Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
Ella Swings Gently with Nelson | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | November 13, 1961 – April 10, 1962 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:48 | |||
Label | Verve V4055[1] | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Ella Swings Gently with Nelson is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. This album is one of a pair, the other being Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, that were released in 1962.[2]
Review
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
New Record Mirror | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
In 1961, Ella Fitzgerald recorded two albums with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra. Her voice was in peak form and she was surrounded with the elegant arrangements of Nelson Riddle. The Nelson Riddle Orchestra was filled with the creme de la creme of Hollywood studio musicians of the era. Most were veterans of the top big bands of the 1940s and 1950s such as Conrad Gozzo on lead trumpet, Harry Edison playing solo trumpet, George Roberts on bass trombone. "All of Me" was from a different obscure sampler and "Call Me Darling" was previously unissued. Although the accent is on ballads, several of the songs are taken at medium tempos and she swings throughout. Highlights include "Georgia on My Mind", "The Very Thought of You", "It's a Pity to Say Goodnight", "Darn That Dream", "Body and Soul", and a cooking "All of Me".
Track listing
For the 1962 Verve LP album, Verve MG V-4055
Side One:
- "Sweet and Slow" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 3:15
- "Georgia On My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 3:29
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:33
- "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) – 3:12
- "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:47
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) – 2:46
Side Two:
- "It's a Blue World" (George Forrest, Robert C. Wright) – 2:44
- "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Van Heusen) – 2:31
- "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:14
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 2:44
- "It's a Pity to Say Goodnight" (Mack Gordon, Billy Reid) – 2:34
- "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 3:12
- "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 3:44
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1993 Verve CD re-issue, Verve 519 348-2
14. "Call Me Darling" (Dorothy Dick, Mort Fryberg, Rolf Marbet, Bert Reisfeld) – 3:41
15. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 3:22
- Track 14: Originally issued as VK 10248, 45 rpm single. 1961.
- Track 15: Originally issued on the 1963 various artists album All-Star Festival: A United Nations Unique Record to Aid the World's Refugees; UN 99500 DL
Personnel
- Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
- Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
- Benny Green - liner notes
- Val Valentin – engineer
- Jay Thompson – cover photo
References
- ^ "Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Swings Gently with Nelson at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ a b Ella Swings Gently with Nelson at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (6 July 1963). "Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently With Nelson" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 121. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 491. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
External links
- Ella Swings Gently with Nelson at Discogs (list of releases)
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albums
- 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
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- Brighten the Corner
- Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
- 30 by Ella
- Misty Blue
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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