Jazz Vocalists Sing George Gershwin

When George Gershwin died suddenly from a brain tumour in 1937 at the age of 38, he was a widely renowned musician with a long career as a composer of concert pieces and songs for Hollywood movies and the Broadway stage. However, he hardly could have imagined that his works would remain influential so long after his passing, or that they would become jazz standards performed and recorded by countless artists over the decades. This outstanding 2- CD set presents a wide selection of Gershwin classics (in most cases with lyrics by his brother Ira) sung by some of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time including Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong and many others.

Tracks: Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy / Sarah Vaughan - Bidin' My Time / Ella Fitzgerald - Strike Up The Band / Peggy Lee - It Ain't Necessarily So / Helen Merrill - Summertime / Frank Sinatra - They Can't Take That Away From Me / Billie Holiday - Embraceable You / Dinah Washington - Somebody Loves Me / Tony Bennett - Love Walked In / Julie London - 'S Wonderful / Shirley Horn - A Foggy Day / Blossom Dearie - Little Jazz Bird / Lena Horne - The Man I Love / The HiLos - Fascinatin' Rhythm / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off / Carmen McRae - Nice Work If You Can Get It / Bing Crosby - They All Laughed / Julie London - How Long Has This Been Going On? / Chris Connor - Someone To Watch Over Me / Chet Baker - But Not For Me / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime / Morgana King - For You, For Me, For Evermore / Nat King Cole - Embraceable You / Johnny Hartman - Somebody Loves Me / Ella Fitzgerald - Who Cares? / Joe Williams - S Wonderful / Dinah Washington - I've Got A Crush On You / Sarah Vaughan - Blah, Blah, Blah / Abbey Lincoln - Love Walked In / Anita O'Day - Medley: 'S Wonderful/They Can't Take That Away From Me / Blossom Dearie - Someone To Watch Over Me / Lena Horne - How Long Has This Been Going On? / The Four Freshmen - Love Is Here To Stay / Jeanne Lee - Summertime / Ella Fitzgerald - Shall We Dance? / Louis Armstrong - I Was Doin' All Right / Nina Simone - Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now / Fred Astaire - Lady Be Good / Marilyn Moore - I Got Rhythm / Sarah Vaughan - Soon / The Andrews Sisters - Of Thee I Sing / Chet Baker - They All Laughed / Ella Fitzgerald - By Strauss / Billie Holiday - Love Is Here To Stay / Sarah Vaughan - Lorelei / Ella Fitzgerald - Sam And Delilah / June Christy - They Can't Take That Away From Me / Lee Wiley - I've Got A Crush On You