PLAYLIST FOR “ELLA FITZGERALD CHALLENGES THE WORLD” – AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST (5.1.21)

This week I played a show from another world ago. No, I don’t mean we listened to an episode of Gunsmoke. I reached into the archives and dusted off a show from 2016. This is what I wrote about it back then:

This week Ella Fitzgerald took on all comers in a head-to-head, well, really a voice-to-voice competition. She sang standards and some surprising duets; she even challenged Sarah Vaughan in a “forgetting the lyrics” competition (Sarah won) and challenged Shirley Horn to a “slow singing” competition (Shirley won). But it was impossible to listen to this show without marveling at Ella’s musicality and her warmth and without feeling fortunate that we had her for so long.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

• STOMPING AT THE SAVOY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella At The Opera House”
• WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson”
• WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE  /  Nat Cole  /  “The Billy May Sessions”
• CAN’T BUY ME LOVE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald First Lady Of Song”
• CAN’T BUY ME LOVE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Let It Be Jazz
• BODY AND SOUL  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Swings Lightly With Nelson”
•  BODY AND SOUL  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
• ALL GOD’S CHILLIN’ GOT RHYTHM  /  Mel Torme  /  “The Great American Songbook”
• PARTY BLUES  /  Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, & Count Basie  /  “Joe Williams Finest Hour”
• I NEVER LOVED A WOMAN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jackie Wilson & Count Basie  /  “Manufacturers Of Soul”
• OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  /  “Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Jazz Masters 24”
• MEDLEY  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Karen Carpenter  /  “As Time Goes By”
• I’VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  /  “Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Jazz Masters 24”
  
• CANDY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Twelve Nights In Hollywood”
• WILLOW WEEP FOR ME  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live In Japan”
• IN A MELLOW TONE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook”
• IN A MELLOW TONE  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
• ANGEL EYES  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Let No Man Write My Epitaph”
• LOVERMAN  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live At The 4 Qs”
• I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD)  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington  /  “Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook”
• I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD)  /  Nancy Harms  /  “Ellington At Night”
• TOO YOUNG FOR THE BLUES  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald First Lady Of Song”
• NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Twelves Nights In Hollywood”
• OH, LADY BE GOOD  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella At The Opera House”
• PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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