Album · 1959

Ella Swings Lightly

Released
1959
Label
Verve Records
Catalogue no.
MG V-4021
Tracklist
16 tracks
Country
US

“Ella Swings Lightly” is an album by Ella Fitzgerald, released in 1959 on Verve Records. The original release has 16 tracks. Jazz standards on the record include “As Long As I Live”, “Blues In The Night”, “If I Were A Bell” and “Just You, Just Me”. The line-up features Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Marty Paich (arranger, conductor), Al Porcino (trumpet), Bill Holman (tenor saxophone) and Bob Enevoldsen (valve trombone, tenor saxophone).

Who played on Ella Swings Lightly

Tracklist

  1. A1 Little White Lies — Walter Donaldson
  2. A2 You Hit the Spot — Harry Revel
  3. A3 What’s Your Story, Morning Glory? — Mary Lou Williams
  4. A4 Just You, Just Me standard — Jesse Greer
  5. A5 As Long as I Live standard — Harold Arlen
  6. A6 Teardrops From My Eyes — Rudolph Toombs
  7. A7 Gotta Be This or That — Sunny Skylar
  8. A8 Moonlight on the Ganges — Sherman Myers
  9. B1 My Kinda Love — Louis Alter
  10. B2 Blues in the Night standard — Harold Arlen
  11. B3 If I Were a Bell standard — Frank Loesser
  12. B4 You’re an Old Smoothie — Nacio Herb Brown, George A. Whiting
  13. B5 Little Jazz
  14. B6 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me standard — Pierre Norman Connor, Sammy Fain
  15. B7 Knock Me a Kiss — Mike Jackson
  16. B8 720 in the Books — Jan Savitt, John Kluczko Watson

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Frequently asked questions

Who played on Ella Swings Lightly?

The line-up of Ella Swings Lightly includes Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Marty Paich (arranger, conductor), Al Porcino (trumpet), Bill Holman (tenor saxophone), Bob Enevoldsen (valve trombone, tenor saxophone), Bud Shank (alto saxophone), Don Fagerquist (trumpet) and Joe Mondragon (bass, double bass).

Which label released Ella Swings Lightly?

Ella Swings Lightly was released in 1959 on Verve Records (MG V-4021).

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