"My. What marvellous diction that girl has" Cole Porter.
While she is renowned among jazz aficionados for her vocal stylings and scat singing, Ella Fitzgerald's general fame is certainly due, rather, to the 8 Songbook projects she did with Norman Granz at Verve, beginning with the 1956 Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook. The style is pure, brilliantly phrased, and utterly respectful of the melody and lyric.Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, the album was one of the 50 included in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2003.
For this concert, Siri Vik has selected 15 of the two-album's 35 songs.
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Siri Vik, director, vocalsBill Hulings, vocalsKen Peplowski, band leader, clarinetRod Fleeman, guitarDoug Miller, bassChuck Redd, drumsTed Rosenthal, pianoByron Stripling, trumpet |
| | It's De-Lovely(1936)
- introduced in Red, Hot and Blue | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | It’s All Right With Me (1953) | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | Well, Did You Evah!(1940)
- introduced in DuBarry Was A Lady | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | I Concentrate On You (1940) | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | I Get A Kick Out Of You(1934)
- introduced in Anything Goes | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | Anything Goes(1934)
- introduced in Anything Goes | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | Get Out of Town(1938) | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | What Is This Thing Called Love? (1929)
- introduced in Wake Up And Dream | C. Porter (w/m) |
| | Cherry Pies Ought To Be You(1950)
- introduced in Out Of This World | C. Porter (w/m) |
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