Ella Swings Lightly
Ella Swings Lightly | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | November 22–23, 1958 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 58:34 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Ella Swings Lightly is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with the Marty Paich Dek-tette. Ella also worked with Marty Paich on her 1967 album Whisper Not. The album features a typical selection of jazz standards from this era, songs from musicals like Frank Loesser's If I Were a Bell, and a famous jazz instrumental vocalised by Ella, Roy Eldridge's Little Jazz.
This album won Ella the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
Track listing
For the 1958 Verve 2-LP album, Verve MG V-4021
Side One:
- “Little White Lies” (Walter Donaldson) – 2:31
- “You Hit the Spot” (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 2:44
- “What's Your Story, Morning Glory?” (Jack Lawrence, Paul Francis Webster, Mary Lou Williams) – 2:38
- “Just You, Just Me” (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 2:19
- “As Long as I Live” (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:48
- “Teardrops from My Eyes” (Rudy Toombs) – 3:45
- “Gotta Be This or That” (Sunny Skylar) – 3:05
- “Moonlight on the Ganges” (Sherman Myers, Chester Wallace) – 2:22
Side Two:
- “My Kinda Love” (Louis Alter, Jo Trent) – 3:41
- “Blues in the Night” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:39
- “If I Were a Bell” (Frank Loesser) – 2:33
- “You're an Old Smoothie” (Nacio Herb Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Richard A. Whiting) – 2:45
- “Little Jazz” (Roy Eldridge, Buster Harding) – 3:02
- “You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me” (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Peter Norman) – 2:18
- “Knock Me a Kiss” (Mike Jackson) – 4:06
- “720 in the Books” (Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt, Leo Watson) – 2:52
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1992 CD re-issue, Verve-PolyGram 314-5372582
- “Oh, What a Night for Love” (Long Version) (Steve Allen, Neal Hefti) – 3:26
- “Little Jazz” (Alternative take) – 3:01
- “Dreams Are Made for Children” (Previously unreleased) (Mack David, Jerry Livingston, Max Meth) – 2:36
- “Oh, What a Night for Love” (45rpm 7" Single Version) – 2:24
Personnel
Recorded on November 22–23, 1958 in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
Tracks 2-4, 6, 9-11 Radio Recorders, Hollywood, November 22, 1958 Marty Paich's Dek-Tette: Bud Shank (as) Bill Holman (ts) Med Flory (bari) Lou Levy (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Mel Lewis (d) Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino (tp) Bob Enevoldsen (vtb, ts) Vincent DeRosa (frh)
Tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 12-20 Radio Recorders, Hollywood, November 23, 1958 Marty Paich's Dek-Tette: Bud Shank (as) Bill Holman (ts) Med Flory (bari) Lou Levy (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Mel Lewis (d) Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino (tp) Bob Enevoldsen (vtb, ts) Vincent DeRosa (frh)
References
- ^ "Ella Swings Lightly". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ 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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- 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
- Montreux '75
- 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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