These Are the Blues

by Ella Fitzgerald

These Are the Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1964
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:08
  • Community rating: 3.37/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'These Are the Blues' places Ella Fitzgerald in a blues-oriented program within her long Verve discography. The album emphasizes her command of phrasing and tone in a repertoire associated with emotional directness rather than the Great American Songbook settings for which she is best known.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal

Tracklist

  1. Jailhouse Blues (5:28)
  2. In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) (4:30)
  3. See, See Rider (2:42)
  4. You Don't Know My Mind (4:52)
  5. Trouble In Mind (3:34)
  6. How Long, How Long Blues (4:00)
  7. Cherry Red (4:12)
  8. Down Hearted Blues (3:11)
  9. St. Louis Blues - Live From Rome/1958 (6:31)
  10. Hear Me Talking To Ya (3:02)

Credits

  • Ella Fitzgerald - primary artist, vocals
  • Ray Brown - bass
  • Gus Johnson - drums
  • Wild Bill Davis - electric organ
  • Herb Ellis - guitar
  • David Stone Martin - painting [cover]
  • Norman Granz - supervised by [produced under the personal supervision of]
  • Roy Eldridge - trumpet

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