George Gershwin: The Ultimate Collection

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Full title: George Gershwin: The Ultimate Collection. Performers include: Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Bing Crosby, Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra. Composer: George Gershwin. Personnel: Blossom Dearie (vocals, piano); Fred Astaire (vocals, dancer); Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams , Louis Armstrong, Morgana King, Nina Simone, Anita O'Day, Audrey Hepburn, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby (vocals); Barney Kessel (guitar); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Ralph Votapek, Ivan Davis, Jimmy Rowles, Oscar Peterson (piano); Ed Thigpen, Larry Bunker (drums). Liner Note Author: James Murray. Unknown Contributor Roles: Cleveland Orchestra; Ella Fitzgerald; Fred Astaire; Gregory Stone; Louis Armstrong; Nina Simone; Oscar Peterson; Arthur Fiedler; Audrey Hepburn; Boston Pops Orchestra; Sarah Vaughan. Arrangers: Hal Mooney; Robert McBride; Roland Shaw. George Gershwin: The Ultimate Collection is a nice double-disc set that collects definitive performances of Gershwin standards from Rhapsody in Blue to Funny Face. It's a wildly eclectic collection, containing cuts from Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Audrey Hepburn, Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and the Boston Pops Orchestra, thereby offering a good portrait of the depth of Gershwin's material and the way it lends itself to so many different styles. It's not necessarily a definitive collection -- he wrote so much great music, it's nearly impossible to condense it all into one set -- but it's one terrific sampler. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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