Dopo che Ella Fitzgerald ebbe sciolto la sua orchestra (l’ex gruppo di Chick Webb) nel 1941 fu libera di registrare per la Decca in una varietà di contesti musicali. Questo doppio cd presenta una rara collezione di sessioni registrate da Ella per Decca tra il 1944 e 1954, alcuni delle quali sono state incluse nell’album “Lullabies of Birdland” (Decca DL-8149). Tutti i brani vedono Ella come cantante principale supportata da varie orchestre e gruppi guidati da Sy Oliver, Gordon Jenkins, Bob Haggart e Sonny Burke.
CD 1:
01. Lullaby of Birdland
02. Later
03. Once Tii Often
04. Time Alone Will Tell
05. A Kiss Goodnight
06. Benny’s Coming Home On Saturday
07. Flying Home
08. That’s Rich
09. I’ll Always Be In Love With You
10. I’ll See You On My Dreams
11. I’m Just A Lucky So and So
12. I Didn’t Mean A Word I Said
13. Guilty
14. Sentimental Journey
15. Oh, Lady Be Good
16. Don`t You Think I Ought To Know?
17. You’re Breakin’ In A New Heart
18. My Baby Likes to Be-Bop
19. No Sense
20. How High the Moon
21. It’s Too Soon to Know
22. I Can’t Go On (Without You)
23. To Make A Mistake Is Human
24. In My Dreams
25. I Couldn’t Stay Away From You
CD 2:
01. Old Mother Hubbard
02. Someone Like You
03. Happy Talk
04. I’m Gonna Wash Than Man Right Out of My Hair
05. Black Coffee
06. Lover’s Gold
07. Crying
08. A New Shade of Blues
09. In the Evening
10. Talk Fast, My Haeart, Talk Fast
11. I`m Waitin’ For the Junkman
12. Basin Street Blues
13. I Hadn´t Anyone Till You
14. Dream A Little Longer
15. Foolish Tears
16. A Man Wrote A Song
17. Baby, Won´t You Say You Love Me
18. Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad
19. Baby Doll
20. What Does It Take
21. Lady Bug
22. Lazy Day
23. I Wished On the Moon
24. Baby
25. I Need
26. Who’s Afraid (Not I, Not I, Not I)
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