Ella in Hollywood
Ella in Hollywood | ||||
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Live album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | May 11–21, 1961 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:48 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Ella in Hollywood is a live 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy, recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
This album features Ella at the height of her vocal powers, one month before the recording one of her more critically acclaimed studio albums, Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!.
Ella in Hollywood features several songs that serve as starting points for Ella's seemingly effortless scat solos, and a selection of beautiful ballads balance out the album.
Track listing
For the 1961 Verve LP release; Re-issued in 2009 on CD, Verve
Side One:
- "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Steve Allen) – 2:33
- "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:44
- "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 3:23
- "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 1:56
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:07
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 9:04
Side Two:
- "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 3:56
- "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" (Sam Coslow) – 4:05
- "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) – 2:53
- "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:17
- "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 3:41
- "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 5:26
Personnel
Recorded live, May 11- May 21, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles:
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Wilfred Middlebrooks - Bass
- Lou Levy - Piano
- Gus Johnson - Drums
- Herb Ellis - Guitar
Note: The vinyl LP issued on verve, V-4052 indicates, incorrectly that the guitarist was Jim Hall.[3]
References
- ^ "Ella in Hollywood". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 78. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Discography: Pg 303. in Ella Fitzgerald 1917-1996: by Stuart Nicholson. (UK) ISBN 0-575-40032-3
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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
- 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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