CLASSIC RECORDS LP MG-VS-64043: ELLA FITZGERALD Let No Man Write My Epitaph 180g
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Background -
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was an American jazz and song vocalist. With a vocal range spanning three octaves (D?3 to D?6), she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she was the winner of 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.
As Will Friedwald noted,
Unlike any other singer you could name, Fitzgerald has the most amazing asset in the very sound of her voice: it's easily one of the most beautiful and sonically perfect sounds known to man. Even if she couldn't do anything with it, the instrument that Fitzgerald starts with is dulcet and pure and breathtakingly beautiful. As Henry Pleasants has observed, she has a wider range than most opera singers, and many of the latter, including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, are among her biggest fans. And the intonation that goes with the voice is, to put it conservatively, God-like. Fitzgerald simply exists in tune, and she hits every note that there is without the slightest trace of effort. Other singers tend to sound like they're trying to reach up to a note - Fitzgerald always sounds like she's already there. If anything, she's descending from her heavenly perch and swooping down to whatever pitch she wants.
Henry Pleasants, an American classical-music critic, wrote this about her:
She has a lovely voice, one of the warmest and most radiant in its natural range that I have heard in a lifetime of listening to singers in every category. She has an impeccable and ultimately sophisticated rhythmic sense, and flawless intonation. Her harmonic sensibility is extraordinary. She is endlessly inventive... it is not so much what she does, or even the way she does it, it's what she does not do. What she does not do, putting it simply as possible, is anything wrong. There is simply nothing in performance to which one would take exception... Everything seems to be just right. One would not want it any other way. Nor can one, for a moment imagine it any other way. Fitzgerald had an extraordinary vocal range. A mezzo-soprano (who sang much lower than most classical contraltos), she had a range of “2 octaves and a sixth from a low D or D flat to a high C flat and possibly higher”.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" is a 1960 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the pianist Paul Smith. Let No Man Write My Epitaph was a 1960 Hollywood movie featuring Fitzgerald.
This album has only been available on CD as The Intimate Ella, and is considered one of Ella's greatest recordings. Ella's 1950 Decca album Ella Sings Gershwin, is in a similar vein, with Ella accompanied by the pianist Ellis Larkins.
The album hints at a depth of emotional understanding that critics often complained was missing in Ella's reading of jazz lyrics, and once again establishes her as one of the supreme interpreters of the Great American Songbook. Scott Yanow's review of the album (on Allmusic) declared, "Listeners who [think] Ella Fitzgerald... had trouble giving the proper emotional intensity to lyrics will be surprised by this sensitive and often haunting set".
This album is a rare gem, a 1960 duo session featuring Ella Fitzgerald singing classic ballads, which she performed in the film Let No Man Write My Epitaph, with pianist Paul Smith as her sole accompanist. Ella's gift for capturing the essence of each melody is matched by Smith's flawless backing for her, especially in her powerful interpretation of "Angel Eyes" and the loping "One for My Baby (And One for the Road)." ~ Ken Dryden
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CLASSIC RECORDS / Verve Records LP item.
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Record Made in the USA
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Pressing is in STEREO
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Record Speed: 33 1/3 rpm
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Earliest (and best) version of this audiophile reissue by Classic Records - using 180-gram pure virgin vinyl, this title is long out of print.
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Record Made in: mid 1990s - original LP were issued in 1961 by Verve Records.
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Record Catalog Number: MG VS 64043
Featured on this item -
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Paul Smith - piano
LP Title & Music on this LP -
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Track Listing -
- "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:27
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:27
- "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) – 3:26
- "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:28
- "Then You've Never Been Blue" (Ted Fio Rito, Sam M. Lewis, Frances Langford, Joe Young) – 3:10
- "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 2:49
- "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) – 2:57
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) – 2:51
- "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 3:40
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:17
- "Who's Sorry Now?" (Burt Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder) – 3:26
- "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) – 2:36
- "Reach for Tomorrow" (McHugh, Washington) – 2:24
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Side Two:
CONDITION Details:
LP JACKET:-
The LP jacket is in Mint condition - this item is FACTORY SEALED.
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The jacket has NO seam splits - it is completely intact.
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The jacket has NO drill holes or saw marks of any kind.
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The outer plastic cellophane (bag) wrap is perfect. The perforated seam is completely intact.
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There is NO hand writing on the front or back of the jacket.
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The cover has clean and sharp colors - see pictures with this listing for more detail.
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The LP is assumed to be in MINT condition as this item is FACTORY SEALED!
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This is the mint copy you have always wanted in your collection - any super picky audiophile would be happy with this one!
A Short Note About LP GRADING -
- Mint = Only used for sealed items.
- Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
- Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
- Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
- Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.
Don't let this rarity slip by!!!
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