Concert Years [Box set, Live]

Ella Fitzgerald | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1994)
• Original Release Date: November 28, 1994
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Live
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Pablo
• ASIN: B000000XHT
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,543 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. On the Sunny Side of the Street

2. Body and Soul

3. Why Don't You Do Right?

4. Oh, Lady Be Good

5. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Night and Day

2. The Many Faces of Cole Porter: Get Out of Town/Easy to Love/You Do ...

3. The Ballad Medley: Body and Soul/The Man I Love/I Loves You Porgy

4. The Bossa Scene: The Girl From Ipanema/Fly Me to the Moon/O Nosso Amor ...

5. They Can't Take That Away from Me

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Sweet Georgia Brown

2. They Can't Take That Away from Me

3. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

4. The Man I Love

5. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Too Close for Comfort

2. I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues

3. Day by Day

4. Ordinary Fool

5. Billie's Bounce

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Quintessential Ella Collection, November 24, 2010

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AfroerotiK "Scottie" (Maryland, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concert Years (Audio CD)

The reason people go to concerts is because they want to see the artist perform their songs and interact with the audience in ways that a (then) vinyl record could never do. This CD set was like sitting next to the stage at a tiny table in a small, smokey, jazz club in Harlem, listening to the closest thing to the voice of God. I literally got goosebumps at times listening to Ella use her diving gift of song. This CD set has songs you've heard before and loved and it makes you find a new appreciation and love for her live renditions. Moreover, the songs never end. Each CD has so many songs, you'll find yourself saying, "Oh the next one will have to be mediocre," but, the next one is just as brilliant, if not more so than the previous one. This CD is a bargain at TWICE the cost.

5.0 out of 5 stars Living on the Stage, October 18, 2011

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chin101111 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Concert Years (Audio CD)

Ella Fitzgerald, lived on the stage singing in various parts of the world.

This CD box was a perfect idea!

It is a must!

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like Ella - You'll like this, January 22, 2008

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Steven R. Valliere "Steven Valliere" (Exeter, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Concert Years (Audio CD)

***1/2 My brother gave me a Jazz calendar and the cover for The Concert Years was on Jan's, so I thought I'd get each one as the year progresses.

If you like Ella (you probably know by now), and you like Ella's jazz - then you will certainly like this collection. Most of the songs on this compilation are pretty good. One or two though come across slightly lame - not unlike Frank Sinatra coming across as groovy in the early 1970's.
Spans many years, all live of course. Class act.

I might add: Wadibi-dee-doo-bop-bop-bop-bop-bop. Skiddly-daz.