- jazz, pop
- 43 min
- 15 tracks
- Verve
Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by an orchestra arranged by Nelson Riddle.
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Classical in form, spare, warm and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Allmusic3/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- New Record Mirror5/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1When Your Lover Has Gone3:01
- 2Don’t Be That Way3:50
- 3Love Me or Leave Me2:53
- 4I Hear Music2:20
- 5What Am I Here For?2:45
- 6I’m Gonna Go Fishin’3:02
- 7I Won’t Dance3:33
- 8I Only Have Eyes for You2:39
- 9The Gentleman Is a Dope4:02
- 10Mean to Me2:57
- 11Alone Together2:48
- 12Pick Yourself Up2:11
- 13Call Me Darling2:40
- 14Somebody Loves Me2:37
- 15Cheerful Little Earful2:06
15 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Label
- Verve
- Released
- July 20, 1993
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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