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Lullabies of Birdland

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Released
  
1956

Length
  
68:24

Release date
  
1954

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Recorded
  
1945 to 1955

Artist
  
Ella Fitzgerald

Label
  
Decca Records

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Lullabies of Birdland (1956)
  
For Sentimental Reasons (1955)

Similar
  
Ella Fitzgerald albums, Vocal jazz albums

Lullabies of Birdland is a 1956 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, issued on the Decca Records label. The album features tracks recorded during the late 1940s and early 1950s, that had been previously issued on 78rpm single. MCA Records re-issued the complete album on CD, in 1998, together with the 1955 album Sweet and Hot.

Contents

Track listing

Side one:

  1. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 2:51
  2. "Rough Ridin'" (Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Jones, Bill Tennyson) – 3:14
  3. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 2:54
  4. "Smooth Sailing" (Arnett Cobb) – 3:06
  5. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:08
  6. "Later" (Tiny Bradshaw, Henry Glover) – 2:32

Side two:

  1. "Ella Hums the Blues (From Pete Kelly's Blues)" (Fitzgerald) – 5:13
  2. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 3:15
  3. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 3:07
  4. "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 3:02
  5. "Flying Home" (Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sid Robin) – 2:27

Personnel

  • Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
  • Sy Oliver and His Orchestra - Tracks 1,3,4,6 and 9. (Recorded between 1949 and 1954)
  • Ray Brown and His Trio - Tracks 2 and 10. (Recorded in 1952)
  • Bob Haggart and His Orchestra - Track 5. (Recorded in 1947)
  • Don Abney (piano), Joe Mondragon (bass), Larry Bunker (drums) - Track 7. (Recorded in 1955)
  • Ray Brown (bass), Leonard "Idrees Sulieman" Graham (trumpet) - Track 8. (Recorded in 1947)
  • Vic Schoen and His Orchestra - Track 11. (Recorded in 1945)

    • Songs

    1Lullaby of Birdland2:51
    2Rough Ridin'3:15
    3Angel Eyes2:55

    References

    Lullabies of Birdland Wikipedia
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