- 166 songs from the "Great American Songbook", sung by "The First Lady of Song"
- From "Night And Day" to "Someone To Watch Over Me" or "Summertime" to "The Lady Is A Tramp" or "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm."
- Featuring instrumentalists such as Bud Shank, Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Edison, Herb Geller, Barney Kessel, Benny Carter, Herb Ellis, Buddy Collette or Mel Lewis

"The First Lady of Song" and "The Great American Songbook" complement each other perfectly. The legendary series of songbook recordings that Ella Fitzgerald made in the 1950s was her big ticket to fame and thus to vocal immortality

The five original albums in this Series presented in this 10-CD box set include the best compositions of Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Irving Berlin. As a bonus, this collection features the recording of the famous Gershwin opera "Porgy & Bess" with Ella and Louis Armstrong. Ella was at the height of her vocal ability and the material consists of some of the most most exquisite and enduring popular songs ever written, from "Night And Day" to "Someone To Watch Over Me" or "Summertime" to "The Lady Is A Tramp," "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" and 161 more

The orchestras accompanying Ella are no less great, cast with jazz stars like Bud Shank, Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, "Sweets" Edison, Herb Geller, Barney Kessel, Benny Carter, Herb Ellis, Buddy Collette, or Mel Lewis

Album title:

CD 1: The Ultimate Night Of The Proms
CD 2: Highlights For Great Orchestra
CD 3: Opera Without Tears
CD 4: Romantic In Concert
CD 5: The Dreams Of Ballet
CD 6: Piano Passion
CD 7: Classics Forever
CD 8: Dancing Around The World
CD 9: The Strauss Family
CD 10: Unforgettable Movies