THE JEAN-PIERRE LELOIR COLLECTION

180 pure virgin vinyl LPs in Gatefold packaging

Like Someone in Love presents Ella Fitzgerald backed by an orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol and featuring the inimitable Stan Getz on tenor sax. This album marks the only collaborative studio sessions ever made by Fitzgerald and Getz. By 1957, Ella was already a star with over twenty years of experience as a professional singer. She had performed in countless venues and settings and recorded numerous sides. She was also the inspiration behind Norman Granz’s “Songbook” concept, which had become possible with the recently-developed technology of “long play” discs. The “Songbook” albums consisted of carefully designed multiple-LP box sets devoted to Ella singing the works of some of the best jazz composers, many of which resulted in best-selling albums. While Like Someone in Love is not devoted to any particular composer, it features well-known standards by celebrated writers such as Jimmy Van Heusen, Vincent Youmans, and even a George Gershwin tune (“How Long Has This Been Going On?”) which she had recorded in 1950 and would revisit for the Gershwin Song Book. Like Someone in Love also included a tune by Irving Berlin (“I Never Had a Chance”) that wouldn’t be included on her Song Book devoted to that composer.

PERSONNEL:

ELLA FITZGERALD, vocals on all tracks, plus:
STAN GETZ, tenor sax
Probably TED NASH, alto sax
Arrangements and orchestra conducted by FRANK DeVOL.
Los Angeles, October 15 (Side A & B1-B3) & October 28 (B4-B7), 1957.
Original sessions produced by Norman Granz.

TRACKS:

SIDE A:

1 THERE’S A LULL IN MY LIFE (Mack Gordon-Harry Ravel)
2 MORE THAN YOU KNOW (Vincent Youmans-Edward Eliscu-Billy Rose)
3 WHAT WILL I TELL MY HEART? (Irving Gordon-Peter Tinturin-Jack Lawrence) 3:31 4 I NEVER HAD A CHANCE (Irving Berlin)
5 CLOSE YOUR EYES (Bernice Petkere)
6 WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN (Carl T. Fischer-Frankie Laine)
7 THEN I’LL BE TIRED OF YOU (Arthur Schwartz-Yip Harburg)
8 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (Johnny Burke-Jimmy Van Heusen)

SIDE B:

1 MIDNIGHT SUN (Lionel Hampton-Johnny Burke-Sonny Burke)
2 I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU (Johnny Mercer-Jimmy Van Heusen)
3 YOU’RE BLASÉ (Ord Hamilton-Bruce Sievier)
4 NIGHT WIND (Bob Rothberg-Lew Pollock)
5 WHAT’S NEW? (Bob Haggart-Johnny Burke)
6 HURRY HOME (Joseph Meyer-Bob Emmerich-Buddy Bernier)
7 HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? (George & Ira Gershwin)