Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Nice big-band effort, pairing with "Swings Gently With...".
This late cd edition contains two additional takes from an earlier session.

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-16 15:03 UTC.

Tracklist

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1When Your Lover Has Gone
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
When Your Lover Has Gone (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
Einar Aaron Swan
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
3:01
2Don’t Be That Way
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
Don’t Be That Way (in 1962)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Edgar Sampson
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation and The Songwriters Guild
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
3:50
3Love Me or Leave Me
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (in 1962)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
2:53
4I Hear Music
producer:
Norman Granz (on 1961-11-14)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1961-11-14)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1961-11-14)
cover recording of:
I Hear Music (Dancing on a Dime) (on 1961-11-14)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Burton Lane
2:20
5What Am I Here For?
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
What Am I Here For (in 1962)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:45
6I’m Gonna Go Fishin’
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ (in 1962)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
medley of:
Jag ska ut och fiska
3:02
7I Won’t Dance
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”)
lyricist:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) and Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1935)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Memory Lane Music Ltd., T.B. Harms Co. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
is based on:
I Won’t Dance (1934, lyrics by Hammerstein/Harbach, from “Three Sisters”)
3:33
8I Only Have Eyes for You
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
I Only Have Eyes for You
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), B. Feldman Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Inc. (not for release label use!)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
part of:
Dames (film)
part of:
Twins (1988)
2:39
9The Gentleman Is a Dope
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
The Gentleman Is a Dope (Allegro) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
Allegro (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
4:02
10Mean to Me
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
Mean to Me (in 1962)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
2:57
11Alone Together
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
Alone Together (in 1962)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:48
12Pick Yourself Up
producer:
Norman Granz (in 1962)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1962)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1962)
cover recording of:
Pick Yourself Up (from “Swing Time”) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Swing Time (film)
2:11
13Call Me Darling
cover recording of:
Call Me Darling
lyricist:
Bert Reisfeld
writer:
Albrecht Marcuse (composer, lyricist & pianist), Dorothy Dick and Mart Fryberg
2:40
14Somebody Loves Me
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1959)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1959)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1959)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
cover recording of:
Somebody Loves Me (in 1959)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
2:37
15Cheerful Little Earful
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1959)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (in 1959)
performer:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (in 1959)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
cover recording of:
Cheerful Little Earful (in 1959)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1930)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1930)
2:06