Ella Swings Lightly
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| Ella Swings Lightly | ||
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| Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||
| Released | 1958 | |
| Recorded | November 23,24 1958 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 58:34 | |
| Label | Verve Records | |
| Producer(s) | Norman Granz | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Ella Fitzgerald chronology | ||
| Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1958) | Ella Swings Lightly (1958) | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)
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Ella Swings Lightly is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) 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 recent 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 Jazz Performance, Soloist.
[edit] Track listing
For the 1992 Polygram Cd Reissue, 847392
- “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
- “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
- “Oh, What a Night for Love” [Long Version] (Steve Allen, Neal Hefti) – 3:26
- “Little Jazz” [alternate take] – 3:01
- “Dreams Are Made for Children” (Mack David, Jerry Livingston, Max Meth) – 2:36
- “Oh, What a Night for Love” [Single Version] – 2:24
Tracks 17-20 bonus tracks not included on the original 1958 Verve Lp issue.
[edit] Personnel
Recorded November 23,24, 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) Vince 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) Vince DeRosa (frh)
