Ella Swings Lightly
1958 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | November 22–23, 1958 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 58:34 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
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This album won Ella the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.