Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | November 24, 1958 & July 11, 1959 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:55 | |||
Label | Verve MG V-4032 | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Ella Fitzgerald chronology | ||||
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers is a 1959 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with a studio Orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol.
Ella focuses on well known jazz standards by lesser known songwriters, a useful counterbalance to her continuing songbooks project, which at this time found her in the midst of recording the epic George and Ira Gershwin Songbook.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "Ella Fitzgerald is in fine form on this obscure LP, performing a dozen standards... An enjoyable if not classic release."[1]
Track listing
For the 1959 Verve LP album, Verve MG VS-6072, re-issued in 2003 on CD; Verve B0000762-02
Side A:
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 3:15
- "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:08
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:47
- "That Old Feeling" (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) – 4:20
- "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 2:26
- "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish) – 3:03
Side B:
- "Gone with the Wind" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 3:04
- "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:25
- "Out of This World" (Arlen, Mercer) – 4:37
- "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:06
- "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 3:48
- "Lullaby of Broadway" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:26
Personnel
Recorded in two sessions held on November 24, 1958 and July 11, 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
- Harry Edison - trumpet
- Other musicians unidentified
- Frank DeVol - arranger, conductor
References
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 491. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- Ella Sings Gershwin
- Songs in a Mellow Mood
- Lullabies of Birdland
- For Sentimental Reasons
- Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax
- Sweet and Hot
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
- Ella and Louis
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book
- Ella and Louis Again
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Like Someone in Love
- Ella Swings Lightly
- Porgy and Bess
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
- Get Happy!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
- Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
- Hello, Love
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
- Rhythm Is My Business
- Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
- Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
- Ella Sings Broadway
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
- Ella and Basie!
- These Are the Blues
- Hello, Dolly!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
- Ella at Duke's Place
- Whisper Not
- Brighten the Corner
- Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
- 30 by Ella
- Misty Blue
- Ella
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
- Ella Loves Cole
- Take Love Easy
- Fine and Mellow
- Ella and Oscar
- Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
- Lady Time
- Dream Dancing
- A Classy Pair
- Ella Abraça Jobim
- The Best Is Yet to Come
- Speak Love
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Easy Living
- All That Jazz
albums
- At the Opera House
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
- Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's
- Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
- Ella in Hollywood
- Ella Returns to Berlin
- Twelve Nights in Hollywood
- Ella at Juan-Les-Pins
- Ella in Hamburg
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall
- The Stockholm Concert, 1966
- Ella in Budapest
- Ella à Nice
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
- Ella in London
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- Montreux '77
- Digital III at Montreux
- A Perfect Match
- Sophisticated Lady
albums
- Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues
- One O'Clock Jump
- Back on the Block
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
- Pure Ella
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
- Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
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albums
- Ride 'Em Cowboy
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- Ray Brown (second husband)
- Ray Brown Jr. (son)
- Louis Armstrong collaborations
- A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
- Marilyn and Ella (2008 play)
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