FITZGERALD ELLA/SINGS THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK VOL 2

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180 GRAM. HIGH DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY. DIRECT METAL MASTERING. THIS EDITION PRESENTS THE COMPLETE LP ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE GEORGE IRA GERSHWIN SONG BOOK VOL.2 (VERVE RECORDS MGV-4013). ALONG WITH TIT PRESENTED A SELECTION OF THE VERY BEST SONGS FROM THE ORIGINAL 5-LP SETWHICH WAS ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS OF THE CELEBRATED SONG BOOKS RECORDED BY ELLA AND ONE OF THE BEST VOCAL JAZZ ALBUMS EVER MADE. NORMAN GRANZ PRODUCED THE 5-LP SET IN 1959. THE ALBUM WOULD MARK ONE OF GRANZ MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS WITH ELLA. VARIOUSBUT THEY WERE PRIMARILY CLASSICAL MUSIC COLLECTIONSOR POPULAR OR JAZZ COMPILATIONS FEATURING WORKS BY CERTAIN ARTISTS WHICH COVERED LENGTHY PARTS OF THEIR CAREERS. THE GERSHWINALBUMHOWEVERPRESENTED 59 FITZGERALD INTERPRETATIONS MADE DURING A BRIEF EIGHT-MONTH PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO AUGUST 1959. BY THE TIME SHE MADE THIS SETELLA HAD ALREADY RECORDED SONG BOOKS BY COLE PORTERRICHARD RODGERS LORENZ HARTDUKE ELLINGTONAND IRVING BERLIN. IN FACTSHE HAD EVEN ATTEMPTED AN EARLIER GERSHWIN SONG BOOK IN 1950WHEN SHE WAS STILL WORKING FOR DECCA. ISSUED AS A 10 LP UNDER THE TITLE OF ELLA SINGSGERSWHIN (DECCA 10 LP DL5300)IT CONTAINED EIGHT SONGS AND PRESENTED THE SINGER IN A DUO SETTING ACCOMPANIED BY PIANIST ELLIS LARKINS.