- jazz, vocal jazz
- 43 min
- 12 tracks
- Verve
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book is a 1963 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The album focuses on the songs of the composer Jerome Kern.
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Classical in form, spare, character-led and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 ★
- Record Mirror4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Let’s Begin2:59
- 2A Fine Romance3:38
- 3All the Things You Are3:17
- 4I’ll Be Hard to Handle3:50
- 5You Couldn’t Be Cuter3:15
- 6She Didn’t Say Yes3:23
- 7I’m Old Fashioned3:29
- 8Remind Me3:52
- 9The Way You Look Tonight4:30
- 10Yesterdays2:52
- 11Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man3:56
- 12Why Was I Born?3:43
12 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Label
- Verve
- Released
- 1963
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- US
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