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Released
  
1961

Length
  
47:48

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Verve Records

Recorded
  
May 11 - May 21, 1961

Artist
  
Ella Fitzgerald

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Ella in Hollywood (1961)
  
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (1961)

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Ella in Hollywood is a live 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz trio led by Lou Levy, recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Contents

This album features Ella at the height of her vocal powers, one month before the recording one of her more critically acclaimed studio albums, Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!.

Ella in Hollywood features several songs that serve as starting points for Ella's seemingly effortless scat solos, and a selection of beautiful ballads balance out the album.

For many years, the album was only available on CD as a Japanese import, but in April 2009 Verve finally gave it a worldwide CD release [1].

Track listing

For the 1961 Verve LP release; Verve MG V-4052; Re-issued in 2009 on CD, Verve 06025 17967007

Side One:

  1. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Steve Allen) – 2:33
  2. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:44
  3. "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 3:23
  4. "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 1:56
  5. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:07
  6. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 9:04

Side Two:

  1. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 3:56
  2. "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" (Sam Coslow) – 4:05
  3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) – 2:53
  4. "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:17
  5. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 3:41
  6. "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 5:26

Personnel

Recorded live, May 11- May 21, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

  • Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
  • Wilfred Middlebrooks - Bass
  • Lou Levy - Piano
  • Gus Johnson - Drums
  • Herb Ellis - Guitar

    • Note: The vinyl LP issued on verve, V-4052 indicates, incorrectly that the guitarist was Jim Hall.

    Songs

    1This Could Be the Start of Something of Big2:33
    2I've Got the World on a String3:45
    3You're Driving Me Crazy3:24

    References

    Ella in Hollywood Wikipedia
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