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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, All Music Guide
The Ultimate Collection
05/12/1998 | Decca
All Music Guide Review
The Ultimate Collection Track Listing
Credits of The Ultimate Collection
- Don Rose
- Orchestra
- Sarah Vaughan
- Vocals, Performer, ?
- Roland Shaw
- Arranger
- Count Basie Orchestra
- Performer
- Richard Cook
- Compilation
- James Murray
- Liner Notes
- Riccardo Chailly
- Conductor
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Conductor
- Ralph Votapek
- Piano, Performer
- Lorin Maazel
- Conductor
- Robert McBride
- Arranger
- The Russell Garcia Orchestra
- Performer
- Hal Mooney
- Arranger, Conductor
- Ivan Davis
- Piano, Performer
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Performer
- Cleveland Orchestra
- Performer, ?
- Anita O'Day
- Vocals, Performer
- Audrey Hepburn
- Vocals, Performer, ?
- Louis Armstrong
- Vocals, Performer, ?
- Billie Holiday
- Vocals, Performer
- Boston Pops Orchestra
- Performer, ?
- Ray Brown
- Bass
- Larry Bunker
- Drums
- Bill Holland
- Artwork
- George Gershwin
- Composer, Main Performer
- Leroy Anderson
- Orchestra
- Arthur Fiedler
- Conductor, ?
- Fred Astaire
- Vocals, Dancer, Performer, ?
- Bing Crosby
- Vocals, Performer
- Nina Simone
- Vocals, Performer, ?
- Gary Moore
- Mastering
- Blossom Dearie
- Piano, Vocals, Performer
- Harry "Sweets" Edison
- Trumpet
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Vocals, Performer, ?
- Shirley Horn
- Performer
- Barney Kessel
- Guitar
- Morgana King
- Vocals, Performer
- Red Mitchell
- Bass
- Oscar Peterson
- Piano, Performer, ?
- Jimmy Rowles
- Piano
- Dinah Washington
- Vocals, Performer
- Ben Webster
- Sax (Tenor)
- Joe Williams
- Vocals, Performer
- Russell Garcia
- Performer
- Ed Thigpen
- Drums
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