The early career of Ella Fitzgerald from the time she established herself as a celebrity of the swing era with the Chick Webb Orchestra and her early solo career which began in 1942 has been covered in Properbox 74 - Ella Fitzgerald, â??Romance and Rhythmâ?. INTROCD 2009, â??Smooth Sailingâ?, Ellaâ??s single CD in the â??Proper Introduction ofâ? series, covers Ellaâ??s career during the early 1950s, including her triumphant set at Tokyoâ??s Nichigaki Theatre in November 1953, during Jazz at the Philharmonicâ??s first tour of Japan. This set picks up the story in 1954 with some of her work with pianist Ellis Larkins and smoothly works through recordings with amongst others Sy Oliver, Buddy Bregman, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong, in sessions that included Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich.

Dearly Beloved - Fitzgerald, Ella  

Disc 1

1. I'm Glad There's You
2. Baby, What Else Can I Do?
3. What Is There To Say?
4. Makin' Whoopee
5. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
6. People Will Say We're In Love
7. Please Be Kind
8. Imagination
9. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
10. You Leave Me Breathless
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It
12. Stardust
13. Later
14. Lullaby Of Birdland
15. Hard Hearted Hannah
16. Pete Kelly's Blues
17. Ella Hums The Blues
18. Why Can't You Behave?
19. I Love Paris
20. Do I Love You ?
21. Evertime We Say Goodbye
22. Ridin' High
23. It's All Right With Me

Disc 2

1. From This Moment On
2. Just One Of Those Things
3. Too Darn Hot
4. Miss Otis Regrets
5. Get Out Of Town
6. Easy To Love
7. You Do Something To Me
8. Begin The Beguine
9. Love For Sale
10. Anything Goes
11. You're The Top
12. I Concentrate On You
13. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
14. I Get A Kick Out Of You
15. What Is This Thing Called Love ?
16. All Of You
17. Night And Day
18. April In Paris
19. Too Close For Comfort
20. Everyday (I Have The Blues)
21. Party Blues
22. They Can't Take That Away From Me

Disc 3

1. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
2. Tenderly
3. Stars Fell On Alabama
4. Can't We Be Friends?
5. Cheek To Cheek
6. Under A Blanket Of Blue
7. Moonlight In Vermont
8. A Foggy Day
9. April In Paris
10. The Nearness Of You
11. This Can't Be Love
12. The Lady Is A Tramp
13. Lover
14. Mountain Greenery
15. Manhattan
16. There's A Small Hotel
17. With A Song In My Heart
18. Bewitched

Disc 4

1. Ev'rything I've Got
2. Wait Till You See Him
3. My Funny Valentine
4. I Could Write A Book
5. It Never Entered My Mind
6. The Blue Room
7. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
8. Rocks In My Bed
9. Cottontail
10. Just Squeeze Me
11. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
12. Solitude
13. Sophisticated Lady
14. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
15. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
16. Prelude To A Kiss
17. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
18. Satin Doll
19. Azure
20. In A Sentimental Mood

Disc 5

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DISCOGRAPHY



Same personnel and date as â??Itâ??s All Right With Meâ?



20068-5 FROM THIS MOMENT ON

20069-1 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS

20070-5 TOO DARN HOT



Ella Fitzgerald, voc, acc. by Paul Smith, p; Barney Kessel, g (-1); Joe Mondragon, b (-1); Alvin Stoller, d (-1)

Los Angeles, February 7, 1956



20071-2 MISS OTIS REGRETS

20072-2 GET OUT OF TOWN (-1)

20073-2 EASY TO LOVE (-1)



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, tp; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate, tb; George Roberts, b-tb; Herb Geller, as, cl; Bud Shank, as, fl; cl; Ted Nash, ts, fl, cl; Bob Cooper, ts, cl; Chuck

Gentry, bs; b-cl; Paul Smith, p; Corky Hale, harp; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller, d; strings; Buddy Bregman, arr, cond.

Los Angeles, February 8, 1956



20076-4 YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME

20078-7 BEGIN THE BEGUINE

20083-8 LOVE FOR SALE

20084-10 ANYTHING GOES

20090-1 YOUâ??RE THE TOP



Same personnel as above

Los Angeles, February 9, 1956



20085-4 I CONCENTRATE ON YOU



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc.by : Paul Smith, p; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller,d.

Los Angeles, February 9, 1956



20086-1 LETâ??S DO IT

20089-1 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU



Ella Fitzgerald, voc, acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate, tb; George Roberts, b-tb; Paul Smith, p; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin SToller,d; Buddy Bregman, arr. cond.

Los Angeles, February 9 1956



20092-2 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE ?

20093-5 ALL OF YOU



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Maynard Berguson, Conrad Gozzo, tp; Milt Bernhart,

Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate. tbn; George Roberts, b-tb; Herb Geller, Bud Shank, as; Ted Nash, Bob Cooper, ts; Chuck Gentry, bs; Paul Smith, p; Corky Hale, harp; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller, d; strings; Buddy Bregman, arr. cond.

Los Angeles, March 27, 1956



20121-10 NIGHT AND DAY





Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc.by Count Basie Big Band : Reunald Jones, Wendell Culley, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, tp; Bill Hughes, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, tb; Marshall Royal, cl, as; Bill Graham, as; Frank Wess, as, ts, fl; Frank Foster, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs, b-cl; Count Basie, p; Ralph

Burns, p (-1); Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d; Joe Williams, voc (-2)



New York, June 25, 1956



2900-4 APRIL IN PARIS (-1) arr. Wild Bill Davis/Ralph Burns

2901-1 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT (-2)

2903-2 EVERY DAY (I HAVE THE BLUES) (-1,-2)



Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, voc., acc. by Count Basie Small Band; Thad Jones, Joe Newman, tp; Henry Coker, tb; Frank Wess, ts; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d.

New York, June 25, 1956



2904-5 PARTY BLUES



Ella and Louis : Ella Fitzgerald, voc; Louis Armstrong, voc, tp, acc. by Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b; Buddy Rich, d.

Hollywood, August 16, 1956



20207-2 THEY CANâ??T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME



PROPERBOX 116 ELLA FITZGERALD - FIRST LADY OF SONG DISC THREE : CANâ??T WE BE FRIENDS ?


Same personnel and date as â??They Canâ??t Take That Away From Meâ?



20208-2 ISNâ??T THIS A LOVELY DAY

20209-5 TENDERLY

20210-2 STARS FELL ON ALABAMA

20211-5 CHEEK TO CHEEK

20212-10 UNDER A BLANKET OF BLUE

20213-7 MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT

20214-5 A FOGGY DAY

20215-6 APRIL IN PARIS

20216-1 THE NEARNESS OF YOU



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, tp; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate, tb; George Roberts, b-tb; Bud Shank, Maurice Stein, as; Ted Nash, Bob Cooper, ts; Chuck Gentry, bs; Paul Smith, p; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin stoller, d; Buddy Bregman, arr, cond.

Hollywood, August 21, 1956



20217-5 THIS CANâ??T BE LOVE

20218-5 THE LADY IS A TRAMP

20220 LOVER



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, tp; Milt Bernhart, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate,. tb; George Roberts, b-tb; Vince De Rosa, unknown, Fr-h; Wilbur Schwartz, as, ss, cl; Bud Shank, as, ss, cl, fl; Ted Nash, ts, ss, cl, fl; Bob Cooper, ts, cl; Chuck Gentry, bs, b-cl; Paul Smith, p; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller, d, strings; Buddy Bregman, arr, cond.

Hollywood, August 28, 1956



20225-2 MOUNTAIN GREENERY



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Vince De Rosa, 2 unknown, Fr-h; Arnold Koblentz, oboe, English horn; Wilbur Schwartz, Bud Shank, Ted Nash, fl; Chuck Gentry, bassoon, bs, b-cl; 2 unknown, bassoon, Milt Holland, chimes, xyl, marimba, vib, tymp; Paul

Smith, p; Corky Hale, harp; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller, d; strings; Buddy Bregman, arr, cond.

Hollywood, August 29, 1956



20230-1 MANHATTAN

20231-4 THEREâ??S A SMALL HOTEL



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Paul Smith Trio : Paul Smith, p; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller, d.

Hollywood, August 29, 1956



20233-6 WITH A SONG IN MY HEART

20235-3 BEWITCHED



PROPERBOX 116 ELLA FITZGERALD - FIRST LADY OF SONG DISC FOUR : I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART


Ella Ftzgerald, voc., acc. by Paul Smith, p; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller, d.

Hollywood, September 4, 1956



20266-6 EVâ??RYTHING Iâ??VE GOT (BELONGS TO YOU)



Ella Fitzgerald, voc, acc. by Barney Kessel, g

Hollywood, August 29, 1956



20236-4 WAIT TILL YOU SEE HER



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Paul Smith, p; celeste; Corky Hale, harp; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin

Stoller, d; Milt Holland, perc; strings; Buddy Bergman, arr. cond.

Hollywood, August 30, 1956



20245-2 MY FUNNY VALENTINE

20246-1 I COULD WRITE A BOOK



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Vince De Rosa, Fr-h; Ted Nash, fl; Bob Cooper, oboe, English horn; Paul Smith, p, celeste; Corky Hall, harp; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin stoller, d; Milt Holland, perc, vib; strings; Buddy Bregman, arr, cond.

Hollywood, August 30, 1956



20242-2 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc. by Buddy Bregmanâ??s Orchestra : Vince De Rosa, Fr-h; Julius Kinsler, fl; Abe Most, cl; Arnold Koblentz, oboe; Bob

Cooper, English horn; Chuck Gentry, b-cl, bassoon; Paul Smith, p, arr; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller, d; Milt Holland, perc; strings; Buddy Bregman, cond.

Hollywood, August 31, 1956



20247-4 THE BLUE ROOM



Ella Fitzgerald, voc., acc.by : Stuff Smith, vln; Ben Webster, ts; Paul Smith; Barney Kessel, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Alvin Stoller, d. (-1), acc. by Barney Kessel, g.

Hollywood, September 4, 1956



20252-4 I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART

20253-1 ROCKS IN MY BED

20254-3 COTTON TAIL

20255-1 JUST SQUEEZE ME

20256-4 DO NOTHINâ?? TILLYOU HEAR FROM ME

20257-2 SOLITUDE (-1)

20258-6 SOPHISTICATED LADY

20259-2 JUST A-SITTINâ?? AND A-ROCKINâ??

20260-1 IT DONâ??T MEAN A THING (IF IT AINâ??T GOT THAT SWING)

20261-4 PRELUDE TO A KISS

20262-1 DONâ??T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE

20263-3 SATIN DOLL

20264-2 AZURE (-1)

20265-5 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD (-1)