Ella and Oscar

Ella and Oscar
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1975 [1]
Recorded	May 19, 1975, Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:10
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella in London (1974) Ella and Oscar (1975) Montreux '75 (1975)
Oscar Peterson chronology
Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975) Ella and Oscar (1975) Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Ella and Oscar is a 1975 album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by pianist Oscar Peterson and, for the second half of the album, double bassist Ray Brown. ^[2]

Fitzgerald's two previous albums with piano accompaniment were 1950's Ella Sings Gershwin (with Ellis Larkins) and 1960's Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph with Paul Smith.

Track listing

1. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:30
2. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:59
3. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 4:58
4. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 4:37
5. "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 4:58
6. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 3:40
7. "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 5:12
8. "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) – 4:08
9. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 8:37

Personnel

• Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass

References

1. Ella Fitzgerald's official website
2. AllMusic review
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 492. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.