Romance And Rhythm 4 CD

The first half of Ella Fitzgerald's stellar career is represented on this four-CD set, from her beginnings as singer with Chick Webb's orchestra, to her own big band-leading days and duets with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan to her emergence as the Queen of Scat in the 1940s and her legendary first set of Gershwin songs, made with pianist Ellis Larkins. The First Lady of Song’s career is also a history of the development of jazz singing, as she practically defined the idiom from the 1940s to the 50s. This essential jazz document features one stunning rendition after another, including “Darktown Strutters' Ball,” “I Want to Be Happy,” “If Dreams Come True,” "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," “Undecided,” “Stairway to the Stars,” “Shake Down the Stars,” “Taking a Chance on Love,” “Three Little Words,” “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street,” “Cow Cow Boogie,” “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall,” “I’m Beginning to See the Light,” “It’s Only a Paper Moon,” “Flying Home,” “Oh, Lady Be Good,” “How High the Moon,” “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” “How Long Has This Been Going On,” “But Not for Me,” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.”