Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson

Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1962
Recorded	November 13–15, December 27, 1961
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:42
Label	Verve V/V6-4054 [1]
Producer	Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Rhythm Is My Business (1962) Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1962) Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
New Record Mirror	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by an orchestra arranged by Nelson Riddle.

This album is one of a pair that Fitzgerald and Riddle recorded and released in 1962, the other being Ella Swings Gently with Nelson . Fitzgerald and Riddle had last worked together on her 1959 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook . ^[6]

Fitzgerald's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female at the 5th Annual Grammy Awards, this was Fitzgerald's seventh Grammy. ^[7]

Track listing

For the 1962 Verve LP release; Verve MG V-4054

Side One:

1. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 3:00
2. "Don't Be That Way" (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) – 3:47
3. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:49
4. "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 2:19
5. "What Am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 2:43
6. "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (Ellington, Peggy Lee) – 3:00

Side Two:

1. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:30
2. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:37
3. "The Gentleman Is a Dope" (Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 3:58
4. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:55
5. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:45
6. "Pick Yourself Up" (Fields, Kern) – 2:06

Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1993 Verve CD re-issue, Verve 519 347-2

13. "Call Me Darling" (Dorothy Dick, Mart Fryberg, Rolf Marbot, Bert Reisfeld) – 2:34

14. "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:33

15. "Cheerful Little Earful" (Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose, Warren) – 2:06

• Track 13: Originally issued on 7" single; Verve 10248
• Tracks 14 and 15: Originally issued on the 1959 album Get Happy! ; Verve V6-4036

Personnel

Recorded from January 5, 1959 – December 27, 1961, at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

• Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
• Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
• Benny Green – liner notes
• Norman Granz – producer

References

1. "Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
2. Yanow, Scott. "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved August 3, 2011.
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
4. Watson, Jimmy (February 9, 1963). "Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 100. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 491. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
6. David Morrell (January 24, 2013). Nelson Riddle: The Man Behind the Music. David Morrell. pp. 23–. ISBN   978-1-937760-25-0.
7. Johnson Publishing Company (June 6, 1963). "Jet". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company: 62–. ISSN   0021-5996.