Ella Fitzgerald - Ella At The Hollywood Bowl

Ella Fitzgerald's "Songbook" records - with her peerless renditions of the best songs of iconic composers from Irving Berlin to Rogers & Hart to Cole Porter to George & Ira Gershwin - are the cornerstone of the Verve Records catalog and the standard for jazz vocal recordings.

Despite their tremendous appeal, Ella never released a live version of these Songbooks. This record, discovered in the private collection of Norman Granz, is the first time a live Songbook has been released from the First Lady of Song.

This album is a first in a number of other respects, as well: although she performed regularly at the Bowl, this is the first full-length concert by Ella from this iconic venue to be released. Furthermore, it documents the only time Ella worked in concert with Paul Weston, the gifted arranger-conductor of her Irving Berlin Songbook album.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE A

1. The Song Is Ended
2. You're Laughing at Me
3. How Deep Is the Ocean?
4. Heat Wave
5. Suppertime
6. Cheek to Cheek
7. Russian Lullaby
8. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails

SIDE B

1. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
2. Get Thee Behind Me Satan
3. Let's Face the Music and Dance
4. Always
5. Puttin' on the Ritz
6. Let Yourself Go
7. Alexander's Ragtime Band