Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson | ||||
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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 | |||
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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]
For the 1962 Verve LP release; Verve MG V-4054
Side One:
Side Two:
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1993 Verve CD re-issue, Verve 519 347-2
13. "Call Me Darling" (Dorothy Dick, Mort Fryberg, Rolf Marbet, 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
Recorded from January 5, 1959 – December 27, 1961, at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles:
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