Let No Man Write My Epitaph

by Ella Fitzgerald

Overview

This is a most unusual Ella Fitzgerald recording. Recorded around the time when she performed some of these songs for the film Let No Man Write My Epitaph, the masterful singer is heard in duets with pianist Paul Smith interpreting 13 songs (even "I Cried for You," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," and "Who's Sorry Now?") at slow expressive tempos. Listeners who feel that Ella Fitzgerald was mostly a scat singer who had trouble giving the proper emotional intensity to lyrics will be surprised by this sensitive and often-haunting set. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/2023
Label:	Verve
UPC:	0602455093004
Rank:	20043

Tracks

1. Black Coffee
2. Angel Eyes
3. I Cried for You
4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
5. Then You've Never Been Blue
6. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
7. My Melancholy Baby
8. Misty
9. September Song
10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
11. Who's Sorry Now
12. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
13. Reach for Tomorrow

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist
Paul Smith   Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Ted Fio Rito   Composer
Ray Noble   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
George A. Norton   Composer
George Bassman   Composer
Ernie Burnett   Composer
Erroll Garner   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Matt Dennis   Composer
Abe Lyman   Composer
Arthur Freed   Composer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Harry Ruby   Composer
Bert Kalmar   Composer
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Ted Snyder   Composer
Sonny Burke   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Eddie Snyder   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Gus Arnheim   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Earl K. Brent   Composer
Edward Snyder   Composer
Maxwell Anderson   Composer
Samuel M. Lewis   Composer
Earl Brent   Composer
George Norton   Composer
Ted Fiorito   Composer