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Artist:	Ella Fitzgerald
Title:	Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book
Format:	3xCDReissue
Label:	Verve Records
Cat No:	559 248-2
Released:	23 Mar 1999
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Genres:	Big BandBopSwingVocal
Condition	Mint
Status	Have
Added To List	18th March 2026

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This release comes in a cardboard slipcase which houses a 4 double sided panel Digisleeve and a 68-page booklet. A sticker on the shrinkwrap reads: Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington - A new, deluxe 3-CD set "... an artistic success.... An absolute must in any library..." ***** down beat 1958 - Verve Master Edition - Meticulous audio restoration - High-resolution, 20-bit digital transfer - Previously unissued rehearsal sequences, bonus tracks, new liner notes, photographs, original cover art, and more - 559 248-2 [Slipcase back] This compilation ℗ 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc. © 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc. Tracks 5-10 and 12-15 On Disc Three Are Previously Unissued Recorded September 1956 and June, August, September and October 1957 • Meticulous restoration • High-resolution, 20-bit digital transfer • Bonus tracks, new liner notes, photographs, original cover art, and more [Digisleeve back] ℗ 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc. © 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc. [Booklet] {Mstr. No & Take} 1-1: 21053-3 1-2: 21038-3 1-3: 21033-6 1-4 Juan Tizol, b. Vincente Martinez: 21064-8 1-5: 21034-6 1-6: 21040-4 1-7: 21049-2 1-8: 21052-2 1-9 Johnny Hodges, b. Cornelius Hodge: 21051-12 1-10: 21039-4 1-11: 21067-4 1-12: 20254-3 1-13: 20256-4 1-14: 20259-2 1-15: 20257-2 1-16: 20253-1 1-17: 20263-3 1-18: 20258-6 2-1: 20255-2 2-2: 20260-1 2-3: 20264-2 2-4: 20252-4 2-5: 20265-5 2-6: 20262-1 2-7: 20261-4 2-8: 21774-6 2-9: 21773-5 2-10: 21775-8 2-11: 21776-11/12 2-12: 21777-9 2-13: 21050-1 2-14: 21063-3 2-15: 21036-6 2-16: 21037-6 2-17: 21065-7 3-1: 21066-8 3-2: index 1: Ellington Introduction 21557 index 2: First Movement: Royal Ancestry 21380-13 index 3: Ellington Introduction 21557 index 4: Second Movement: All Heart 21381-12 index 5: Ellington Introduction 21557 index 6: Third Movement: Beyond Category 21382-7 index 7: Ellington-Strayhorn Introduction 21557 index 8: Fourth Movement: Total Jazz 21383-4 3-3: 21068-2 3-4: index 1: Warmup And Discussion index 2: Breakdown 3-5: Rehearsal Reading 3-6: Complete Rehearsal Reading 3-7: index 0: Ellington's Revision Of Pickup index 1: Baker, Then Sanders index 2: Trombones in Unison index 3: Into Theme 3-8: Strayhorn Reviews The Voicing 3-9: index 0: Ellington's Directions index 1: Breakdown 3-10: index 0: Ellington's Directions index 1: From Letter A index 2: From Second Introduction index 3: Into Second Bridge 3-11: index 0: Instructions To Woodyard index 1: Complete Rehearsal Reading 3-12: index 0: Assembling The Introduction index 1: Complete Rehearsal Reading 21381-1 3-13: 21381-3 3-14: 21381-6 3-15: 21381-8 {Recording details} 1-1, 1-7 to 1-9; 2-13: Ray Nance or Harold "Shorty" Baker (tpt). Recorded June 26, 1957 at Fine Recording New York City 1-2, 1-6; 2-15, 2-16: Ray Nance or Harold "Shorty" Baker (tpt). Recorded June 25, 1957 at Fine Recording New York City 1-3, 1-5: Recorded June 24, 1957 at Fine Recording New York City 1-4, 1-11; 2-14, 2-17; 3-3: Harold "Shorty" Baker or Ray Nance (tpt). Recorded June 27, 1957 at Fine Recording New York City 1-10: Clark Terry (tpt and/or cowbell). Recorded June 25, 1957 at Fine Recording New York City 1-12 to 2-7: Recorded September 4, 1956 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood 2-8 to 2-12: Recorded October 17, 1957 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood 3-1, 3-4 to 3-11: Harold "Shorty" Baker or Ray Nance (tpt). Recorded June 27, 1957 in New York City 3-2 (indexes 2, 5, 6, and 8), 3-12 to 3-15: Recorded September 2, 1957 at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago 3-2 (indexes 1, 3, 5, and 7): Bill Strayhorn (p); Duke Ellington (narration). On index 7: Add Ellington (p) and Strayhorn (narration). Recorded October 3. 1957 at Fine Recording, New York City Disc One, Disc Two and Disc Three, tracks 1-3 original-LP issue: [r=4142588] MGV 4010-4 Disc Three, track 4 and 11 original-CD issue: [m=1578673] 314 519 832-2 Disc Three, tracks 5-10 and 12-15 previously unissued Disc one, disc two, and tracks -3 of disc three are the original-LP sequence. Master numbers show the order in which the tracks were recorded. {Reissue credits} All photographs in this booklet are © 1999 Burt and Katherine Holzman Goldblatt, Paul J. Hoeffler, or Jan Persson. [Booklet back] © 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc. [CD faces] This compilation ℗ 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc. © 1999 PolyGram Records, Inc.

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