Ella Fitzgerald

An Annotated Discography; Including a Complete Discography of Chick Webb

J. Wilfred Johnson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2010
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4690-2 (ISBN)

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A complete discography of Ella Fitzgerald's music from her first recording with Chick Webb and His Orchestra to her last recorded soundtrack for the film The Setting Sun. Also included is an index of album and CD recordings, and alphabetical references to composers, lyricists, and musicians.

Ella Fitzgerald was one of America's greatest jazz singers. This volume is as complete a discography of her recorded songs as currently seems possible to compile.

This volume also contains a complete discography (1927-1939) for drummer and bandleader Chick Webb, with whom Ella began her recording career in 1935.

Part One includes a chronological listing of all known recorded performances of both Chick Webb and Ella. Part Two gives the complete contents of Ella's LPs and CDs, including track listings, titles (with lyricists and composers) and timings. Part Three is an annotated alphabetical listing of all songs contained on all of Fitzgerald's records, with detailed information on each song's composer, lyricist, and history.

Reviews of the movies in which Ella appeared and surveys of her career with the Decca, Verve and Pablo music companies are included. The book also has an index of album and CD recordings, and composers, lyricists and musicians.

Retired business administrator J. Wilfred Johnson lives in Portland, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

How to Use This Book

Introduction

Part One: The Recording Sessions—A Discography

The Chick Webb Recording Sessions, 1927–1934

A Survey of Chick Webb Long-Play and Compact Discs

The Ella Fitzgerald Recording Sessions (Including the Chick Webb Recording Sessions, 1935–1939)

THE DECCA YEARS (1935–1955)

An Alphabetical Listing of Chick Webb Records Without Ella Fitzgerald Vocals

The Decca Years: A Survey

THE VERVE YEARS (1956–1966)

The Verve Years: A Survey

THE CONCERT YEARS (1966–1971)

The Concert Years: A Survey

THE PABLO YEARS (1972–1992)

The Pablo Years: A Survey

Ella’s Complete Discography: A Survey

Part Two: Ella’s Records

The Long-Play Albums and Compact Discs: A Collector’s Checklist

I. The “A” Collection: Titles

II. The “B” Collection: Titles

III. The “Radio and Television” Collection: Titles

IV. The Ella Collections: Titles

V. Chick Webb Albums, 1929–1936: Titles

VI. The “A” Collection: Contents

VII. The “B” Collection: Contents

VIII. The “Radio and Television” Collection: Contents

IX. The Ella Collections: Contents

X. Ella’s Records: An Alphabetical Listing

Part Three: The Songs Ella Sings

Annotated Song Index

An “Album” of Songs Ella Recorded That You’ve Never Heard Her Sing

Appendix A. They Wrote the Songs Ella Sings: The Lyricists and Composers

Appendix B. They Play While Ella Sings: Ella’s Musicians

…And They Sang with Ella

Appendix C. Ella’s Movies

Appendix D. Do-It-Yourself Ella Fitzgerald Song Books

Appendix E. Some Recommended Reading

General Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.12.2010
Zusatzinfo	appendices, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	816 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
ISBN-10	0-7864-4690-0 / 0786446900
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-4690-2 / 9780786446902
Zustand	Neuware