Ella Fitzgerald - Love Letters from Ella
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Artist: Ella FitzgeraldEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-07-31
Music Label: Concord Records
Soundtracks:
- Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Ella Fitzgerald, Clare, Sidney
- Cry Me a River - Ella Fitzgerald, Hamilton, Arthur
- You Turned the Tables on Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Alter, Louis
- I've Got the World on a String - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold
- Witchcraft - Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman, Cy
- My Old Flame - Ella Fitzgerald, Coslow, Sam
- The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) - Ella Fitzgerald, Jones, Isham
- Take Love Easy - Ella Fitzgerald, Ellington, Duke
- Our Love Is Here to Stay - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George
- Some Other Spring - Ella Fitzgerald, Hrzog, Arthur Jr.
Music reviews of Love Letters from Ella
Music Review: Very Satisfying
Rating: 5 Stars
Well Ella is gone but with state of the art recordings such as this being produced she will never be forgotten. I must say first of all that I see nothing wrong with her original recordings. They are in a class by themselves and when I read that Concord Jazz had released a new updated CD of Ellas work I was a bit upset. BUT after purchasing this CD and listening to the love and attention given to Lady Ella, it is rather fitting and just. The more I listen to it the more I love it. First of all the SOUND will grab you, it surrounds you and her voice it right out front and lucious (did I spell that right?).
So many favorites, Cry Me A River is probably the best version of this song I have ever heard and the London Symphony Orchestra blending with that topaz voice is almost enough to make you cry. I love it.
My Ol Flame, simply delicious. The old Joe Pass version is still great in itself but the orchestra backing really makes her vocal have more depth. This is one of my favorities on this CD.
BUT don't despair you fans who love the jumpin Ella, they didn't forget you either. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone is a realy pleaser. Another cut previously not released with Count Basie and his Orchestra, Some Other Spring which is timeless and almost worth the price of the CD alone.
There are so many more,You Turned The Tables On Me, Witchcraft, and the great Gershwin classic, Our Love Is Here To Stay.
I hope you can tell I really like this CD. No I love it. I hope Concord releases more. Well worth the price. How can you put a price on relaxing and kicking back and listening to a little new Ella. I can't sure beats the price of filling the tank with gas and driving somewhere else. AND the sound, did I mention it is GREAT.
Description of Love Letters from Ella
You knew a trend was brewing when Concord Records scored a hit by taking newly unearthed vocal tracks from the 1970s by the late Ray Charles and adding newly recorded accompaniment by the orchestra still bearing the late Count Basie's name. Here Concord repeats the formula, doctoring outtakes by the dearly departed Ella Fitzgerald with new backing by the London Philharmonic and/or a contemporary rhythm section. As with Ray Sings, Basie Swings, Love Letters from Ella has undeniable appeal. Recorded in the 1970s, the great singer is in fine, relaxed, late-season form on a collection of ballads including "My Old Flame" and "Cry Me a River" and medium tempo tunes including "Withcraft" and "Our Love is Here to Stay." (There is also a pair of unaltered, previously unreleased performances by Ella and Basie and band and a 1983 track teaming her with Andre Previn.) The new orchestrations by Jorge Calandrelli are tasteful, and the edits are clean. But if you're going to play these archival games, you owe it to listeners to spell out what was done and why in greater track-by-track detail than is done here. Exactly what old accompaniment did the new accompaniment replace? Did a duet with guitarist Joe Pass really need to be "updated" with a rhythm section? When record companies start thinking these things don't matter, jazz is in even bigger trouble than we thought. --Lloyd SachsClassic Female Vocal Blues CDs
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