These Are the Blues

Ella Fitzgerald | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000470R
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,221 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bit of a departure, but great just the same!, August 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: These Are the Blues (Audio CD)

As many of Ella's fans know, she was known for her flawless and perfect interpretation of great jazz standards and American pop. However, her ability to interepret a blues lyric flawlessly and give it the same meaning as a Billie Holiday, is often overlooked. With this album, Ella sounds as if she has spent her entire career wailin' the blues. What a great album from the First Lady of Song!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The blues, indeed..., February 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: These Are the Blues (Audio CD)

This Ella Fitzgerald album from 1964 is one of her most brilliant and overlooked albums. Ella's first full-length dive into the blues is a sublime one. Known for her swinging and impeccable balladry, it is little wonder Ella was just right to sing the blues. Man, how she sings them! This recording is perfect for the Ella fan looking for something a little different. For the beginning Ella fans, please buy one of her flawless "Songbooks" (you take your pick) and come back to this one later on in your collecting. Ella truly was THE singers' singer!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ella gives a sexy late night feeling to this music !!, February 5, 2006

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A C SHIELDS (melbourne , australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: These Are the Blues (Audio CD)

Many people will know Ella from her incredible versions of many of the finest American popular songs , but there was another side to Ella and she lets it loose on this album .

She sounds relaxed and confident singing some low down blues , spelling it out for the men she is addressing in these tunes .
She tells it like it is , man !

It is one of the first albums I ever heard by Ella and her albums of popular songs sounded a lot less relaxed somehow to my ears , after hearing this .

I encourage those who are blues fans or who wish to hear Ella singing something where she does more improvising to purchase this disc .