I Was Doing All Right
by Ella Fitzgerald
Orchestra - Sheet Music

Jazz Studio Orchestra with Vocal - Medium Difficult

SKU: JL.JLP-9426

By Ella Fitzgerald. Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof and Rob DuBoff. Arranged by Nelson Riddle. Jazz Vocal. Swing. Full score and parts. Published by Jazz Lines Publications (JL.JLP-9426).

This is one of a series of arrangements written by Nelson Riddle for Ella Fitzgerald focusing on the Gershwin songbook. These arrangements constitute some of the most famous settings of classic songs for one of the greatest vocalists in American music.

'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook' was the high point in the series of songbook packages produced by Norman Granz for the Verve label. There had been four such projects beforehand: boxes of songs by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington and Irving Berlin preceded it. Granz decided to make the Gershwin box the most ambitious of all of them; 5 LPs plus a 7" limited edition bonus disc that included Riddle arrangements of Gershwin instrumental compositions. This was the first songbook that was arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. Granz had wanted Riddle for the first songbooks, but he was unavailable at the time.

These arrangements have been requested for many years, and it is a thrill to present them, engraved and prepared from the original score. An optional synthesizer part is included that may be used in place of the strings. The reed doubles (see below) are for the verse only. There are no solos in this arrangement.

Instrumentation: Vocal, Reed 1: Alto Saxophone, Reed 2: Bass Flute/Alto Saxophone, Reed 3: Alto Flute/Tenor Saxophone, Reed 4: C Flute/Tenor Saxophone, Reed 5: Baritone Saxophone, 4 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Bass Trombone, 3 Violins, Viola, 3 Celli, Harp, Guitar, Celeste/Piano, Bass, Xylophone, Drums, Synthesizer (Alternate part for strings).