1. Lover
2. My Funny Valentine
3. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
4. It Never Entered My Mind
5. Ten Cents a Dance
6. The Lady Is a Tramp
7. Manhattan
8. Little Girl Blue
9. I Could Write a Book
10. Where or When
11. This Can't Be Love
12. Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman (tracks
1-11)
Paul Smith - Piano (track 12)
Barney Kessel - Guitar (track 12)
Joe Mondragon - Bass (track 12)
Alvin Stoller - Drums (track 12)
Oh
dear! The last of our batch of three new Ella
Fitzgerald collections is a bit of a mystery.
Verve has already made the complete Rodgers
& Hart Song Book available on a mid-price
disc, so why have they issued this CD containing
a measly dozen tracks for roughly the same
price? It omits some of the finest performances
from the complete set, such as With
a Song in my Heart and
Johnny One Note.
Mind
you, it would have made a very desirable CD
if there weren't the better-value competing
albums - not only from Verve (retailing at
£6.97 from Amazon UK) but also from Avid (a
mere £4.99). But it hasn't a hope with its
niggardly 46 minutes of music (for £7.99)
- and the recording quality is no better than
on the rival albums. Why, oh why?
Tony Augarde
CD Reviews
Verve 0602517052437
