Product Key Features
Era1940s, 1960s, 1950s
Run Time11895 Sec
FeaturesCompilation, Studio Recording
GenrePop
StyleRelaxation, Big Band, Vocal Jazz, Vocal, Standards
TypeAlbum, Box Set
ArtistElla Fitzgerald
Release TitleFirst Lady of Song
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs3
DistributionUniversal Distribution
Number of Tracks51
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
BassRay Brown, Jim Hughart, Red Mitchell, Dale Jones, Max Bennett, Buddy Catlett, Lucille Dixon, Bill Yancey, Keter Betts, John Lamb, Joe Mondragon, Wendell Marshall, Eddie Jones, Jimmy Woode, Wilfred Middlebrooks
GuitarBarney Kessel, Jim Hall, Mundell Lowe, Herb Ellis, Freddie Green, Al Viola
Reviews"...FIRST LADY OF SONG makes one hell of an initial visual impact....the sound reproduction is generally good...", "...FIRST LADY OF SONG is as much a tribute to Verve founder Norman Granz--and the overlooked role of marketing in the careers of aesthetic icons like Fitzgerald--as it is to the work of Granz's client..." - Rating: A, 4 Stars - Excellent - "...By the '50s, the voice was in its prime: richly resonant and poised, and ready to record the definitive versions of the great American songbooks (Gershwin, Porter, Arlen etc.)...well chosen..."
VocalsStuff Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
DrumsJo Jones, Sonny Payne, Barrett Deems, Sam Woodyard, Alvin Stoller, Buddy Rich, Gus Johnson, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne, Louie Bellson, Grady Tate