Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella
Celebrate the music of The First Lady of Song along with Emmy winner, Grammy nominee and acclaimed Ella Fitzgerald biographer Geoffrey Mark. Each episode of Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella focuses on a particular theme or aspect of Ella's seven-decade recording legacy, along with behind the scenes details, incisive commentary, showbiz anecdotes, and more.
Episodes
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 Be...
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 Be...
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 Be...
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. Produc...
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. Produc...
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. Produc...
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 (L...
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 (L...
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 (L...
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 (L...
This week: Geoff plays selections from Ella's live concert, performing with the Tommy Flanagan trio, in Budapest in 1970. Tracks include Crazy Rhythm, Open Your Window, This Guy's In Love With You/I'm Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself A Letter (Medley), Spinning Wheel, As Time Goes By, You'd Better Love Me, Hello Young Lovers, I Concentrate On You/You Go To My Head (Medley), Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Dancing In The Dark, [If...
This week: Geoff plays selections from Ella's live concert, performing with the Tommy Flanagan trio, in Budapest in 1970. Tracks include Crazy Rhythm, Open Your Window, This Guy's In Love With You/I'm Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself A Letter (Medley), Spinning Wheel, As Time Goes By, You'd Better Love Me, Hello Young Lovers, I Concentrate On You/You Go To My Head (Medley), Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Dancing In The Dark, [If...
This week: Geoff plays selections from Ella's live concert, performing with the Tommy Flanagan trio, in Budapest in 1970. Tracks include Crazy Rhythm, Open Your Window, This Guy's In Love With You/I'm Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself A Letter (Medley), Spinning Wheel, As Time Goes By, You'd Better Love Me, Hello Young Lovers, I Concentrate On You/You Go To My Head (Medley), Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Dancing In The Dark, [If...
This week: Geoff plays selections from Ella's live concert, performing with the Tommy Flanagan trio, in Budapest in 1970. Tracks include Crazy Rhythm, Open Your Window, This Guy's In Love With You/I'm Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself A Letter (Medley), Spinning Wheel, As Time Goes By, You'd Better Love Me, Hello Young Lovers, I Concentrate On You/You Go To My Head (Medley), Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Dancing In The Dark, [If...
This week: Geoff plays selections from Ella's performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland over a ten-year period, circa 1969-1979. Tracks include Give Me The Simple Life, Satin Doll, Some Other Spring, That Old Black Magic, Let's Do It, I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You, Honeysuckle Rose, Day By Day, A Place For Lovers, Make Me Rainbows, Too Close For Comfort, Flying Home. This edition of GPE was produced by ...
This week: Geoff plays selections from Ella's performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland over a ten-year period, circa 1969-1979. Tracks include Give Me The Simple Life, Satin Doll, Some Other Spring, That Old Black Magic, Let's Do It, I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You, Honeysuckle Rose, Day By Day, A Place For Lovers, Make Me Rainbows, Too Close For Comfort, Flying Home. This edition of GPE was produced by ...
This week: Geoff plays selections from Ella's performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland over a ten-year period, circa 1969-1979. Tracks include Give Me The Simple Life, Satin Doll, Some Other Spring, That Old Black Magic, Let's Do It, I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You, Honeysuckle Rose, Day By Day, A Place For Lovers, Make Me Rainbows, Too Close For Comfort, Flying Home. This edition of GPE was produced by ...
This week: Geoff plays selections from Ella's performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland over a ten-year period, circa 1969-1979. Tracks include Give Me The Simple Life, Satin Doll, Some Other Spring, That Old Black Magic, Let's Do It, I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You, Honeysuckle Rose, Day By Day, A Place For Lovers, Make Me Rainbows, Too Close For Comfort, Flying Home. This edition of GPE was produced by ...
Highlights 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 A...
Highlights 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 A...
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