The first half of Ella Fitzgerald's stellar career is represented on this 4 CD set, from her beginnings as singer with Chick Webb's Orchestra, via her own big band leading days and duets with the likes of Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan, to her emergence as the queen of scat in the 1940s and her first set of Gershwin songs, made with pianist Ellis Larkins.

As the First Lady of Song, Ella's career is also a history of the development of jazz singing - she practically defined the idiom from the 40s to the 50s - so this is an essential jazz document.

Track Listing:
CD 1: A TISKET, A TASKET
1. Love And Kisses
2. My Melancholy Baby
3. All My Life
4. Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
5. (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have To Swing It
6. Goodnight My Love
7. Oh Yes, Take Another Guess
8. Did You Mean It?
9. Organ Grinder's Swing
10. Darktown Strutters’ Ball
11. Big Boy Blue
12. Dedicated To You
13. All Over Nothing At All
14. If You Ever Should Leave
15. I Got A Guy
16. Rock It For Me
17. I Want To Be Happy
18. The Dipsy Doodle
19. If Dreams Come True
20. Hallellujah!
21. It's Wonderful
22. I Was Doing All Right
23. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
24. If You Only Knew
25. Ella

CD 2: STAIRWAY TO THE STARS
1. F.D.R
2. I Found My Yellow Basket
3. Undecided
4. Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)
5. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
6. Chew-Chew-Chew (Your Bubble Gum)
7. Don't Worry ’Bout Me
8. If Anything Happened To You
9. If You Ever Change Your Mind
10. Little White Lies
11. Stairway To The Stars
12. I Want The Waiter (With The Water)
13. Out Of Nowhere
14. You’Re Gonna Lose Your Gal
15. Moon Ray
16. Sugar Blues
17. The Starlit Hour
18. What's The Matter With Me?
19. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
20. If It Weren't For You
21. Sing Song Swing
22. Imagination
23. Deedle-De-Dum
24. Shake Down The Stars
25. Gulf Coast Blues

CD 3: CABIN THE IN THE SKY
1. Five O’Clock Whistle
2. Louisville K-Y
3. Taking A Chance On Love
4. Cabin In The Sky
5. I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town
6. Three Little Words
7. Hello Ma! I Done It Again
8. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
9. My Man (Mon Homme)
10. I Can't Believe That You’Re In Love With Me
11. I Must Have That Man
12. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
13. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
14. Can't Help Lovin’ That Man
15. Jim
16. This Love Of Mine
17. Somebody Nobody Loves
18. Make Love To Me
19. Mama Come Home
20. He's My Guy
21. Cow Cow Boogie
22. Once Too Often
23. Time Alone Will Tell
24. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
25. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine

CD 4: OH, LADY BE GOOD
1. I'm Beginning To See The Light
2. It's Only A Paper Moon
3. Flying Home
4. Stone Cold Death In The Market (He Had It Coming)
5. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
6. The Frim Fram Sauce
7. Sentimental Journey
8. Oh, Lady Be Good
9. Robbin's Nest
10. How High The Moon
11. Baby It's Cold Outside
12. Basin Street Blues
13. Don’Cha Go ‘Way Mad
14. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
15. Looking For A Boy
16. My One And Only
17. How Long Has This Been Going On
18. I've Got A Crush On You
19. But Not For Me
20. Soon
21. Someone To Watch Over Me
22. Maybe
23. Smooth Sailing
24. Airmail Special
25. Rough Ridin’