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Love Letters From Ella


05/07/07
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(PR) To celebrate what would have been Ella Fitzgerald�s 90th birthday, Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Records are co-releasing �Love Letters From Ella,� a collection of never-before-released love songs. Recorded with some of her favorite collaborators, including Count Basie and his Orchestra, Joe Pass, and Andr� Previn, �Love Letters From Ella� also pairs the singer with The London Symphony Orchestra for the first time. The CD will be available at Starbucks Company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada and traditional music retail beginning on July 31, 2007.

The magical 10-track CD, mixed in high-definition audio, includes Ella and Basie swinging �Please Don�t Talk About Me When I�m Gone,� an intimate duet between Joe Pass and Fitzgerald on �The One I Love� and a playful performance of �Our Love is Here to Stay� with pianist Andr� Previn. �Love Letters From Ella� also features the celebrated singer accompanied by The London Symphony Orchestra on a stirring rendition of �Cry Me a River.� The London Symphony Orchestra recorded the accompaniment, arranged by 24-time GRAMMY� Award-nominee Jorge Calandrelli, at Abbey Road studios in London.

�Love Letters From Ella� also served as an inspiration for the upcoming PBS broadcast �WE LOVE ELLA!� a WNET �Great Performances� special. The show will honor Ella with performances by, among others, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, k.d. lang, Take Six, Wynonna, Lizz Wright, Monica Mancini and Nancy Wilson. �WE LOVE ELLA!� will be taped in Los Angeles on Sunday, April 29, the week of Ella�s birthday, and is scheduled to air on June 6, 2007.

Track Listing:
1. �Please Don�t Talk About Me When I�m Gone� (w/ Count Basie and his Orchestra)
2. �Cry Me a River� (w/ London Symphony Orchestra)
3. �You Turned the Tables on Me�
4. �I�ve Got the World on a String� (w/ London Symphony Orchestra and Joe Pass)
5. �Witchcraft�
6. �My Old Flame� (w/ London Symphony Orchestra)
7. �The One I Love� (w/ Joe Pass)
8. �Take Love Easy� (w/ London Symphony Orchestra and Joe Pass)
9. �Our Love is Here to Stay� (w/ Andr� Previn)
10. �Some Other Spring� (w/ Count Basie and his Orchestra)

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