Ella Fitzgerald - Best Of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady Of Song

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Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Mastered At – PolyGram Studios

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Bud Shank (tracks: 1), Bud Shank (tracks: 12), Herb Geller (tracks: 1), Johnny Hodges (tracks: 5), Ronnie Lang* (tracks: 14), Russell Procope (tracks: 5)
• Arranged By – Quincy Jones (tracks: 16)
• Arranged By, Conductor – Bregman* (tracks: 1), Paich* (tracks: 12), Riddle* (tracks: 14, 15), Weston* (tracks: 10)
• Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Fowlkes (tracks: 16), Med Flory (tracks: 12)
• Bass – Buddy Catlett (tracks: 16), Jimmy Woode (tracks: 5), Joe Comfort (tracks: 15), Joe Mondragon (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 12), Ray Brown (tracks: 2, 8), Red Mitchell (tracks: 6)
• Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney (tracks: 5)
• Bass Saxophone – Chuck Gentry (tracks: 1), Harry Carney (tracks: 5)
• Bass Trombone – George Roberts (tracks: 1, 15)
• Cello – Armand Kaproff (tracks: 15), Edgar Lustgarten (tracks: 15), Eleanor Slatkin (tracks: 15)
• Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 5), Russell Procope (tracks: 5)
• Conductor – Frank DeVol* (tracks: 6)
• Coordinator – Aric Lach Morrison, Nichell Delvaille
• Cover, Artwork – David Lau
• Design – Giulio Turturro
• Drums – Alvin Stoller (tracks: 1, 3, 4), Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson (tracks: 8), Mel Lewis (tracks: 12), Sam Woodyard (tracks: 5), Sonny Payne (tracks: 16)
• Engineer – Val Valentin
• Executive-Producer – Richard Seidel
• Flute, Alto Saxophone – Marshall Royal (tracks: 16)
• Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess (tracks: 16)
• Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Eric Dixon (tracks: 16)
• French Horn – Vince DeRosa* (tracks: 12)
• Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7), Robert Bain* (tracks: 15), Freddie Green (tracks: 16), Herb Ellis (tracks: 2, 8, 13)
• Harp – Ann Stockton (tracks: 15)
• Liner Notes – Geoffrey Mark Fidelman
• Mastered By – Suha Gur
• Piano – Basie* (tracks: 16), Ellington* (tracks: 5), Lou Levy (tracks: 12), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 2, 8, 9), Paul Smith (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 15)
• Producer – Norman Granz
• Research – Ben Young , Phil Schaap
• Supervised By – Michael Lang
• Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: 4, 6), Bill Holman (tracks: 12), Bob Cooper (tracks: 1), Bob Enevoldsen (tracks: 12), Frank Foster (tracks: 16), Frank Foster (tracks: 5), Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 5), Plas Johnson (tracks: 15), Ted Nash (tracks: 1)
• Trombone – Benny Powell (tracks: 16), Britt Woodman (tracks: 5), Dick Nash (tracks: 15), Grover Mitchell (tracks: 16), Henry Coker (tracks: 16), Joe Howard (tracks: 1), John Sanders (tracks: 5), Lloyd Ulyate (tracks: 1), Milt Bernhart (tracks: 1), Quentin Jackson (tracks: 5), Tommy Pederson (tracks: 15), Tommy Shepard (tracks: 15), Urbie Green (tracks: 16)
• Trumpet – Al Aarons (tracks: 16), Al Porcino (tracks: 12), Carroll Lewis* (tracks: 15), Cat Anderson (tracks: 5), Clark Terry (tracks: 5), Conrad Gozzo (tracks: 1), Don Fagerquist (tracks: 12, 15), Don Rader (tracks: 16), Fip Ricard* (tracks: 16), George Seaberg (tracks: 15), Harry "Sweets" Edison* (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 11), Joe Newman (tracks: 16), Louis Armstrong (tracks: 2, 8), Pete Candoli (tracks: 1), Ray Linn (tracks: 1), Ray Nance (tracks: 5), Shorty Sherock (tracks: 15), Sonny Cohn (tracks: 16), Willie Cook (tracks: 5)
• Tuba – John Kitzmiller (tracks: 12)
• Valve Trombone – Bob Enevoldsen (tracks: 12)
• Viola – Alex Neimann* (tracks: 15), Barbara Simons (tracks: 15), Paul Robyn (tracks: 15)
• Violin – Alex Beller (tracks: 15), Erno Neufeld (tracks: 15), Felix Slatkin (tracks: 15), Gerald Vinci (tracks: 15), Israel Baker (tracks: 15), Lou Raderman (tracks: 15), Marshall Sosson (tracks: 15), Nathan Ross (tracks: 15), Stuff Smith (tracks: 4), Victor Arno (tracks: 15), Victor Bay (tracks: 15)
• Vocals – Louis Armstrong (tracks: 2, 8)
• Woodwind – Champ Webb (tracks: 15), Harry Klee (tracks: 15), Joe Koch (tracks: 15), Wilbur Schwartz (tracks: 15)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 31452 33822 8
• Rights Society: BIEM STEMRA
• Label Code: LC 0383
• Matrix / Runout: 523 382-2 01 /
• Matrix / Runout: Made In Germany By PMDC
• Other: POL 899

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