. Shavers, S. Robin (3:40). |
| General note | All songs on disc three composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by either/or Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. |
| General note | Previously released on three recordings, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Verve MGV 4003, 1957), Ella and Louis again (Verve MGV4006-2, 1958) and Porgy & Bess (Verve MGVS 6040-2, 1958). |
| General note | Program notes by William Ruhlmann ([16] p. : ports) and the origianal liner notes from the LP issues ([21] p. : ill.). |
| Performer |
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; Louis Armstrong, vocals and trumpet ; accompanied on various pieces by Oscar Peterson and Billy Kyle, piano ; Herb Ellis, guitar ; Ray Brown, Dale Jones, bass ; Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Barrett Deems, drums ; Trummy Young, trombone ; Edmond Hall, clarinet and others. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at various places in Los Angeles between August 15, 1956 and October 14, 1957. |
