The Early Years, Part 1

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Notes

A late interesting attempt by the Verve Music Group at collecting early Fitzgerald material, including a few unreleased takes.
Completists and serious fans will still (also) need The Chronological issues (as this boxset misses a bunch of cuts).
A very nice dig for Fitzgerald amateurs wishing to discover her earliest period with Chick Webb, and vastly preferable to the bunch of under-documented budget messed-up compilations floating around.

Notes

A late interesting attempt by the Verve Music Group at collecting early Fitzgerald material.
Completists and serious fans will still prefer The Chronological issues (this boxset misses some cuts, AFAIK from the Brunswick vaults).
Still a nice dig, though, for Fitzgerald amateurs wishing to discover her earliest period with Chick Webb, and vastly preferable to the bunch of under-documented budget messed-up compilations floating around.

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-22 03:22 UTC.

Tracklist

# Title Artist Rating Length
  CD 1
11 I'll Chase the Blues Away
Chick Webb and His Orchestra 2:33
22 Love and Kisses
Chick Webb and His Orchestra 3:18
33 Rhythm and Romance
Chick Webb and His Orchestra 3:06
44 Under the Spell of the Blues Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 3:00
55 When I Get Low I Get High Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 2:26
66 Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance) Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 2:37
77 A Little Bit Later On Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 3:04
88 Love, You're Just a Laugh Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 3:10
99 You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 2:55
1010 Vote for Mr. Rhythm Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 2:27
1111 My Last Affair Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:45
1212 Organ Grinder's Swing Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:51
1313 Shine Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:51
1414 Darktown Strutters' Ball Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 3:04
1515 Take Another Guess Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 2:43
1616 You Showed Me the Way Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 3:19
1717 Cryin' Mood Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 2:38
1818 If You Ever Should Leave Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 3:06
1919 Everyone's Wrong but Me Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 3:04
2020 Just a Simple Melody Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 2:58
2121 I Got a Guy Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 3:19
  CD 2
11 Rock It for Me Ella Fitzgerald 3:10
22 I Want to Be Happy Ella Fitzgerald 4:32
33 The Dipsy Doodle Ella Fitzgerald 3:11
44 If Dreams Come True Ella Fitzgerald 2:36
55 Hallelujah Ella Fitzgerald 4:06
66 Bei mir bist Du schön Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 3:03
77 It's My Turn Now Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:56
88 It's Wonderful Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:56
99 I Was Doing All Right Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:55
1010 A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ella Fitzgerald 2:40
1111 Heart of Mine Ella Fitzgerald 2:55
1212 I'm Just a Jitterbug Ella Fitzgerald 3:16
1313 You Can't Be Mine (and Someone Else's Too) Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:59
1414 If You Only Knew Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:46
1515 Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil Ella Fitzgerald 2:55
1616 McPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing) Ella Fitzgerald 3:07
1717 Everybody Step Ella Fitzgerald 2:43
1818 Wacky Dust Ella Fitzgerald 3:03
1919 Strictly From Dixie Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight 2:48
2020 F.D.R. Jones Ella Fitzgerald 2:53
2121 It's Foxy Ella Fitzgerald 2:59
2222 I Found My Yellow Basket Ella Fitzgerald 2:34

Relationships

alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (tracks 1.1–1.3)
Edgar Sampson (tracks 1.1–1.3)
composer:
Kenneth Harrison (Obscure early 20th century lyricist and/or jazz composer) (track 1.1)
Edgar Sampson (track 1.1)
conductor:
Chick Webb (tracks 1.1–1.3)
double bass / contrabass / acoustic upright bass:
John Kirby (tracks 1.1–1.3)
drums:
Chick Webb (tracks 1.1–1.3)
guitar:
John Trueheart (tracks 1.1–1.3)
piano:
Don Kirkpatrick (tracks 1.1–1.3)
tenor saxophone:
Elmer Williams (tracks 1.1–1.3)
trombone:
Claude Jones (tracks 1.1–1.3)
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (tracks 1.1–1.3)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (tracks 1.1–1.3)
Reunald Jones (tracks 1.1–1.3)
Taft Jordan (tracks 1.1–1.3)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (tracks 1.1–1.3)
later releases:
Love and Kisses by Ella Fitzgerald (track 1.2)
remasters:
Love and Kisses by Chick Webb and His Orchestra (track 1.2)
Rhythm and Romance by Chick Webb and His Orchestra (track 1.3)
ASIN:
US: B0000001NR [info] [ Remove | Edit ]
recording of:
I'll Chase the Blues Away (track 1.1)
Love and Kisses (track 1.2)
Rhythm and Romance (track 1.3)