清亮甜美宛如少女般歌喉、真情流露的完美音域技巧及雍容大度的迷人風采,在在皆成就“爵士樂第一夫人”艾拉‧費茲潔拉無可撼動之崇高地位,而在其多如繁星的錄音作品中,又以五0年代以降一系列包含柯爾‧波特、蓋希文等近代美國重要作曲家的歌曲集為最。本輯集結費茲潔拉於1962年所錄製的「百老匯名曲名演」及「天生歌后」精彩佳作,她於前者刻意選擇過去較少被改編為爵士樂的經典名曲重新詮釋,即令是“Hernando’s
Hideaway”這類充滿戲劇性起伏的曲子,在費茲潔拉信手拈來的秀逸唱功下,依然演繹出無懈可擊的終極典藏版本,而由馬帝‧派奇大樂團畫龍點睛的伴奏則原汁原味保留百老匯的熱鬧氛圍;她於後者則由知名製作人諾曼‧葛蘭茲特別情商知名電風琴手比爾‧杜蓋擔任指揮,曲目從搖擺時代的經典曲到杜蓋難得為大樂團譜寫的新曲盡收其中,費茲潔拉在節奏藍調曲風相隨下極致揮灑,完美地展露出第一夫人無與倫比之絕代風華!
【專輯/ 曲目】【百老匯名演】01.
Hernando's Hideaway 02. If I Were A Bell 03. Warm All Over 04. Almost Like
Being In Love
05. Dites-moi 06. I Could Have Danced All
Night 07. Show Me 08. No Other Love 09. Steam Heat 10. Whatever Lola Wants
11. Guys And Dolls 12. Somebody Somewhere 【旋律在我心】13. Rough
Ridin' 14. Broadway 15. You Can Depend On Me
16. Runnin' Wild 17. Show Me The Way To Get
Out Of This World 'Cause That's Where Everything Is 18. I'll Always Be In Love
With You 19. Hallelujah, I Love Him So 20. I Can't Face The Music 21. No Moon
At All 22. Laughin' On The Outside (crying On The Inside)
23. After You've Gone