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Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
Studio albumby
Ella Fitzgerald
Released1959
RecordedNovember 24, 1958 & July 11, 1959
GenreJazz
Length37:55
LabelVerveMG V-4032
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgeraldchronology
Get Happy!
(1959) 		Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
(1959) 		Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
(1959)

Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingersis a 1959 album by the AmericanjazzsingerElla Fitzgerald,recorded with a studio Orchestra arranged and conducted byFrank DeVol.

Ella focuses on well knownjazzstandards by lesser known songwriters, a useful counterbalance to her continuing songbooks project, which at this time found her in the midst of recording the epicGeorge and Ira Gershwin Songbook.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Writing forAllmusic,music criticScott Yanowwrote of the album "Ella Fitzgerald is in fine form on this obscure LP, performing a dozen standards... An enjoyable if not classic release."[1]

Track listing

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For the 1959 Verve LP album, Verve MG VS-6072, re-issued in 2003 on CD; Verve B0000762-02

Side A:

  1. "Sweet and Lovely"(Gus Arnheim,Jules LeMare,Harry Tobias) – 3:15
  2. "Let's Fall in Love"(Harold Arlen,Ted Koehler) – 3:08
  3. "Makin' Whoopee"(Walter Donaldson,Gus Kahn) – 3:47
  4. "That Old Feeling"(Lew Brown,Sammy Fain) – 4:20
  5. "I Remember You"(Johnny Mercer,Victor Schertzinger) – 2:26
  6. "Moonlight Serenade"(Glenn Miller,Mitchell Parish) – 3:03

Side B:

  1. "Gone with the Wind"(Herbert Magidson,Allie Wrubel) – 3:04
  2. "Can't We Be Friends?"(Paul James,Kay Swift) – 3:25
  3. "Out of This World"(Arlen, Mercer) – 4:37
  4. "My Old Flame"(Sam Coslow,Arthur Johnston) – 3:06
  5. "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)"(Brooks Bowman) – 3:48
  6. "Lullaby of Broadway"(Al Dubin,Harry Warren) – 2:26

Personnel

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Recorded in two sessions held on November 24, 1958 and July 11, 1959 inHollywood,Los Angeles:

References

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  1. ^abYanow, Scott."Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers> Review ".Allmusic.RetrievedJune 28,2011.
  2. ^Cook, Richard;Morton, Brian(2008).The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings(9th ed.).Penguin.p. 491.ISBN978-0-141-03401-0.
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