Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
by Ella Fitzgerald
- Type: Album
- Released: October 1960
- Label: Verve
- Country: United States
- Length: 51:39
- Community rating: 3.59/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol, the orchestral backing provides a surprisingly light, jazz-oriented framework for traditional holiday fare. The vocalist famously substitutes conventional sleigh bells with brisk, rhythmic swing phrasing, revitalizing the standard winter repertoire.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, christmas, female vocalist, orchestral, vocal
Tracklist
- Jingle Bells (2:22)
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2:18)
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (2:55)
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (3:32)
- Sleigh Ride (2:55)
- The Christmas Song (3:00)
- Good Morning Blues (3:15)
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2:42)
- Winter Wonderland (2:15)
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:51)
- Frosty The Snowman (2:11)
- White Christmas (3:01)
- The Secret Of Christmas (2:45)
- Medley: We Three Kings Of Orient Are/O Little Town Of Bethlehem (3:35)
- Christmas Island (2:17)
- The Christmas Song - Alternate Take (3:40)
- White Christmas - Alternate Take (3:44)
- Frosty The Snowman - Alternate Take (2:11)
Credits
- Ella Fitzgerald - primary artist
- Merle Shore - art direction
- Gene Grant - artwork
- Frank De Vol - conductor, written-by
- Haven Gillespie - written-by
- J. Fred Coots - written-by
- Hugh Martin - written-by
- Ralph Blane - written-by
- Frank Loesser - written-by
- Leroy Anderson - written-by
- Mitchell Parish - written-by
- Mel Torm茅 - written-by
- Robert Wells - written-by
- Count Basie - written-by
- Eddie Durham - written-by
- Jimmy Rushing - written-by
- Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn - written-by
- Dick Smith - written-by
- Felix Bernard - written-by
- Gerald Marks - written-by
- Jack Rollins - written-by
- Steve Nelson - written-by
- Irving Berlin - written-by