Ella Fitzgerald – 100 Essentials of Ella Fitzgerald (Mono Version) (2014) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

After a tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Her rendition of the nursery rhyme “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” helped boost both her and Webb to national fame. After taking over the band when Webb died, Fitzgerald left it behind in 1942 to start her solo career.

Her manager was Moe Gale, co-founder of the Savoy, until she turned the rest of her career over to Norman Granz, who founded Verve Records to produce new records by Fitzgerald. With Verve she recorded some of her more widely noted works, particularly her interpretations of the Great American Songbook.

While Fitzgerald appeared in movies and as a guest on popular television shows in the second half of the twentieth century, her musical collaborations with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and The Ink Spots were some of her most notable acts outside of her solo career. These partnerships produced some of her best-known songs such as “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, “Cheek to Cheek”, “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall”, and “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”.

In 1993, after a career of nearly 60 years, she gave her last public performance. Three years later, she died at the age of 79 after years of declining health. Her accolades included fourteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Tracklist:
1. Ella Fitzgerald – Lullaby of Birdland
2. Ella Fitzgerald – Dream a Little Dream of Me
3. Ella Fitzgerald – Summertime
4. Ella Fitzgerald – Everyttime We Say Goodbye
5. Ella Fitzgerald – Makin’ Whoopee
6. Ella Fitzgerald – A Foggy Day
7. Ella Fitzgerald – A New Shade of Blues
8. Ella Fitzgerald – All of Me
9. Ella Fitzgerald – But Not for Me
10. Ella Fitzgerald – April in Paris
11. Ella Fitzgerald – Beginner’s Luck
12. Ella Fitzgerald – Blue Lou
13. Ella Fitzgerald – A-Tisket A-Tasket
14. Ella Fitzgerald – Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley
15. Ella Fitzgerald – Close Your Eyes
16. Ella Fitzgerald – Hard Hearted Hannah
17. Ella Fitzgerald – Crying Mood
18. Ella Fitzgerald – Day Dream
19. Ella Fitzgerald – A Fine Romance
20. Ella Fitzgerald – Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
21. Ella Fitzgerald – Bess, You Is My Woman Now
22. Ella Fitzgerald – Autumn in New-York
23. Ella Fitzgerald – Bidin’ My Time
24. Ella Fitzgerald – Don’t Be That Way
25. Ella Fitzgerald – Caravan
26. Ella Fitzgerald – Begin the Beguine
27. Ella Fitzgerald – Drop Me off in Harlem
28. Ella Fitzgerald – Early Autumn
29. Ella Fitzgerald – Boy Wanted
30. Ella Fitzgerald – Easy to Love
31. Ella Fitzgerald – Basin Street Blues
32. Ella Fitzgerald – Chew Chew Chew
33. Ella Fitzgerald – Ace in the Hole
34. Ella Fitzgerald – Boy What Love Has Done to Me
35. Ella Fitzgerald – Flying Home
36. Ella Fitzgerald – Comes Love
37. Ella Fitzgerald – Funny Face
38. Ella Fitzgerald – Goody Goody
39. Ella Fitzgerald – Air Mail Special
40. Ella Fitzgerald – Cotton Tail
41. Ella Fitzgerald – Holiday in Harlem
42. Ella Fitzgerald – How Long Has This Been Going on?
43. Ella Fitzgerald – Don’t Fence Me In
44. Ella Fitzgerald – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
45. Ella Fitzgerald – I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
46. Ella Fitzgerald – Clementine
47. Ella Fitzgerald – I ‘Ll Walk Alone
48. Ella Fitzgerald – Clap Yo’ Hands
49. Ella Fitzgerald – Do I Love You
50. Ella Fitzgerald – I Let a Song Go out of My Heart
51. Ella Fitzgerald – I’ll Always Be in Love with You
52. Ella Fitzgerald – Brodway
53. Ella Fitzgerald – How High the Moon
54. Ella Fitzgerald – In a Sentimental Mood
55. Ella Fitzgerald – In the Evening
56. Ella Fitzgerald – Just One of Those Things
57. Ella Fitzgerald – Miss Otis Regrets
58. Ella Fitzgerald – Stompin’ at the Savoy
59. Ella Fitzgerald – Lady Be Good
60. Ella Fitzgerald – Take the a Train
61. Ella Fitzgerald – Love Is Here to Stay
62. Ella Fitzgerald – You Can Depend on Me
63. Ella Fitzgerald – In the Still of the Night
64. Ella Fitzgerald – Don’cha Go’way Mad
65. Ella Fitzgerald – Isn’t It a Pity
66. Ella Fitzgerald – Dummy Song
67. Ella Fitzgerald – I’ve Got a Crush on You
68. Ella Fitzgerald – These Foolish Things
69. Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Hums the Blues
70. Ella Fitzgerald – Let’s Call the Whole Things Off
71. Ella Fitzgerald – All of You
72. Ella Fitzgerald – I’ve Got You Under My Skin
73. Ella Fitzgerald – The Tender Trap
74. Ella Fitzgerald – Someone to Watch over Me
75. Ella Fitzgerald – I Love Paris
76. Ella Fitzgerald – A Tisket a Tasket
77. Ella Fitzgerald – Midnite in Harlem
78. Ella Fitzgerald – Learnin’ the Blues
79. Ella Fitzgerald – Undecided
80. Ella Fitzgerald – Later
81. Ella Fitzgerald – Laughing on the Outside
82. Ella Fitzgerald – That Old Black Magic
83. Ella Fitzgerald – The Swingin’ Sheperd Blues
84. Ella Fitzgerald – I Get Kick out of You
85. Ella Fitzgerald – What Is This Thing Called Love
86. Ella Fitzgerald – Let’s Do It
87. Ella Fitzgerald – The Lady Is a Tramp (Arranged By Buddy Bregman)
88. Ella Fitzgerald – Willow Weep for Me
89. Ella Fitzgerald – Liza
90. Ella Fitzgerald – This Can’t Be Love (Arranged By Buddy Bregman)
91. Ella Fitzgerald – Manhattan
92. Ella Fitzgerald – Midnight Sun
93. Ella Fitzgerald – Night and Day
94. Ella Fitzgerald – Oh, Lady Be Good
95. Ella Fitzgerald – The Man I Love
96. Ella Fitzgerald – Satin Doll
97. Ella Fitzgerald – Sophisticated Lady
98. Ella Fitzgerald – Moanin-Low
99. Ella Fitzgerald – They All Laughed
100. Ella Fitzgerald – You Took Advantage of Me (Arranged By Buddy Bregman)