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Stars show love for Ella on CD
Published March 19, 2007 at midnight
Artists ranging from Michael Buble to k.d. lang to Queen Latifah pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald in the compilation We All Love Ella: Celebrating The First Lady Of Song.
The 13-track tribute due June 5 will be released by Verve.
Etta James, Natalie Cole and Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall and Hank Jones, Ledesi, Dianne Reeves, Linda Ronstadt and Lizz Wright also contributed previously unreleased material for the set, which includes covers of famous tunes.
The album was compiled in time for the late jazz singer's 90th birthday year. Fitzgerald passed away on June 15, 1996, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Here are a few songs from the track list:
A-Tisket A-Tasket, Natalie Cole
Lullaby of Birdland, Chaka Khan
The Lady is a Tramp, Queen Latifah
Dream a Little Dream of Me, Diana Krall and Hank Jones
Mr. Paganini, Natalie Cole and Chaka Khan
Oh, Lady Be Good, Dianne Reeves
Too Close for Comfort, Michael Buble
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