Ella Fitzgerald - Air Mail Special (Quadromania 4 CD, 2005/FLAC)

 

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.





 


 





CD1


1. My Man (Yvain – Pollock)
2. Can't Help Lovin´ Dat Man (Kern – O. Hammerstein)
3. I Got It Bad (Ellington – Webster)
4. Make Love To Me (Gannon – Mann – Weiss)
5. He’s My Guy (Raye – De Paul)
6. A Four Leaf Clover In Your Pocket (Loeb – Davis)
7. Once Too Often (Gordon – Monaco)
8. Time Alone Will Tell (Gordon – Monaco)
9. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (Green – Kenton – Lawrence)
10. A Kiss Goodnight (Victor – Herman – Slack)
11. Cry You Out Of My Heart (Heath – Lage – Loring)
12. Petootie Pie (Paparelli – Pack – Leveen)
13. Flying Home (Goodman – Hampton – Robin)
14. I’m Just A Lucky So And So (Ellington – David)
15. I Didn’t Mean A Word I Said (McHugh – Adamson)
16. You Won’t Be Satisfied (Stock – James)
17. For Sentimental Reasons (Best – Watson)

CD2


1. Oh! Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin)
2. How High The Moon (Hamilton – Lewis)
3. Black Coffee (Burke – Webster)
4. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down (Carr – Raye)
5. Basin Street Blues (Williams)
6. Solid As A Rock (Hilliard – Mann)
7. Ain´t Nobody’s Business But My Own (Taylor)
8. I’ve Got The World On A String (Koehler – Arlen)
9. My One And Only (G. &. I. Gershwin)
10. Someone To Watch Over Me (G. &. I. Gershwin)
11. But Not For Me (G. & I. Gershwin)
12. Maybe (G. & I. Gershwin)
13. How Long Has This Been Going On? (G. & I. Gershwin)
14. I’ve Got A Crush On You (G. &. I. Gershwin)
15. Soon (G. &. I. Gershwin)
16. Looking For A Boy (G. &. I. Gershwin)
17. Lonesome Gal (Brooks – Schumann)
18. The Bean Bag Song (De Lugg – De Lugg)
19. The Cheasapeake And Ohio (Sigman – Magidson)

 CD3


1. Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer (Pitt – Wise)
2. Because Of Rain (Pole – Harrington – Cole)
3. The Hot Canary (Nero – Gilbert)
4. Even As You And I (Johnson – Larkin)
5. Do You Really Love Me? (Rinker – Dant)
6. Love You Madly (Ellington)
7. Mixed Emotions (Louchheim)
8. Smooth Sailing (Cobb)
9. Come On - A My House (Bagdasarian – Saroyan)
10. I Don’t Want To Take A Chance (Fitzgerald)
11. There Never Was A Baby (Comden – Green – Styne)
12. Give A Little, Get A Little (Comden – Green – Styne)
13. Necessary Evil (Evans)
14. Oops! (Warren – Mercer)
15. Would You Like To Take A Walk? (Dixon – Rose – Warren)
16. Who Walks In When I Walk Out? (Goodhart – Hoffman – Freed)
17. Baby Doll (Warren - Mercer)
18. What Does It Take (Burke – Van Heusen)
19. Lady Bug (Burke – Francis – Webster)
20. Lazy Day (Raskin – Farnon)


CD4


1. Airmail Special (Goodman – Mundy – Christian)
2. Rough Ridin´ (Fitzgerald – Jones (Tennyson)
3. Goody Goody (J. Mercer – M. Malneck)
4. A Guy Is A Guy (O. Brand)
5. Angel Eyes (Dennis – Brent)
6. You’ll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini)(S. Coslow)
7. Preview (Quinchettte)
8. Early Autumn (Mercer – Burns – Herman)
9. Careless (Quadling – Howard – Jurgens)
10. Blue Lou (Mills – Sampson)
11. Melancholy Me (Jordan – Fitzgerald)
12. What Is There To Say? (Harburg – Duke)
13. I Wished On The Moon (Parker – Rainger)
14. Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Cahn – Chaplin – Holiner – Nichols – Freeman)
15. Lullaby Of Birdland (Shearing – Foster)