Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (1956/2014) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio double album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, focusing on the songs of Cole Porter.

This was Fitzgerald’s first album for the newly created Verve Records (and the first album to be released by the label). Granz decided to have Fitzgerald record well-established popular works because

I was interested in how I could enhance Ella’s position, to make her a singer with more than just a cult following amongst jazz fans. So I proposed to Ella that the first Verve album would not be a jazz project, but rather a song book of the works of Cole Porter. I envisaged her doing a lot of composers. The trick was to change the backing enough so that, here and there, there would be signs of jazz.

Fitzgerald’s time on the Verve label would see her produce her most highly acclaimed recordings, at the peak of her vocal powers. This album inaugurated Fitzgerald’s Song Book series, each of the eight albums in the series focusing on a different composer of the canon known as the Great American Songbook. The album was recorded February 7–9 & March 27, 1956, in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Fitzgerald’s manager, and the producer of many of her albums, Norman Granz, visited Cole Porter at the Waldorf-Astoria and played him this entire album. Afterwards, Porter merely remarked, “My, what marvelous diction that girl has.”

Tracklist:

1. Ella Fitzgerald – All Through The Night
2. Ella Fitzgerald – Anything Goes
3. Ella Fitzgerald – Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable To Lunch Today)
4. Ella Fitzgerald – Too Darn Hot
5. Ella Fitzgerald – In The Still Of The Night
6. Ella Fitzgerald – I Get A Kick Out Of You
7. Ella Fitzgerald – Do I Love You?
8. Ella Fitzgerald – Always True To You In My Fashion
9. Ella Fitzgerald – Let’s Do It
10. Ella Fitzgerald – Just One Of Those Things
11. Ella Fitzgerald – Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
12. Ella Fitzgerald – All Of You
13. Ella Fitzgerald – Begin The Beguine
14. Ella Fitzgerald – Get Out Of Town
15. Ella Fitzgerald – I Am In Love
16. Ella Fitzgerald – From This Moment On
17. Ella Fitzgerald – I Love Paris
18. Ella Fitzgerald – You Do Something To Me
19. Ella Fitzgerald – Ridin’ High
20. Ella Fitzgerald – Easy To Love
21. Ella Fitzgerald – It’s All Right With Me
22. Ella Fitzgerald – Why Can’t You Behave?
23. Ella Fitzgerald – What Is This Thing Called Love?
24. Ella Fitzgerald – You’re The Top
25. Ella Fitzgerald – Love For Sale
26. Ella Fitzgerald – It’s DeLovely
27. Ella Fitzgerald – Night And Day
28. Ella Fitzgerald – Ace In The Hole
29. Ella Fitzgerald – So In Love
30. Ella Fitzgerald – I’ve Got You Under My Skin
31. Ella Fitzgerald – I Concentrate On You
32. Ella Fitzgerald – Don’t Fence Me In