Albums Arranged by Russell Garcia - Get Happy!, Porgy and Bess, the Complete Porgy and Bess, Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Get Happy , Porgy and Bess, the Complete Porgy and Bess, Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook, Swingin' on the Moon, Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs, Anita Sings the Winners, Swinging Brass With the Oscar Peterson Trio. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Get Happy is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with various studio Orchestras over a two year period. The 14 songs on the album come from 6 different sessions, featuring Orchestras led by Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russell Garcia or Paul Weston. The first two tracks are from the sessions for the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, which were later included on the 1998 reissue of the album, and Berlin's "Blue Skies" was recorded at the sessions for the 1957 album Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook, but inexplicably omitted from the final cut, despite featuring one Ella's most impressive extended scat improvisations. Recorded in six sessions from July 24 1957- July 11 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles: Tracks 1,2 Capitol Studios, Hollywood January 7, 1959 Nelson Riddle (arr, con) Paul Smith (p) Herb Ellis (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Bill Richmond (d) Conrad Golla, Cappy Lewis, Vito Mangano, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Dick Noel, Tommy Pederson, George Roberts (trmb);rmb) Tracks 3,7 Radio Recorders, Hollywood, July 11, 1959 Frank DeVol (arr, con) Lou Levy (p) Herb Ellis (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d) Frank Beach, Pete Candoli, Cappy Lewis, Al Porcino (t) Harry Betts, Dick Noel, George Roberts, lloyd Ulyate (vtrmb) Track 4 United Recorders, Hollywood, September 3, 1959 Russell Garcia (arr, con) Claude Williamson, Jr. (p) Herb Ellis (g) Red Mitchell (b) Jack Sperling (drums) (d) Pete Candoli, Phi...http: //booksllc.net/?id=2891847