[Dixielandjazz] "Nice Work If You Can Get It"

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

Hi Dick. Riddle only arranged some of them. I think Billy May did some. 
Several were marred by Buddy Bregman's (sp?) bloody awful charts that were
barely relevant to the tunes. There are 2 with Ellington, one with small
group and one with big band.

One of these days I'll un-squirrel 'em.

Happy NY!
--Sheik

> Hi Bill & Dave,
> Thanks Dave for reminding me of Ella's Songbooks! And the verse of NWIYCGI
> is
> indeed on it, Bill (listening to it right now). These Songbooks are
> unbelievable - not only Ella's rendering of the text, but those
> arrangements of
> Nelson Riddle's!
>
> I could send you a MP3 if you'd like.
>
> Better find those cassettes, Dave and listen again (a squirrel never
> forgets
> where he put his nuts :-))
> Dick
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> Hi Bill I'd expect "Ella Sings Gershwin" to be a jazz performance.
>> Ella's "Song book" albums were explicitly intended to present the tunes,
>> so she generally sings 'em straight, with verses, appropriate tempos. So
>> they are an excellent tool for learning tunes.
>>
>> I have the cassettes squirreled away since I have other stuff to listen
>> to.
>>
>> --Sheik
>>
>>> I'd be much more surprised if Ella Fitzgerald didn't include it in her
>>>> "George and Ira Gershwin Songbook" version.
>>> Not on the Decca album "Ella Sings Gershwin". I don't have her'
>>> Songbook" album.
>>> Not mouldy enough for me.
>>> Bill.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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