Jazz
Recorded February and March, 1956 at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.
Ella Fitzgerald Vocal
Buddy Bregman Arranger, Conductor
It is probable that more people were introduced to the songs of Cole Porter through this album in its original release than through any other. In fact, when Ella Fitzgerald began recording these 16 songs with the Buddy Bregman Orchestra in February, 1956, she was the first great singer to honor the finest of American songwriters with such a collection. Both Ella and Cole had many attributes in common - impeccable taste, elegant style, an uncommon sense of propriety, and a quality that Porter himself described as "special grace." Indeed, Ella's phrasing, diction, and warm, swinging way with Porter are models of their kind. |
