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Ella Fitzgerald, who recorded "Angel Eyes" at least four times, named it her favorite song. [2] Instrumental versions were recorded not as often as vocal takes, by the likes of Benny Carter, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Dave Brubeck, Kenny Burrell, McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, Gary Thomas, and more recently by Tyshawn Sorey, and Pat Metheny.
Lullabies of Birdland is a 1955 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, [1] issued on the Decca Records label. The album features tracks recorded during the late 1940s and early 1950s, that had been previously issued on 78rpm single. MCA Records re-issued the complete album on CD, in 1998, together with the 1955 album Sweet and Hot.
The compilation The First Lady of Song includes a couple of more previously unreleased duets, "Detour Ahead" and "Angel Eyes".) Ella and Pass didn't only record in a studio environment however, Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) and Digital III at Montreux (1979) are both live recordings.
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, 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 , absolute pitch , and a "horn-like" improvisational ability ...
Pazzanese described Natalie Cole as the best at capturing Fitzgerald's "sunny buoyancy" and praises k.d. lang's "smokey lusciousness" on "Angel Eyes". She was particularly critical of Gladys Knight, Dianne Reeves and Diana Krall, describing them as "a major letdown", "tepid, overly polite" and "plodding" respectively. [3]
Let No Man Write My Epitaph was a 1960 Hollywood crime drama film featuring Fitzgerald. Until 2014 this album was only available on CD as The Intimate Ella, and is considered one of Ella's greatest recordings. Ella's 1950 Decca album Ella Sings Gershwin, is in a similar vein, with Ella accompanied by the pianist Ellis Larkins.
“Marilyn read this in the paper and got very annoyed,” Greene recalled, “and called the manager and said, ‘Hi, this is Marilyn Monroe and if you rebook Ella Fitzgerald I will come every ...
At the Opera House is a 1958 live album by Ella Fitzgerald. The album presents a recording of the 1957 Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts. This series of live jazz concerts was devised by Fitzgerald's manager Norman Granz; they ran from 1944 to 1983. Featured on this occasion, in 1957, are Fitzgerald and the leading jazz players of the day in an ...