Ella Fitzgerald – Let No Man Write My Epitaph
$46.95
Recorded the same year she appeared in the film of the same name, this session caught Fitzgerald operating in genuinely intimate territory, stripped of orchestration and centered almost entirely on the piano-voice conversation she and Paul Smith built together. It stands apart from her celebrated Songbook sets, trading their encyclopedic scope for something closer to a late-night confession, Ella trusting the material, and the silence between notes, in ways that still stop you cold.
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold jacket. Considered one of Ella's greatest recordings, she's backed on this 1960 release by pianist Paul Smith. Let No Man Write My Epitaph was a 1960 Hollywood movie featuring Fitzgerald. The album hits at a rare depth of emotional understanding and once again establishes Fitzgerald as one of the supreme interpreters of the Great American Songbook. Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes.
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Tracklist
Side A
Side B
Credits
- Bernie Grundman – Lacquer Cut By
- Bernie Grundman – Mastered By
- Ryan Smith (2) – Mastered By (Reissue Mastering)
- Paul Smith (5) – Piano
- Chad Kassem – Supervised By (Reissue Supervisor)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Vocals
Release
UPC: 602455093004
Label: Verve
Release Date: 10.27.23
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Verve Records (B0037369-01, MG VS-64043); UMe (B0037369-01)
Country: Worldwide