Something to Live For

by Ella Fitzgerald

Something to Live For cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2 November 1999
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:49:38
  • Community rating: 4.06/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A two-disc career collection from Ella Fitzgerald, spanning her Verve years and the songbook albums made with Norman Granz. Fitzgerald's diction, range and scat singing set the standard for jazz vocal interpretation.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal, melodic, ballad, sophisticated, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. A-Tisket, A-Tasket (2:37)
  2. You Showed Me The Way (Single Version) (2:59)
  3. Stairway To The Stars (Single Version) (3:16)
  4. How High The Moon (Single Version / 3rd Take) (3:13)
  5. Perdido (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York / 1949) (8:34)
  6. Can Anyone Explain? (Single Version) (3:09)
  7. Ella's Contribution To The Blues (2:30)
  8. But Not For Me (3:12)
  9. Thanks For The Memory (2:28)
  10. Ridin' High (3:20)
  11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (3:32)
  12. Angel Eyes (3:20)
  13. Goody, Goody (2:28)
  14. Oh, Lady Be Good (Live At The Shrine Auditorium,1957) (4:24)
  15. The Lady Is A Tramp (3:21)
  16. Body And Soul (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957) (4:22)
  17. Airmail Special (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957) (4:34)
  18. Midnight Sun (1957 Version) (3:57)
  19. Summertime (Live At Juan-les-Pins, France / 7/28/64) (2:49)
  20. Mack The Knife (Live At Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, 1960) (4:49)
  21. Misty (2:51)
  22. The Man I Love (3:50)
  23. (You'll Have To Swing It) Mr. Paganini (Live At The Crescendo, 1961) (4:03)
  24. 'Round Midnight (3:32)
  25. Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home (3:23)
  26. Yesterdays (2:50)
  27. Lover Man (4:21)
  28. Duke's Place (4:11)
  29. Sweet Georgia Brown (Live At Cote D'Azur, France, 7/29/1966) (3:35)
  30. Something To Live For (Live At Cote D'Azur, France, 7/29/1966) (4:08)

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