Complete Gershwin Songbooks (1995) (Holiday/Fitzgerald/O'day/Tatum)

Product Summary Label: Uni/verve UPC: 00731452915221 Release Date: 10/24/1995 Buy.com Sku: 60211314 Item#: MFT9H5 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists 2. Summertime - Helen Merrill ~ Various Artists 3. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong ~ Various Artists 4. Embraceable You - Sarah Vaughan ~ Various Artists 5. But Not For Me - Dinah Washington ~ Various Artists 6. They All Laughed - Bing Crosby ~ Various Artists 7. Man I Love, The - Betty Carter ~ Various Artists 8. Oh, Lady Be Good - Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith/The Gordons ~ Various Artists 9. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - Louis Armstrong ~ Various Artists 10. How Long Has This Been Going On? - Ella Fitzgerald ~ Various Artists 11. 'S Wonderful - Joe Williams ~ Various Artists 12. I Loves You, Porgy - Nina Simone ~ Various Artists 13. I've Got A Crush On You - Oscar Peterson Trio/Bill Henderson ~ Various Artists 14. Fascinating Rhythm - Fred Astaire ~ Various Artists 15. Someone To Watch Over Me - Blossom Dearie ~ Various Artists 16. Our Love Is Here To Stay - Shirley Horn (live) ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. I Got Rhythm - Ernestine Anderson ~ Various Artists 2. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists 3. Embraceable You - Joe Williams ~ Various Artists 4. Who Cares? - Anita O'Day ~ Various Artists 5. Woman Is A Sometime Thing, A - Louis Armstrong ~ Various Artists 6. Love Walked In - Sarah Vaughan ~ Various Artists 7. Love Is Here To Stay - Blossom Dearie ~ Various Artists 8. Oh, Lady Be Good! - Fred Astaire ~ Various Artists 9. Of Thee I Sing - Ella Fitzgerald ~ Various Artists 10. For You, For Me, For Evermore - Morgana King ~ Various Artists 11. Foggy Day, A - Dinah Washington ~ Various Artists 12. Someone To Watch Over Me - Arthur Prysock ~ Various Artists 13. Isn't It A Pity? - Shirley Horn ~ Various Artists 14. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong ~ Various Artists 15. 'S Wonderful - Sarah Vaughan ~ Various Artists 16. Fascinating Rhythm - Antonio Carlos Jobim ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Fascinating Rhythm - Louie Bellson ~ Various Artists 2. My Man's Gone Now - Bill Evans/Jim Hall ~ Various Artists 3. Mine - Buddy DeFranco ~ Various Artists 4. How Long Has This Been Going On? - Coleman Hawkins ~ Various Artists 5. Somebody Loves Me - Oscar Peterson Trio ~ Various Artists 6. Prelude II - Kenny Burrell ~ Various Artists 7. They All Laughed - George Shearing ~ Various Artists 8. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Stan Getz/Bob Brookmeyer ~ Various Artists 9. I Loves You, Porgy - Bill Evans ~ Various Artists 10. Love Is Here To Stay - Jimmy Cleveland ~ Various Artists 11. Man I Love, The - Toshiko Akiyoshi ~ Various Artists 12. Foggy Day, A - Tal Farlow ~ Various Artists 13. Strike Up The Band - Oscar Peterson ~ Various Artists 14. Embraceable You - Clifford Brown ~ Various Artists 15. 'S Wonderful - Don Elliott ~ Various Artists 16. Someone To Watch Over Me - Art Tatum ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info 'S WONDERFUL: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK is also available with 'S PARADISE: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK (THE INSTRUMENTALS) and 'S MARVELOUS: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK in the 3-CD box set THE COMPLETE GERSHWIN SONGBOOKS (Verve 529 152). Recorded between 1952 and 1987. Includes liner notes by James Isaacs. THE COMPLETE GERSHWIN SONGBOOKS is a box set of three compilation records originally released between 1992 and 1995: 'S WONDERFUL: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK (Verve 513 928), 'S MARVELOUS: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK (Verve 521 568) and 'S PARADISE: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK (Verve 525 361). Each is available separately. 'S WONDERFUL: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK recorded between 1952 and 1987. Includes liner notes by James Isaacs. All songs composed by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin except "I Loves You, Porgy", "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" and "Summertime" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/Dubose Heyward). 'S MARVELOUS: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK producers: Norman Granz (tracks 2, 4-5, 7-9, 14); Miriam Cutler, Ron Berinstein (track 3); Hy Weiss (track 12); Johnny Mandel (track 13); Bob Shad (track 15); Paulo Jobim, Jacques Morelenbaum (track 16). Compilation producer: Michael Lang. Recorded between 1952 and 1992. Includes liner notes by Neil Tesser. All songs written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin except "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/DuBose Heyward). 'S PARADISE: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK (THE INSTRUMENTALS) producers: Creed Taylor (tracks 2, 6, 8); Norman Granz (tracks 3-5, 12-13, 15); Richard E. Lyons (track 7); Helen Keane (track 9); Nat Hentoff (track 11); Bob Shad (track 14); Heindorf (track 16). Recorded between 1951 and 1968. Includes liner notes by Phil Bailey. All music composed by George Gershwin and/or Ira Gershwin except "Somebody Loves Me," (George Gershwin/B.G. DeSylva/Ballard McDonald) "My Man's Gone Now" and "I Loves You, Porgy" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/DuBose Heyward). The Complete Gershwin Songbooks collects three discs also released separately: 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous and 'S Paradise. The first two discs include the greatest vocalists Verve had to offer, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Shirley Horn, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Bing Crosby, Joe Williams, Fred Astaire and even Antonio Carlos Jobim. Obviously, the songs are all classics and the versions presented are quite legendary themselves. The third disc in the set includes instrumental versions of Gershwin standards (by Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Clifford Brown, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson) which focus on the composer's stunning gift of melody and harmonic interplay -- just as the vocalists' versions highlight his lyrical prowess. Not all the versions are definitive, but The Complete Gershwin Songbooks includes many treats for fans of classic traditional pop. ~ John Bush An outstanding anthology presenting many classic vocalists and instrumentalists doing Gershwin selections. The honor roll includes Billie Holiday, Helen Merrill, Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Bing Crosby, Betty Carter, and many others. ~ Ron Wynn   Technical Info Release Date : 10/24/1995 Original Release Date : 1995 Catalog ID : 529 152 Label : Verve (USA) Number of Discs : 3 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731452915221    Product Image