Lullaby of Birdland (live, 1957-07-04: Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA)

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Lullaby of Birdland2:23Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Carmen McRae at NewportVarious ArtistsAlbum + Live
  • US2000-03-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145598092
1.5Lullaby of Birdland2:23Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Carmen McRae at NewportElla Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Carmen McRaeAlbum + Live
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)559 809-2
1.5Lullaby of Birdland2:23Ella FitzgeraldAt Newport (expanded edition)Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday & Carmen McraeAlbum + Live
  • XW2007-01-01
Verve Reissues
1.5Lullaby of Birdland2:23Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Carmen McRae at NewportElla Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Carmen McRaeAlbum + Live
  • US2007-08-07
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)B0009523-02

Relationships

double bass [bass]:Wendell Marshall (on 1957-07-04)
drums (drum set):Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-04)
piano:Don Abney (US jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-04)
vocals:Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1957-07-04)
recorded at:Ella Fitzgerald at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-04)
recorded at:Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-04)
recording of:Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1957-07-04: cover, live)

Related works

Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard)

lyricist:B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
writer:George David Weiss
composer:George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:EMI Longitude Music
Good Music Limited
Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
later translated versions:La Légende du pays aux oiseaux (Lola) (French lyric version of "Lullaby of Birdland")
later versions:Lullaby of Byrdland