Ella Fitzgerald — Sings The Rodgers and Hart Song Book

Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises!

Monthly releases highlighting the world’s most historic and best jazz records!

Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original analog master tape

180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets

Series supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic Sounds

“Whether it be the condition of the tape,the mastering choices, of course, the Mastering Lab equipment, whatever it is, this record sounds perfect. It’s beyond criticism. I couldn’t believe it. So natural, so beautiful, so unforced. The vocal just shines beautifully. It’s not pushed forward. It’s luminous.” — Scott Wilson, The Pressing Matters, YouTube video

The second of her celebrated song books albums and heralded as one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made, Ella and arranger/conductor Buddy Bregman began work on the Rodgers and Hart sessions three months after the release of her Cole Porter Songbook. Like its predecessor, it features the cream of West Coast session musicians, many of whom graced the fabulous recordings that Frank Sinatra was making around the same time in the same studio. Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Milt Bernhart (trombone), Herb Geller, and Ted Nash and Bud Shank (reeds), Barney Kessel (guitar), & Alvin Stoller (drums). The album is full of standards that everyone knows and loves, but in Ella’s hands these songs become even more special. Standouts include “There’s a Small Hotel,” “You Took Advantage of Me,” and the perennial, “My Funny Valentine.”

Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Format : Vinyl Record

2 Lp

EAN/UPC : 602478282249