Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
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| Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook | ||
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| Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||
| Released | 1961 | |
| Recorded | August 1, 1960 - January 14, 1961 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 43:00 | |
| Label | Verve Records | |
| Producer(s) | Norman Granz | |
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| Sings Songs from 'Let No Man Write My Epitaph' (1963) |
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961) |
Ella in Hollywood (1961) |
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May. This album marked the only time that Fitzgerald worked with May.
The Harold Arlen Songbook is the sixth album in Fitzgerald's series of recordings of songs written by the pantheon of Broadway composers who formed the body of work now considered the Great American Songbook.
The previous albums were dedicated to songs by;
- Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook) (1956)
- Rodgers and Hart (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook) (1956)
- Duke Ellington (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook) (1957)
- Irving Berlin (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook) (1958)
- George and Ira Gershwin (1959) (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook)
Two later songbooks were dedicated to Johnny Mercer (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook) (1964), and Jerome Kern (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook) (1963).
The cover art is a drawing by Henri Matisse.
[edit] Track listing
For the 2001 Verve CD Reissue, 589108.
Disc One
- “Blues in the Night” (Johnny Mercer) – 7:14
- “Let's Fall in Love” (Ted Koehler) – 4:05
- “Stormy Weather” (Ted Koehler) – 5:17
- “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” (Ted Koehler) – 2:26
- “My Shining Hour” (Johnny Mercer) – 4:02
- “Hooray for Love” (Leo Robin) – 2:45
- “This Time the Dream's on Me” (Johnny Mercer) – 4:39
- “That Old Black Magic” (Johnny Mercer) – 4:13
- “I've Got the World on a String” (Ted Koehler) – 4:54
- “Let's Take a Walk Around the Block” (Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg) – 4:03
- “Ill Wind” (Ted Koehler) – 3:55
- “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive” (Johnny Mercer) – 3:37
Disc Two
- “When the Sun Comes Out” (Ted Koehler) – 5:10
- “Come Rain or Come Shine” (Johnny Mercer) – 3:24
- “As Long as I Live” (Ted Koehler) – 3:48
- “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe” (Yip Harburg) – 3:30
- “It's Only a Paper Moon” (Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 3:37
- “The Man that Got Away” (Ira Gershwin) – 5:21
- “One for My Baby” (And One More for the Road) (Johnny Mercer) – 3:58
- “It Was Written in the Stars” (Leo Robin) – 5:11
- “Get Happy” (Ted Koehler) – 3:33
- “I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues” (Ted Koehler) – 5:12
- “Out of This World” (Johnny Mercer) – 2:46
- “Over the Rainbow” (Yip Harburg) – 4:21
- “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” (Yip Harburg) – 3:19
- “Sing My Heart” (Ted Koehler) – 2:49
- “Let's Take a Walk Around the Block” (Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg) – 4:07
- “Sing My Heart” (Ted Koehler) – 2:32
Tracks 15 and 16 on the second disc are alternate takes, bonus tracks with the 2001 CD Reissue.
All songs composed by Harold Arlen, with lyricists indicated.
[edit] Personnel
Recorded in five sessions from August 1, 1960 - July 14 1961 in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Don Fagerquist - Trumpet
- Frank Beach
- Conrad Gozzo
- Joseph Tiscari
- Milt Bernhart - Trombone
- Edward Kusby
- Richard Noel
- George Roberts - Bass trombone
- Plas Johnson - Tenor Saxophone
- Harry Klee - Woodwind
- Justin Gordon
- Wilber Schwartz
- Victor Arno - Violin
- Israel Baker
- Victor Bay
- Alex Beller
- Dan Lube
- Erno Neufeld
- Lou Raderman
- Nathan Ross
- Sidney Sharp
- Gerald Vinci
- Alex Neimann - Viola
- Paul Robyn
- Barbara Simons
- Armand Kaproff - Cello
- Ray Kramer
- Eleanor Slatkin
- Emil Richards - Vibraphone
- Paul Smith - Piano
- John Collins - Guitar
- Joe Mondragon - Double Bass
- Alvin Stoller - Drums
- Billy May - Arranger, Conductor
