(Vocal Jazz) Ella Fitzgerald — The Chronological Classics — 15 CD (1935-1955) — 1990-2008, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

Сказ о звукозаписывающем лейбле, естественном отборе и ушедшем благе
Хочу рассказать один сказ. Не долгий, не короткий; не весёлый, не грустный - обыкновенный, про жизнь, в одном из её аспектов, достаточно узком. Может быть с моралью, а может и нет - кому как покажется.
В некотором царстве, во французском государстве жил да был такой замечательный издающий музыку лейбл "Chronological Classics". И поставил он себе задачей ремастировать и переиздать на CD всю перешедшую в категорию общественного достояния классику джаза и ритм-н-блюза эпохи 78RPM - то есть до появления долгоиграющих пластинок (это конец сороковых - середина пятидесятых годов прошлого века, у всех по-разному). Сказано-сделано: с ноября 1989 года издавал этот лейбл под руководством месье Жиля Петара (Gilles Pétard) - знатока-энтузиаста, у которого к тому же, видимо, и деньги водились, - по пять наименований дисков в месяц в единообразном, но различном по цветовой гамме оформлении. Первый выпуск был посвящён записям Эллы Фитцджеральд 1935 -1937 гг. В общем, этим лейбл и занимался неуклонно все 1990-е и начало 2000-х, строго выдерживая взятый темп. Задача была масштабная - и исполнение ей под стать: одних, например, подходящих под вышеуказанные критерии Дюков Эллингтонов было выпущено 40 полновесных выпусков (не считая последующих сборников из них). Среди прочих "клиентов" лейбла - Армстронг, Билли Холидей, Каунт Бейси, Бенни Гудмен и др.; это крупняк, но в "Классики" не был заказан вход и артистам средней руки. Знатоки и коллекционеры очень уважали этот лейбл - помню, например, как в конце 1990-х его продукцией был плотно набит джазовый отдел магазина "Трансильвания 6500", что на Тверской. Обратить бы тогда внимание - но всего ж никогда не купишь, да и ассортимент её был таков, что глаза разбегались.
В общем, дело было в надёжных руках. Три вещи лишь можно поставить в упрёк "Классиксам" - первое это то, что у них никогда не было официального представительства в глобальной сети Интернет (и потому сказ практически и не сопровождается внешними ссылками), так что полный каталог их продукции в готовом виде добыть и было, и есть невозможно, разве что если восстановить его самому; второе - чуть глуховатый (это моё частное мнение) мастеринг, уступающий в аналогичной категории по чистоте и прозрачности звука трансферам, например, лейбла Yazoo (считающегося образцом в области архивных переизданий); ну и также то, что практически все выпуски выходили с полиграфической ошибкой: на фасаде буклета вместе "Chronological" красовалась надпись "Chronogical". Всё прочее же было как минимум на достойном уровне.
Но ничто не вечно под луной. Особенно это, как мы теперь все уже знаем, касается музыкально-издательского бизнеса.
XXI век пришёл в музыкальную индустрию под знаком тяжёлых времён. Застонали даже мейджор-лейблы с их "фабриками звёзд", что уж говорить про гуманитарные проекты культурно-охранительной направленности, к которым отнесём и наш лейбл-герой. В 2004 году паче всякого чаяния, но вполне предсказуемо банкротится оригинальный дистрибутор; нарушается график переизданий. Джазово-историософская общественность волнуется, однако знамя подхватывает компания "Абей мюзик (Abeille Musique)" и её дистрибутор "Ноктюрн"; производство и продажа дисков серии возобновляется, но всё более скромными темпами. И это был показатель неблагополучия - к началу нынешнего года дела лейбла в очередной раз перешли из рук в руки, на сей раз в ведение компании "Плю Луэн (Plus Loin)", в планы которой уже не входит дальнейшее издание выпусков серии. Всё.
Что осталось? Остались изданные за два десятка лет пластинки "Chronological Classics" - уникальное по широте охвата, хронологически систематизированное хранилище музыкального материала целой эпохи, с такой же полнотой и скрупулёзностью не собранное для пользования широких масс слушателей больше нигде и никем. Стоит ли говорить, что ценность этих пластинок для коллекционеров ещё более выросла. Кое-какие из выпусков серии ещё можно отловить в сети - но в каталоге "Абей мюзик", куда можно попасть по данной выше ссылке, все они уже числятся недоступными к приобретению. А на вторичном рынке - например на онлайн-аукционе eBay - кое-что из "Классиков" порой всплывают по цене и 100, и 150, и более долларов за экземпляр...
Что будет? Сложно сказать. Новый аналогичный проект вряд ли уже возможен - рынок CD дышит на ладан. Что-то пока ещё издаётся то тут, то там другими компаниями - большей частью по верхам. Что-то, может быть даже многое, будет оцифровано и выложено в сеть - но когда, кем, насколько полно и добросовестно, Бог весть. К тому же, что-то ведь так и осталось непереизданным на CD - не успели... Да и будет ли такое продолжение вообще продиктовано широким спросом на архивный джаз? на основании наблюдения за мутациями популярных вкусов верится в это как-то слабо. А ведь это целый культурный пласт, мощная культурная доминанта ушедшего века, его наследие, в чём-то сформировавшее мир...
В общем, энтузиасты в очередной раз остались наказаны, собиратели - у разбитого корыта, культура как всегда - на перепутье; а прогресс - победил. Сказке конец, а кто слушал - молодец.
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Продолжительность: 72:14
Треклист:
01. I'll Chase The Blues Away (2:36)
02. Love And Kisses (3:20)
03. Rythm And Romance (3:06)
04. I'll Chase The Blues Away #2 (2:44)
05. My Melancholy Baby (3:02)
06. All My Life (3:15)
07. Crying My Heart Out For You (3:10)
08. Under The Spell Of The Blues (3:06)
09. When I Get Low I Get High (2:29)
10. Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) (2:35)
11. A Little Bit Later On (3:05)
12. Love You're Just A Laugh (3:12)
13. Devoting My Time To You (2:28)
14. You'll Have To Swing It (2:59)
15. Swingin' On The Reservation (3:08)
16. Got The Spring Fever Blues (3:03)
17. Vote For Mr. Rhythm (2:30)
18. Goodnight My Love (3:09)
19. Oh, Yes, Take Another Guess (2:31)
20. Didja Mean It (2:22)
21. My Last Affair (2:42)
22. Organ Grinder's Swing (2:54)
23. Shine (2:55)
24. Darktown Strutters' Ball (3:09)
25. Take Another Guess (2:45)

Продолжительность: 69:14
Треклист:
01. Big Boy Blue (2:49)
02. Dedicated To You (3:14)
03. You Showed Me The Way (3:10)
04. Crying Mood (2:38)
05. Love Is The Thing, So They Say (2:52)
06. All Over Nothing At All (2:41)
07. If You Ever Should Leave (3:15)
08. Everyone's Wrong But Me (3:09)
09. Deep In The Heart Of The South (3:19)
10. Just A Simple Melody (3:01)
11. I Got A Guy (3:25)
12. Holiday In Harlem (3:12)
13. Rock It For Me (3:15)
14. I Want To Be Happy (4:32)
15. The Dipsy Doodle (3:16)
16. If Dreams Come True (2:40)
17. Hallelujah (4:06)
18. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (3:08)
19. It's My Turn Now (2:59)
20. It's Wonderful (3:00)
21. I Was Doing All Right (2:57)
22. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (2:38)

Продолжительность: 69:26
Треклист:
01. Heart Of Mine (3:00)
02. I'm Just A Jitterburg (3:21)
03. This Time It's Real (3:11)
04. (Oh, Oh) What Do You Know About Love? (3:06)
05. You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's Too) (3:06)
06. We Can't Go On This Way (3:03)
07. Saving Myself For You (2:51)
08. If You Only Knew (2:52)
09. Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil (2:58)
10. MacPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing) (3:11)
11. Everybody Step (2:49)
12. Ella (2:48)
13. Wacky Dust (3:07)
14. Gotta Pebble In My Shoe (2:57)
15. I Can't Stop Loving You (3:08)
16. Strictly From Dixie (2:51)
17. Woe Is Me (2:54)
18. I Let A Tear Fall In The River (3:14)
19. F.D.R. Jones (2:58)
20. I Love Each Move You Make (3:04)
21. It's Foxy (3:05)
22. I Found My Yellow Basket (2:37)
23. Undecided (3:17)

Продолжительность: 69:13
Треклист:
01. 'Tain't What You Do (3:04)
02. One Side Of Me (3:24)
03. My Heart Belongs To Daddy (3:10)
04. Once Is Enough For Me (3:06)
05. I Had To Live And Learn (3:11)
06. Sugar Pie (3:11)
07. It's Slumbertime Along The Swanee (2:52)
08. I'm Up A Tree (3:10)
09. Chew-Chew-Chew (Your Bubble Gum) (3:06)
10. Don't Worry About Me (3:15)
11. If Anything Happened To You (3:12)
12. If That's What You're Thinking, You're Wrong (3:10)
13. If You Ever Change Your Mind (3:05)
14. Have Mercy (3:12)
15. Little White Lies (2:59)
16. Coochi-Coochi-Coo (3:11)
17. That Was My Heart (3:08)
18. Betcha Nickel (3:01)
19. Stairway To The Stars (3:19)
20. I Want The Waiter (With The Water) (3:15)
21. That's All, Brother (3:12)
22. Out Of Nowhere (3:01)

Продолжительность: 69:52
Треклист:
01. My Last Goodbye (3:23)
02. Billy (I Always Dream Of Billy) (2:45)
03. Please Tell Me The Truth (3:20)
04. I'm Not Complainin' (3:12)
05. You're Gonna Lose Your Gal (3:12)
06. After I Say I'm Sorry (2:48)
07. Baby, What Else Can I Do? (3:06)
08. My Wubba Dolly (Rubber Dolly) (3:05)
09. Lindy Hopper's Delight (2:54)
10. Moon Ray (3:05)
11. Is There Somebody Else? (2:35)
12. Sugar Blues (2:51)
13. The Starlit Hour (3:13)
14. What's The Matter With Me? (3:02)
15. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (2:36)
16. If It Weren't For You (3:04)
17. Sing Song Swing (3:03)
18. Imagination (3:03)
19. Take It From The Top (3:01)
20. Tea Dance (3:22)
21. Jubilee Swing (3:21)
22. Untitled Instrumental (3:06)
23. Deedle-De-Dum (2:43)

Продолжительность: 66:53
Треклист:
01. Shake Down The Stars (2:49)
02. Gulf Coast Blues (3:03)
03. I Fell In Love With A Dream (3:14)
04. Five O'Clock Whistle (3:12)
05. So Long (3:05)
06. Louisville, K-Y (3:10)
07. Taking A Chance On Love (3:08)
08. Cabin In The Sky (2:44)
09. I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town (2:40)
10. Three Little Words (2:34)
11. Hello Ma! I Done It Again (2:33)
12. Wishful Thinking (3:02)
13. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else) (3:05)
14. The Muffin Man (2:28)
15. Keep Cool, Fool (3:05)
16. No Nothing (3:10)
17. My Man (3:05)
18. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (2:33)
19. I Must Have That Man (3:08)
20. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street (2:40)
21. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (2:55)
22. Melinda The Mousie (2:44)
23. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (2:46)

Продолжительность: 64:21
Треклист:
01. Jim (3:02)
02. This Love Of Mine (2:56)
03. Somebody Nobody Loves (3:14)
04. You Don't Know What Love Is (3:26)
05. Who Are You? (2:58)
06. I'm Thrilled (3:07)
07. Make Love To Me (2:49)
08. I'm Geting Mighty Lonesome For You (2:46)
09. When I Come Back Crying (Will You Be Laughing At Me?) (2:56)
10. All I Need Is You (3:00)
11. Mama Come Home (2:44)
12. My Heart And I Decided (3:02)
13. (I Put) A Four Leaf Clover in Your Pocket (2:55)
14. He's My Guy (3:19)
15. Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Ti-Ay) (2:56)
16. Once Too Often (2:59)
17. Time Alone Will Tell (3:09)
18. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall (3:10)
19. I'm Making Believe (3:13)
20. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (3:17)
21. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (3:24)

Продолжительность: 69:19
Треклист:
01. I'm Beginning To See The Light (2:44)
02. That's The Way It Is (3:18)
03. (It's Only A) Paper Moon (2:37)
04. Cry You Out Of My Heart (2:47)
05. A Kiss Goodnight (3:08)
06. Benny's Coming Home On Sunday (3:26)
07. Flying Home (2:29)
08. Stone Cold Dead In De Market (2:41)
09. Petootie Pie (2:36)
10. That's Rich (3:20)
11. I'll Always Be In Love With You (4:28)
12. I'll See You In My Dreams (4:08)
13. Petootie Pie (2:31)
14. You Won't Be Satisfied (2:54)
15. The Frim Fram Sauce (3:13)
16. I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So (2:56)
17. I Didn't Mean A Word I Said (3:19)
18. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (3:10)
19. It's A Pity To Say Goodnight (2:40)
20. Guilty (3:13)
21. Sentimental Journey (3:19)
22. Budella (Blue Skies) (4:22)

Продолжительность: 57:39
Треклист:
01. A Sunday Kind Of Love (3:16)
02. That's My Desire (3:02)
03. Oh! Lady, Be Good! (3:16)
04. Don't You Think I Ought To Know? (3:09)
05. You're Breakin' In A New Heart (2:29)
06. I Want To Learn About Love (2:24)
07. That Old Feeling (2:28)
08. My Baby Likes To Be-Bop (2:42)
09. No Sense (2:59)
10. How High The Moon (3:16)
11. I've Got A Feelin' I'm Fallin' (2:35)
12. You Turned The Tables On Me (2:58)
13. I Cried And Cried And Cried (2:55)
14. Robbins' Nest (2:34)
15. Tea Leaves (2:43)
16. My Happiness (3:17)
17. It's Too Soon To Know (2:39)
18. I Can't Go On (Without You) (2:50)
19. To Make A Mistake Is Human (3:08)
20. In My Dreams (2:59)

Продолжительность: 63:05
Треклист:
01. I Couldn't Stay Away From You (3:18)
02. Old Mother Hubbard (2:42)
03. Someone Like You (3:05)
04. Happy Talk (2:28)
05. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (2:55)
06. Black Coffee (3:05)
07. Lover's Gold (3:06)
08. Baby It's Cold Outside (2:43)
09. Don't Cry Cry Baby (2:58)
10. Crying (3:11)
11. A New Shade Of Blues (3:01)
12. In The Evening (2:39)
13. Talk Fast My Heart, Talk Fast (2:56)
14. I'm Waiting For The Junkman (3:18)
15. Basin Street Blues (3:08)
16. I Hadn't Anyone Till You (3:04)
17. Dream A Little Longer (3:01)
18. Foolish Tears (2:59)
19. A Man Wrote A Song (3:13)
20. Fairy Tales (2:53)
21. I Gotta Have My Baby Back (3:21)

Продолжительность: 74:12
Треклист:
01. Baby, Won't You Say You Love Me? (2:58)
02. Don'cha Go 'Way Mad (3:20)
03. Solid As A Rock (2:59)
04. I've Got The World On A String (3:18)
05. Sugarfoot Rag (3:04)
06. Peas And Rice (3:22)
07. M.I.S.S.I.S.S.I.P.P.I (2:23)
08. I Don't Want The World (2:13)
09. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own (3:14)
10. I'll Never Be Free (3:11)
11. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (3:07)
12. Can Anyone Explain? (3:11)
13. Looking For A Boy (3:08)
14. My One And Only (3:16)
15. How Long Has This Been Going On? (3:16)
16. I've Got A Crush On You (3:15)
17. But Not For Me (3:14)
18. Soon (2:46)
19. Someone To Watch Over Me (3:16)
20. Maybe (3:26)
21. Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney (3:09)
22. Molasses, Molasses (2:44)
23. Little Small Town Girl (3:07)
24. I Still Feel The Same About You (3:16)

Продолжительность: 70:16
Треклист:
01. Lonesome Gal (3:04)
02. The Bean Bag Song (3:09)
03. The Cheasapeake And Ohio (2:42)
04. Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer (3:23)
05. Because Of Rain (3:11)
06. The Hot Canary (3:16)
07. Even As You And I (3:32)
08. Do You Really Love Me? (3:13)
09. Love You Madly (3:02)
10. Mixed Emotions (3:19)
11. Smooth Sailing (3:07)
12. Come On-A My House (1:59)
13. I Don't Want To Take A Chance (3:15)
14. There Never Was A Baby (2:49)
15. Give A Little, Get A Little (3:22)
16. Necessary Evil (2:34)
17. Oops! (3:11)
18. Would You Like To Take A Walk? (3:18)
19. Who Walks In When I Walk Out? (2:19)
20. Baby Doll (3:20)
21. What Does It Take? (2:43)
22. Lady Bug (3:20)
23. Lazy Day (3:08)

Продолжительность: 56:44
Треклист:
01. Air Mail Special (3:02)
02. Rough Ridin' (3:14)
03. A Guy Is A Guy (2:52)
04. Nowhere guy (3:08)
05. Gee, But I'm Glad To Know You Love Me (3:10)
06. Goody Goody (2:24)
07. Angel Eyes (2:57)
08. Ding-Dong Boogie (3:12)
09. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini) - Part 1 (2:42)
10. You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini) - Part 2 (2:28)
11. Early Autumn (3:14)
12. Preview (3:03)
13. Trying (2:58)
14. The Greatest There Is (2:14)
15. My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean (2:16)
16. Ella's Contribution To The Blues (2:33)
17. My Favorite Song (2:49)
18. Walking By The River (2:29)
19. I Can't Lie To Myself (2:57)
20. Don't Wake Me Up (3:01)

Продолжительность: 71:15
Треклист:
01. Careless (2:51)
02. Blue Lou (2:50)
03. I Wonder What Kind Of Guy You'd Be (2:58)
04. When The Hands Of The Clock Pray At Midnight (2:47)
05. Crying In The Chapel (3:05)
06. An Empty Ballroom (3:07)
07. If You Don't Know, I Know Who Will (2:47)
08. Melancholy Me (2:53)
09. Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell (2:30)
10. Moanin' Low (2:41)
11. Taking A Chance On Love (3:08)
12. I Wished On The Moon (3:08)
13. Baby (2:43)
14. I Need (2:41)
15. Who's Afraid (2:50)
16. I'm Glad There Is You (3:09)
17. Baby, What Else Can I Do (3:49)
18. What Is There To Say? (3:22)
19. Makin' Whoopee! (3:05)
20. Until The Real Thing Comes Along (2:56)
21. People Will Say We're In Love (3:11)
22. Please Be Kind (3:34)
23. Imagination (2:37)
24. My Heart Belongs To Daddy (2:36)

Продолжительность: 64:59
Треклист:
01. You Leave Me Breathless (3:07)
02. Nice Work If You Can Get It (2:39)
03. Stardust (4:02)
04. Lullaby Of Birdland (2:52)
05. Later (2:33)
06. Thanks For The Memory (2:30)
07. It Might As Well Be Spring (2:43)
08. You'll Never Know (3:10)
09. I Can't Get Started (3:07)
10. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (2:18)
11. That Old Black Magic (2:32)
12. Old Devil Moon (3:00)
13. Lover Come Back To Me (2:01)
14. Hard Hearted Hannah (3:01)
15. Pete Kelly's Blues (2:27)
16. Ella Hums The Blues (5:13)
17. Soldier Boy (2:59)
18. A Satisfied Mind (2:35)
19. My One And Only Love (3:19)
20. The Impatient Years (2:50)
21. But Not Like Mine (3:00)
22. The Tender Trap (3:00)

THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD (15 CD)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1935-1937
01 I’ll Chase The Blues Away
02 Love And Kisses
03 Rhythm And Romance
04 I'll Chase The Blues Away
05 My Melancholy Baby
06 All My Life
07 Crying My Heart Out For You
08 Under The Spell of The Blues
09 When I Get Low I Get High
10 Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
11 A Little Bit Later On
12 Love You’re Just A Laugh
13 Devoting My Time To You
14 You'll Have To Swing It
15 Swingin’ On The Reservation
16 Got The Spring Fever Blues
17 Vote For Mr Rhythm
18 Goodnight My Love
19 Oh Yes Take Another Guess
20 Didja Mean It
21 My Last Affair
22 Organ Grinder’s Swing
23 Shine
24 Darktown Strutters Ball
25 Take Another Guess
with CHICK WEBB and HIS ORCHESTRA
except
Tracks 5 and 6 with TEDDY WILSON and HIS ORCHESTRA
Tracks 18 19 20 with BENNY GOODMAN and HIS ORCHESTRA
Tracks 21 22 23 24 billed as ELLA FITZGERALD and HER SAVOY EIGHT
Total Time 1:12:00
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1937-1938
01 Big Boy Blue
02 Dedicated To You
03 You Showed Me The Way
04 Crying Mood
05 Love Is The Thing So They Say
06 All Over Nothing At All
07 If You Ever Should Leave
08 Everyone's Wrong But Me
09 Deep In The Heart of The South
10 Just A Simple Melody
11 I Got A Guy
12 Holiday In Harlem
13 Rock It For Me
14 I Want To Be Happy
15 The Dipsy Doodle
16 If Dreams Came True
17 Hallelujah
18 Bei mir bist du schoen
19 It's My Turn Now
20 It's Wonderful
21 I Was Doing All Right
22 A-Tisket A-Tasket
with CHICK WEBB and HIS ORCHESTRA
except
Tracks 1 and 2 add with THE MILLS BROTHERS
Tracks 6 7 8 9 18 19 20 21 billed as ELLA FITZGERALD and HER SAVOY EIGHT
Total Time 1:09:05
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1938-1939
01 Heart of Mine
02 I'm Just A Jitterbug
03 This Time It's Real
04 (Oh Oh) What Do You Know About Love
05 You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's Too)
06 We Can't Go On This Way
07 Saving Myself For You
08 If You Only Knew
09 Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil
10 MacPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing)
11 Everybody Step
12 Ella
13 Wacky Dust
14 Gotta Pebble In My Shoe
15 I Can't Stop Loving You
16 Strictly From Dixie
17 Woe Is Me
18 I Let A Tear Fall In The River
19 F.D.R. Jones
20 I Love Each Move You Make
21 It's Foxy
22 I Found My Yellow Basket
23 Undecided
with CHICK WEBB and HIS ORCHESTRA
except
Tracks 3 4 5 6 7 8 16 17 billed as ELLA FITZGERALD and HER SAVOY EIGHT
Total Time 1:09:15
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1939
01 'Taint What You Do
02 One Side of Me
03 My Heart Belongs To Daddy
04 Once Is Enough For Me
05 I Had To Live And Learn
06 Sugar Pie
07 It's Slumbertime Along The Swanee
08 I'm Up A Tree
09 Chew-Chew-Chew (Your Bubble Gum)
10 Don't Worry About Me
11 If Anything Happened To You
12 If That's What You're Thinking You're Wrong
13 If You Ever Change Your Mind
14 Have Mercy
15 Little White Lies
16 Coochi-Coochi-Coo
17 That Was My Heart
18 Betcha Nickel
19 Stairway To The Stars
20 I Want The Waiter (With The Water)
21 That's All Brother
22 Out of Nowhere
with CHICK WEBB and HIS ORCHESTRA
except
Tracks 4 5 10 11 12 13 billed as ELLA FITZGERALD and HER SAVOY EIGHT
Tracks 18 19 20 21 22 billed as ELLA FITZGERALD and HER FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
Total Time 1:09:01
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1939-1940
01 My Last Goodbye
02 Billy (I Always Dream of Billy)
03 Please Tell Me The Truth
04 I'm Not Complainin'
05 You're Gonna Lose Your Gal
06 After I Say I'm Sorry
07 Baby What Else Can I Do
08 My Wubba Dolly (Rubber Dolly)
09 Lindy Hopper's Delight
10 Moon Ray
11 Is There Somebody Else
12 Sugar Blues
13 The Starlit Hour
14 What's The Matter With Me
15 Baby Won't You Please Come Home
16 If It Weren't For You
17 Sing Song Swing
18 Imagination
19 Take It From The Top
20 Tea Dance
21 Jubilee Swing
22 Untitled Instrumental
23 Deedle-De-Dum
all titles by ELLA FITZGERALD and HER FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
Tracks 9 and 19 thru 22 are instrumentals [no Ella]
Total Time 1:09:40
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1940-1941
01 Shake Down The Stars
02 Gulf Coast Blues
03 I Fell In Love With A Dream
04 Five O'Clock Whistle
05 So Long
06 Louisville, K-Y
07 Taking A Chance On Love
08 Cabin In The Sky
09 I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town
10 Three Little Words
11 Hello Ma I Done It Again
12 Wishful Thinking
13 The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
14 The Muffin Man
15 Keep Cool Fool
16 No Nothing
17 My Man
18 I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
19 I Must Have That Man
20 When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
21 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
22 Melinda The Mousie
23 Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
all titles by ELLA FITZGERALD and HER FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
Total Time 1:06:43
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1941-1944
01 Jim
02 This Love of Mine
03 Somebody Nobody Loves
04 You Don't Know What Love Is
05 Who Are You
06 I'm Thrilled
07 Make Love To Me
08 I'm Gettin' Mighty Lonesome For You
09 When I Come Back Crying (Will You Be Laughing At Me)
10 All I Need Is You
11 Mama Come Home
12 My Heart And I Decided
13 (I Put) A Four Leaf Clover In Your Pocket
14 He's My Guy
15 Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Ti-Ay)
16 Once Too Often
17 Time Alone Will Tell
18 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
19 I'm Making Believe
20 And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
21 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
all titles by ELLA FITZGERALD
except
Tracks 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 billed as ELLA FITZGERALD and HER FOUR KEYS
Tracks 15 18 19 with THE INK SPOTS
Tracks 20 21 accompanied by JOHNNY LONG and HIS ORCHESTRA and THE SONG SPINNERS
personnel highlights include—Kenny Clarke (drums) Bill Doggett (piano) and others
Total Time 1:04:08
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1945-1947
01 I'm Beginning To See The Light
02 That's The Way It Is
03 (It's Only A) Paper Moon
04 Cry You Out of My Heart
05 A Kiss Goodnight
06 Benny's Coming Home On Saturday
07 Flying Home
08 Stone Cold Dead In de Market
09 Petootie Pie
10 That's Rich
11 I'll Always Be In Love With You
12 I'll See You In My Dreams
13 Petootie Pie
14 You Won't Be Satisfied
15 The Frim Fram Sauce
16 I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
17 I Didn't Mean A Word I Said
18 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
19 It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
20 Guilty
21 Sentimental Journey
22 Budella (Blue Skies)
Tracks 1 2 Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots
Tracks 3 4 18 19 Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys
Tracks 5 6 Ella Fitzgerald and Randy Brooks and His Orchestra
Track 7 Ella Fitzgerald and Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
Tracks 8 9 13 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Track 10 Buddy Rich and His V-Disc Speed Demons featuring Ella Fitzgerald
Track 11 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Special Servers
Track 12 Ella Fitzgerald and Her V-Disc Boys
Tracks 14 15 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong with Bob Haggart's Orchestra
Tracks 20 21 Ella Fitzgerald and Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra
Track 22 Ella Fitzgerald and Buddy Rich
personnel highlights include—Louis Jordan (alto saxophone/director) Wild Bill Davis (piano) Charlie Shavers (trumpet) Buddy Rich (drums) Louis Armstrong (vocals/trumpet) Billy Butterfield (trumpet) Joe Bushkin (piano) Cozy Cole (drums) Joe Mooney (accordion) and others
Total Time 1:09:08
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1947-1948
1 A Sunday Kind of Love
02 That's My Desire
03 Oh Lady Be Good
04 Don't You Think I Ought To Know
05 You're Breakin' In A New Heart
06 I Want To Learn About Love
07 That Old Feeling
08 My Baby Likes To Be-Bop
09 No Sense
10 How High The Moon
11 I've Got A Feelin' I'm Fallin'
12 You Turned The Tables On Me
13 I Cried And Cried And Cried
14 Robbins' Nest
15 Tea Leaves
16 My Happiness
17 It's Too Soon To Know
18 I Can't Go On (Without You)
19 To Make A Mistake Is Human
20 In My Dreams
Tracks 1 2 3 4 5 Ella Fitzgerald and Bob Haggart and His Orchestra
Tracks 6 7 Ella Fitzgerald and The Day Dreamers
Tracks 15 16 Ella Fitzgerald and The Song Spinners
Tracks 19 20 Ella Fitzgerald with mixed chorus and rhythm accompaniment
personnel highlights include—Stan Freeman (piano) Ray Brown (bass) Illinois Jacquet (tenor saxophone) Hank Jones (piano) and others
Total Time 57:29
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1949
01 I Couldn't Stay Away From You
02 Old Mother Hubbard
03 Someone Like You
04 Happy Talk
05 I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
06 Black Coffee
07 Lover's Gold
08 Baby It's Cold Outside
09 Don't Cry Cry Baby
10 Crying
11 A New Shade of Blues
12 In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
13 Talk Fast My Heart Talk Fast
14 I'm Waitin' For The Junkman
15 Basin Street Blues
16 I Hadn't Anyone Till You
17 Dream A Little Longer
18 Foolish Tears
19 A Man Wrote A Song
20 Fairy Tales
21 I Gotta Have My Baby Back
Tracks 1 2 3 accompanied by orchestra directed by Sy Oliver
Tracks 4 5 6 7 Ella Fitzgerald and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
Tracks 8 9 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Tracks 10 11 accompanied by orchestra directed by Sonny Burke
Tracks 12 13 14 15 accompanied by orchestra arr and dir by Sy Oliver
Tracks 16 17 18 19 Ella Fitzgerald and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
Tracks 20 21 Ella Fitzgerald and The Mills Brothers
personnel highlights include—Louis Jordan (vocals/alto saxophone) Bill Doggett (piano) and others
Total Time 1:02:55
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1950
01 Baby Won't You Say You Love Me
02 Don' Cha Go 'Way Mad
03 Solid As A Rock
04 I've Got The World On A String
05 Sugarfoot Rag
06 Peas And Rice
07 M.I.S.S.I.S.S.I.P.P.I
08 I Don't Want The World
09 Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
10 I'll Never Be Free
11 Dream A Little Dream of Me
12 Can Anyone Explain
13 Looking For A Boy
14 My One And Only
15 How Long Has This Been Going On
16 I've Got A Crush On You
17 But Not For Me
18 Soon
19 Someone To Watch Over Me
20 Maybe
21 Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney
22 Molasses Molasses
23 Little Small Town Girl
24 I Still Feel The Same About You
Tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 accompanied by orchestra directed by Sy Oliver
Tracks 7 8 accompanied by The Four Hits And A Miss
Tracks 9 10 Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Tracks 11 12 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong acc by Sy Oliver's Orchestra
Tracks 13 thru 20 accompnied by Ellis Larkins (piano)
Tracks 23 24 Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots
personnel highlights include—Hank Jones (piano) Ray Brown (bass) Louis Jordan (vocals/alto saxophone) Bill Doggett (piano) Paul Webster (trumpet) Ellis Larkins (piano) Charlie Shavers (trumpet) and others
Total Time 1:14:01
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1951
01 Lonesome Gal
02 The Bean Bag Song
03 The Chesapeake And The Ohio
04 Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer
05 Because of Rain
06 The Hot Canary
07 Even As You And I
08 Do You Really Love Me
09 Love You Madly
10 Mixed Emotions
11 Smooth Sailing
12 Come On-A My House
13 I Don't Want To Take A Chance
14 There Never Was A Baby (Like My Baby)
15 Give A Little Get A Little (Love)
16 Necessary Evil
17 Oops
18 Would You Like To Take A Walk
19 Who Walks In When I Walk Out
20 Baby Doll
21 What Does It Take
22 Lady Bug
23 Lazy Day
Tracks 1 2 acc by orchestra dir by Sy Oliver with The Skylarks
Tracks 3 4 5 6 and 13 14 15 acc by Sy Oliver's Orchestra
Tracks 10 11 12 Ella Fitzgerald and The Ray Charles Singers acc by Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
Tracks 16 17 18 19 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong acc by Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
Tracks 20 21 22 23 accompanied by Sonny Burke's Orchestra
personnel highlights include—Hank Jones (piano) Bill Doggett (organ) Taft Jordan (trumpet) Dave Barbour (guitar) Louis Armstrong (vocals/trumpet) Ray Brown (bass) and others
Total Time 1:10:05
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1952
01 Air Mail Special
02 Rough Ridin'
03 A Guy Is A Guy
04 Nowhere Guy
05 Gee But I'm Glad To Know You Love Me
06 Goody Goody
07 Angel Eyes
08 Ding-Dong Boogie
09 You'll Have To Swing It (Mr Paganini) Part 1
10 You'll Have To Swing It (Mr Paganini) Part 2
11 Early Autumn
12 Preview
13 Trying
14 The Greatest There Is
15 My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
16 Ella's Contribution To The Blues
17 My Favorite Song
18 Walking By The River
19 I Can't Lie To Myself
20 Don't Wake Me Up
Tracks 1 2 accompanied by The Ray Charles Singers et al
Tracks 3 thru 12 Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
Tracks 13 thru 18 Ella Fitzgerald with Bobby Orton's Teen-Aces
Tracks 19 20 acc by Jerry Gray and His Orchestra
personnel highlights include—Bill Doggett (organ) Ray Brown (bass) Taft Jordan (trumpet) Al Grey (trombone) Hank Jones (piano) George Duvivier (bass) Bob Cooper (alto saxophone) and others
Total Time 56:34
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1953-1954
01 Careless
02 Blue Lou
03 I Wonder What Kind of Guy You'd Be
04 When The Hands of The Clock Pray At Midnight
05 Crying In The Chapel
06 An Empty Ballroom
07 If You Don't I Know Who Will
08 Melancholy Me
09 Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell (Who's Got de Ding Dong)
10 Moanin' Low
11 Taking A Chance On Love
12 I Wished On The Moon
13 Baby
14 I Need
15 Who's Afraid (Not I Not I Not I)
16 I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)
17 Baby What Else Can I Do
18 What Is There To Say
19 Makin' Whoopee
20 Until The Real Thing Comes Along
21 People Will Say We're In Love
22 Please Be Kind
23 Imagination
24 My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Tracks 1 2 3 and 6 7 8 9 Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
Tracks 4 5 Ella Fitzgerald with The Ray Charles Singers
Tracks 10 11 accompanied by John Scott Trotter et al
Tracks 12 13 14 15 Ella Fitzgerald with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
Tracks 16 thru 24 accompanied by Ellis Larkins (piano)
personnel highlights include—Taft Jordan (trumpet) Charlie Shavers (trumpet) Hank Jones (piano) Bill Doggett (organ) Buddy Cole (piano) Ellis Larkins (piano) Manny Albam (baritone saxophone) George Duvivier (bass) and others
Total Time 1:11:00
THE CHRONOLOGICAL ELLA FITZGERALD 1954-1955
01 You Leave Me Breathless
02 Nice Work If You Can Get It
03 Stardust
04 Lullaby of Birdland
05 Later
06 Thanks For The Memory
07 It Might As Well Be Spring
08 You'll Never Know
09 I Can't Get Started
10 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
11 That Old Black Magic
12 Ol' Devil Moon
13 Lover Come Back To Me
14 Hard Hearted Hannah
15 Pete Kelly's Blues
16 Ella Hums The Blues
17 Soldier Boy
18 A Satisfied Mind
19 My One And Only Love
20 The Impatient Years
21 But Not Like Mine
22 The Tender Trap
Tracks 1, 2 and 3 accompanied by Ellis Larkins
Tracks 4 and 5 with Sy Oliver and his orchestra and chorus
Tracks 6 thru 9 arranged and conducted by Andre Previn
Tracks 10 thru 13 arranged and conducted by Benny Carter
Tracks 14 thru 16 with Don Abney (piano) Joe Mondragon (bass) Larry Bunker (drums)—from Pete Kelly's Blues soundtrack
Tracks 17 thru 22 with accompaniment directed by Toots Camarata
Total Time 1:04:59