Cheek to Cheek: The Complete Duet Recordings

La musica che Ella Fitzgerald e Louis Armstrong hanno creato insieme li laureano come due dei più grandi cantanti della storia del jazz. I due hanno una risposta per tutto: come fare swing, come cantare scat, come fraseggiare, come cantare con umorismo, con pathos, con tutta l’anima…

Questo cofanetto definitivo di 7 LP contiene tutta la musica che Ella e Louis hanno creato insieme: i loro singoli Decca, tre album classici Verve (Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis Again, Porgy and Bess), registrazioni dal vivo e rare alternate take. 
 
In sostanza:

• 75 tracce
  
• Quasi 5 ore di musica
  
• Fotografie rare e riproduzioni delle copertine originali
  
• Note di copertina storiche più un nuovo saggio dell'autore vincitore di un GRAMMY® nonché Director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Ricky Riccardi.

LP1
Lato A
DECCA SINGLES

1. You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) (2:55)  
   
2. The Frim Fram Sauce (3:14)  
   
3. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (3:07)  
   
4. Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!) (3:12)  
   
5. Necessary Evil (2:33)  
   
6. Oops! (3:11)  
   
7. Would You Like To Take A Walk? (3:19)  
   
8. Who Walks In When I Walk Out? (Sump’n Good’ll Come From That) (2:20)  

Lato B
ELLA AND LOUIS

Can’t We Be Friends? (3:47)  
Isn’t This A Lovely Day? (6:16)  
Moonlight In Vermont (3:42)  
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (4:39)  
Under A Blanket Of Blue (4:18)  
Tenderly (5:08)  

LP2
Lato A
ELLA AND LOUIS (cont’d)

1. A Foggy Day (4:32)  
   
2. Stars Fell On Alabama (3:34)  
   
3. Cheek To Cheek (5:53)  
   
4. The Nearness Of You (5:42)  
   
5. April In Paris (6:32)  

Lato B
ELLA AND LOUIS AGAIN

1. Don’t Be That Way (4:59)  
   
2. Makin’ Whoopee (3:58)  
   
3. They All Laughed (3:50)  
   
4. Comes Love (2:30)  
   
5. Autumn In New York (6:00)  

LP3
Lato A
ELLA AND LOUIS AGAIN (cont’d)

1. Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) (8:44)  
   
2. Stompin’ At The Savoy (5:15)  
   
3. I Won’t Dance (4:48)  
   
4. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You? (4:14)  

Lato B
ELLA AND LOUIS AGAIN (cont’d)

1. Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (4:15)  
   
2. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (7:40)  
   
3. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (3:12)  
   
4. Willow Weep For Me (4:19)  
   
5. I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (3:28)  

LP4
Lato A
ELLA AND LOUIS (cont’d)

1. A Fine Romance (3:54)  
   
2. Ill Wind (3:44)  
   
3. Love Is Here To Stay (3:57)  
   
4. I Get A Kick Out Of You (4:18)  
   
5. Learnin’ The Blues (7:14)  

Lato B  
PORGY AND BESS  

1. Overture (10:52)  
   
2. Summertime (4:58)  
   
3. I Wants To Stay Here (4:36)  

LP5
Lato A
PORGY AND BESS (cont’d)

1. My Man’s Gone Now (4:01)  
   
2. I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ (3:53)  
   
3. Buzzard Song (3:00)  
   
4. Bess, You Is My Woman Now (5:28)  

Lato B
PORGY AND BESS (cont’d)

1. It Ain’t Necessarily So (6:34)  
   
2. What You Want Wid Bess? (2:02)  
   
3. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing (4:48)  
   
4. Oh, Doctor Jesus (2:01)  

LP6
Lato A
PORGY AND BESS (cont’d)

1. Medley: Here Come Da Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Dey’s So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman) (3:30)  
   
2. There’s A Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon For New York (4:55)  
   
3. Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? (2:37)  
   
4. Oh Lawd, I’m On My Way (2:55)  

Lato B
ELLA AND LOUIS LIVE

1. The Memphis Blues — LIVE FROM BING CROSBY FOR CHESTERFIELD SHOW WITH BING CROSBY (4:14)  
   
2. You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) — LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (3:44)  
   
3. Undecided — LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (3:44)  

DECCA EXTRAS

1. You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) — FALSE START AND BREAKDOWN (1:55)  
   
2. The Frim Fram Sauce — TAKES 1 AND 2 FALSE STARTS (:32)  
   
3. The Frim Fram Sauce — ALTERNATE TAKE (3:22)  

ELLA AND LOUIS AGAIN EXTRAS

Makin’ Whoopee — TAKE 1 (4:21)  
Makin’ Whoopee — TAKE 2 (4:16)  

LP7
Lato A
ELLA AND LOUIS AGAIN EXTRAS

1. I Get A Kick Out Of You — TAKE 2 RUN-THROUGH AND TAKE 3 BREAKDOWN (1:02)  
   
2. I Get A Kick Out Of You — TAKES 3 AND 4 (4:18)  
   
3. I Get A Kick Out Of You — TAKE 13 (4:15)  
   
4. Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) — TAKE 3 (8:31)  
   
5. Willow Weep For Me — TAKE 4 (4:27)  

PORGY AND BESS EXTRA

1. I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ — MONO MASTER (3:51)  

Lato B
PORGY AND BESS EXTRAS

1. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing — MONO MASTER (4:47)  
   
2. Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? — TAKES 5 AND 6 (3:03)  
   
3. Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? — TAKE 7 (2:51)  
   
4. Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? — TAKE 8 (2:53)  
   
5. Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? — TAKE 9 (2:42)  
   
6. Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? — INSERT FOR TAKE 9 (2:49)  
   
7. Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? — TAKE 10 (1:54)  
   
8. Red-Headed Woman — INSTRUMENTAL (2:45)