Dull...Not Ella's Best!

When I first bought this CD back in November, I showed it to my dad. He said he thought that it didn't look very good. He was right. Of the 15 tracks on this album, the only two good ones are "When Your Lover Has Gone" and "Love me or Leave Me." The rest of the numbers are flat, and are not very up-tempoed. Also, the CD has very poor packaging, and looks like they were in a hurry to sell them in record stores. So, Ella fans all over the world-that's you!!!-beware of this CD!

Grande disco!!!!

Questo e' un gran bel disco, ne raccomando l'ascolto. I pezzi sono bellissimi, specie mean to me, love me or leave me, I won't dance e' molto brioso.

L'orchestra e' assolutamente di primo ordine e la voce e l'interpretazione di Ella sono magistrali.

Grande.

the greatest singer, the greatest arranger, great sound...

When I fist bought this cd back in 1993 I already had many of Ella's Verve releases, including all the songbooks. But the very inspired arrangements of Nelson Riddle and the great ballance that Ella found when she recorded these standards, made this very one my all time favorite. She sings whith a perfect balance between the original melody of songs and a little improvise... it keeps you fascinated all the time. On the other hand Nelson seemed to recycle some of his best ideas of his previous arrangements ( notably his Sinatra's parts) what makes the listening even more pleasant. Read other reviews and do not consider that one made by a certain 11 y.o. kid. If you like swing records, you will love it... Paulo Brazil ( Ps.: forgive me for my awfull english writing).