Ella Swings Lightly

by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Swings Lightly cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:56
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stepping briefly away from her monumental composer songbooks, the peerless vocalist utilizes relatively sparse, remarkably nimble orchestral arrangements provided by Marty Paich. 'Ella Swings Lightly' highlights her impossibly fluid, deeply rhythmic phrasing on a buoyant selection of lesser-known pop and classic jazz standards. The remarkably effervescent, effortless performance appropriately won the singer the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, melodic, sophisticated, vocal, classic

Tracklist

  1. Little White Lies (2:34)
  2. You Hit The Spot (2:46)
  3. What's Your Story Morning Glory (2:40)
  4. Just You Just Me (2:22)
  5. As Long As I Live (2:50)
  6. Teardrops From My Eyes (3:47)
  7. Gotta Be This Or That (3:08)
  8. Moonlight On The Ganges (2:25)
  9. My Kinda Love (3:44)
  10. Blues In The Night (3:42)
  11. If I Were A Bell (2:36)
  12. You're An Old Smoothie (2:47)
  13. Little Jazz (3:06)
  14. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me (2:21)
  15. Knock Me A Kiss (4:09)
  16. 720 In The Books (2:52)

Credits

  • Busta Flex - primary artist, lyrics by
  • Zoxea - music by
  • Carlos Bess - music by

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