The second of her celebrated song book albums and heralded as one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made, Ella and arranger/conductor Buddy Bregman began work on the Rodgers and Hart sessions three months after the release of her Cole Porter Song Book. Like it's predecessor, it features the cream of West Coast session musicians, many of whom graced the fabulous recordings that Frank Sinatra was making around the same time in the same studio. Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Milt Bernhart (trombone), Herb Geller, Ted Nash & Bud Shank (reeds), Barney Kessel (guitar), and Alvin Stoller (drums). The album is full of standards that everyone knows and loves, but in Ella's hands these songs become even more special. Standouts include "There's a Small Hotel," "You Took Advantage of Me," and the perennial, "My Funny Valentine." Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180g vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

A1. Have You Met Miss Jones?
A2. You Took Advantage Of Me
A3. A Ship Without A Sail
A4. To Keep My Love Alive
A5. Dancing On The Ceiling
A6. The Lady Is A Tramp
A7. With A Song In My Heart
A8. Manhattan
B1. Johnny One Note
B2. I Wish I Were In Love Again
B3. Spring Is Here
B4. It Never Entered My Mind
B5. This Can't Be Love
B6. Thou Swell
B7. My Romance
B8. Where Or When
B9. Little Girl Blue
C1. Give It Back To The Indians
C2. Ten Cents A Dance
C3. There's A Small Hotel
C4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
C5. Everything I've Got
C6. I Could Write A Book
C7. Blue Room
C8. My Funny Valentine
D1. Bewitched
D2. Mountain Greenery
D3. Wait Til You See Her
D4. Lover
D5. Isn't It Romantic
D6. Here In My Arms
D7. Blue Moon
D8. My Heart Stood Still
D9. I've Got Five Dollars