Ella Redux 2
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
Geoff brings you another edition of Ella Redux, featuring more pairings of songs that Ella performed many times throughout her career, only with different arrangements. Tracks this week include My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Decca Records, 1939), My Heart Belongs To Daddy (accompanied by Ellis Larkins), My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Nelson Riddle arrangement, 1972), I'm Beginning To See The Light (1957, Duke Ellington arrangement), I'm Beginning To See The Light (1962, Quincy Jones/Count Basie arrangement), Dream
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Ella Redux 2, Part 2
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
Geoff brings you another edition of Ella Redux, featuring more pairings of songs that Ella performed many times throughout her career, only with different arrangements. Tracks this week include My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Decca Records, 1939), My Heart Belongs To Daddy (accompanied by Ellis Larkins), My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Nelson Riddle arrangement, 1972), I'm Beginning To See The Light (1957, Duke Ellington arrangement), I'm Beginning To See The Light (1962, Quincy Jones/Count Basie arrangement), Dream
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Ella Redux 2, Part 3
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
Geoff brings you another edition of Ella Redux, featuring more pairings of songs that Ella performed many times throughout her career, only with different arrangements. Tracks this week include My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Decca Records, 1939), My Heart Belongs To Daddy (accompanied by Ellis Larkins), My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Nelson Riddle arrangement, 1972), I'm Beginning To See The Light (1957, Duke Ellington arrangement), I'm Beginning To See The Light (1962, Quincy Jones/Count Basie arrangement), Dream
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Ella and Ellis
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
Geoff plays some of the best of Ella's many duets with jazz pianist Ellis Larkins from the 1950s and 1970s. Tracks include People Will Say We're In Love, Please Be Kind, Stardust, Looking For A Boy, Makin' Whoopee, Baby, What Else Can I Do?, Until The Real Thing Comes Along, Imagination, Nice Work If You Can Get It, How Long Has This Been Going On?, I'm Glad There Is You. I've Got A Crush On You, You Turned the Tables on Me. Produced by Ed Robertson
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Ella and Ellis, Part 2
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
Geoff plays some of the best of Ella's many duets with jazz pianist Ellis Larkins from the 1950s and 1970s. Tracks include People Will Say We're In Love, Please Be Kind, Stardust, Looking For A Boy, Makin' Whoopee, Baby, What Else Can I Do?, Until The Real Thing Comes Along, Imagination, Nice Work If You Can Get It, How Long Has This Been Going On?, I'm Glad There Is You. I've Got A Crush On You, You Turned the Tables on Me. Produced by Ed Robertson
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Ella and Ellis, Part 3
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
Geoff plays some of the best of Ella's many duets with jazz pianist Ellis Larkins from the 1950s and 1970s. Tracks include People Will Say We're In Love, Please Be Kind, Stardust, Looking For A Boy, Makin' Whoopee, Baby, What Else Can I Do?, Until The Real Thing Comes Along, Imagination, Nice Work If You Can Get It, How Long Has This Been Going On?, I'm Glad There Is You. I've Got A Crush On You, You Turned the Tables on Me. Produced by Ed Robertson
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Ella: The Luscious Ballads
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
This week: Geoff plays a few of what he calls Ella: The Luscious Ballads. "Luscious" here means the particular way in which Ella used her voice each time to convey the meaning of each song. Track include Body And Soul (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957), Here's That Rainy Day, Misty, There's A Lull In My Life (1957), Angel Eyes, Something To Live For (Live At The Cote d'Azur, 7/28/1966), Trouble Is a Man, I Loves You Porgy (Live At Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy / 1958), Night Wind, Misty Blue. This edit
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Ella: The Luscious Ballads, Part 2
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
This week: Geoff plays a few of what he calls Ella: The Luscious Ballads. "Luscious" here means the particular way in which Ella used her voice each time to convey the meaning of each song. Track include Body And Soul (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957), Here's That Rainy Day, Misty, There's A Lull In My Life (1957), Angel Eyes, Something To Live For (Live At The Cote d'Azur, 7/28/1966), Trouble Is a Man, I Loves You Porgy (Live At Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy / 1958), Night Wind, Misty Blue. This edit
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Ella: The Luscious Ballads, Part 3
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
This week: Geoff plays a few of what he calls Ella: The Luscious Ballads. "Luscious" here means the particular way in which Ella used her voice each time to convey the meaning of each song. Track include Body And Soul (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957), Here's That Rainy Day, Misty, There's A Lull In My Life (1957), Angel Eyes, Something To Live For (Live At The Cote d'Azur, 7/28/1966), Trouble Is a Man, I Loves You Porgy (Live At Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy / 1958), Night Wind, Misty Blue. This edit
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Ella: The Luscious Ballads, Part 4
Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
This week: Geoff plays a few of what he calls Ella: The Luscious Ballads. "Luscious" here means the particular way in which Ella used her voice each time to convey the meaning of each song. Track include Body And Soul (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957), Here's That Rainy Day, Misty, There's A Lull In My Life (1957), Angel Eyes, Something To Live For (Live At The Cote d'Azur, 7/28/1966), Trouble Is a Man, I Loves You Porgy (Live At Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy / 1958), Night Wind, Misty Blue. This edit
info_outlineHighlights from the concert that Ella gave in Tokyo, Japan in 1953. Though her manager at the time, Norman Granz, had arranged to have the performance recorded, none of these tracks you'll hear this week were available to the public until they were released on CD, many years later, as Ella in Japan: 1953. Tracks include On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Body And Soul, Why Don't You Do Right, Oh, Lady Be Good, I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good, How High The Moon, My Funny Valentine, Smooth Sailin', The Man That Got Away, Frim Fram Sauce. GPE is produced by Ed Robertson
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