All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald album)

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All That Jazz
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Studio album by
Ella Fitzgerald
Released1990
RecordedMarch 15–16, 20–22, 1989, Group IV Studios, Hollywood
Genre Jazz
Length60:47
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Easy Living
(1986)		All That Jazz
(1990)
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All That Jazz was the last studio album by vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, released in 1990. [1] Fitzgerald's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female, at the 33rd Grammy Awards. [3]

Contents

Reviewing the album in The New York Times , music critic Stephen Holden wrote, "Although the voice of the first lady of song has lost much of its heavenly sweetness, the years have not seriously undermined many of her other qualities, most particularly her rhythmic acuity." [4]

Track listing

For the 1992 Pablo CD Issue, PACD-2310-938-2

  1. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Milton Adolphus, Gus Kahn) – 5:00
  2. "My Last Affair" (Haven Johnson) – 4:34
  3. "Baby, Don't You Quit Now" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Rowles) – 5:09
  4. "Oh! Look at Me Now" (Joe Bushkin, John DeVries) – 5:10
  5. "Jersey Bounce" (Tiny Bradshaw, Buddy Feyne, Edward Johnson, Bobby Plate) – 3:44
  6. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 5:00
  7. "That Old Devil Called Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) – 4:49
  8. "All That Jazz" (Benny Carter, Al Stillman) – 4:04
  9. "Just When We're Falling in Love" (Robbins' Nest) (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Lucky Thompson) – 5:24
  10. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 5:28
  11. "Little Jazz" (Roy Eldridge, Buster Harding) – 5:37
  12. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 7:09

Source: [1]

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 https://www.allmusic.com/album/r138685
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 493. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ "Grammy Award Results for Ella Fitzgerald". grammy.com. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Home Entertainment/Recordings: Recent Releases". The New York Times. 13 May 1990.
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