1958 Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Swings Lightly
Ella Swings Lightly is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with the Marty Paich Dek-tette. Ella also worked with Marty Paich on her 1967 album Whisper Not. The album features a typical selection of jazz standards from this era, songs from musicals like Frank Loesser’s If I Were a Bell, and a famous jazz instrumental vocalised by Ella, Roy Eldridge’s Little Jazz.
This album won Ella the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
Tracks
1 Little White Lies (Walter Donaldson) 02:32
2 You Hit The Spot (Harry Revel; Mack Gordon) 02:43
3 What’s Your Story, Morning Glory (Jack Lawrence; Mary Lou Williams; Paul Francis Webster) 02:41
4 Just You Just Me (Jesse Greer; Raymond Klages) 02:18
5 As Long As I Live (Harold Arlen; Ted Koehler) 02:50
6 Teardrops From My Eyes (Rudy Toombs) 03:47
7 Gotta Be This Or That (Sunny Skylar) 03:07
8 Moonlight On The Ganges (Chester Wallace; Sherman Myers) 02:24
9 My Kinda Love (Jo Trent; Louis Alter) 03:40
10 Blues In The Night (Harold Arlen; Johnny Mercer) 03:41
11 If I Were A Bell (Frank Loesser) 02:35
12 You’re An Old Smoothie (BG DeSylva; Nacio Herb Brown; Richard Whiting) 02:44
13 Little Jazz (Buster Harding; Roy Eldridge) 03:05
14 You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me (Irving Kahal; Pierre Norman; Sammy Fain) 02:17
15 Knock Me A Kiss (Andy Razaf; Mike Jackson) 04:08
16 720 In The Books (Harold Adamson; Jan Savitt; Leo Watson) 02:52
17 Oh, What A Night For Love (Long Version) (Neal Hefti; Steve Allen) 03:28
18 Litte Jazz (Alternate Take) (Buster Harding; Roy Eldridge) 03:03
19 Dreams Are Made For Children (Jerry Livingston; Mack David) 02:36
20 Oh, What A Night For Love (Single Version) (Neal Hefti; Steve Allen) 02:22
Biography
Musicians
Bass | Joe Mondragon |
Drums | Mel Lewis |
Piano | Lou Levy |
French Horn | Vince DeRosa |
Sax | Bud Shank |
Sax | Med Flory |
Sax | Bill Holman |
Sax | Bob Enevoldsen |
Trombone | Bob Enevoldsen |
Trumpet | Al Porcino |
Trumpet | Don Fagerquist |
Tuba | John Kitzmiller |
Vocals | Ella Fitzgerald |
Liner Notes
Producer – Norman Granz
Arranged By – Marty Paich
Conductor – Marty Paich
Art Direction – Sheldon Marks
Photography – Phil Stern
Recorded In LA, CA on November 22 & 23, 1958
Record Company Verve Records Inc