Ella Fitzgerald Sings George & Ira Gershwin Song Books Bernard Buffett Box Set

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings George & Ira Gershwin Song Books Bernard Buffett Box Set!

This is a brand new, open box item. The item comes complete with the box, five 12" LPs, one 7" EP 33-1/3 EP, a hardcover book and a folder with five lithographs. The book, lithographs and six records are all brand new, unplayed, unread, undamaged and in their original packaging. The records are mint. The box does show yellowing, two scrapes, some scuffs, two corner bumps and other shelf wear, all visible in the photgraphs. I tried to detail as much as possible here and in the photographs so please do bid with confidence. Please msg me with any additional questions about this item, including it's condition.

From the box...
This complete deluxe set includes six albums of the music of George and Ira Gershwin. Five Bernard Buffet lithographs, drawn especially for these albums and sutable for framing; "The Gershins Words Upon Music," hard-cover book by Lawrence D. Stewart

This item (Verve MGVS 6082-5) is a 1959 stereo (stereophonic) re-issue of the 1959 mono (monophonic) Verve MGV 4029-5 release.

Ella Fitzgerald’s songbook series in ensured a place in history, not only for more than two hundred songs written by some of the greatest American composers of the twentieth century, but for the artist who brought those songs to life.

From 1956 to 1964 Ella recorded, in order, the songs of Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, and Johnny Mercer in songbook sets that were anywhere from one to five LPs in length. Enveloping her in those songs were arrangements by Buddy Bregman, Billy May, Nelson Riddle, and Paul Weston. Each set was lavishly produced by Norman Granz, with careful engineering by Val Valentin; some had extensive liner notes and original artwork too.

The last song George Gershwin composed, Love Is Here To Stay, has for years been included in Fitzgerald concerts as the second number, a natural transition from the opening blast to the first ballad. With another able assist from Riddle, the singer and the song are one.

Gershwin’s ‘S Wonderful has an easy bounce with which the singer has always been comfortable, with Charleston-era slang adding charm to the verse.

Geoffrey Mark Fidelman June 1993

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