Classy classics.
smoothjazz_views | Beverly Hills, CA | 07/09/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"If you have all the Songbook albums that Ella Fitzgerald recorded, and want to swell your collection further, this CD will undoubtedly appeal, as it covers the period in the run-up to her trendsetting 1956 Cole Porter record.
Four of these 1955 tracks were conducted by André Previn, and are sumptuous, classy, strings-accompanied interpretations of classic ballads.
Another six numbers - the "hot" of the title - are fast, seriously swinging standards with jazz maestro Benny Carter at the helm.
My favourite tracks : "You'll Never Know", "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea".
Enjoy!"