Ella Fitzgerald - Get Happy! (24 Bit Remaster) (FLAC) torrent

This release 1998 in the Verve 'By Requst' series.

Review by Scott Yanow:
Recorded during the period of time when Ella Fitzgerald cut her famous series of "songbooks," this set (which in 1999 was reissued on CD) is a bit of a hodge-podge, drawing its 14 selections from six different dates which find Ella backed by orchestras led by either Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russ Garcia or Paul Weston. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" was previously available as just a single while "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (an alternate take) was previously unreleased. As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." Although this was not her most essential release, the formerly obscure Get Happy finds Ella Fitzgerald at the peak of her powers.

01. Somebody Loves Me
02. Cheerful Little Earful
03. You Make Me Feel So Young
04. Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar
05. Like Young
06. Cool Breeze
07. Moonlight Becomes You
08. Blue Skies
09. You Turned The Tables On Me
10. Gypsy In My Soul
11. Goody-Goody
12. St. Louis Blues
13. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
14. Swingin' Shepherd Blues