- jazz, pop
- 41 min
- 13 tracks
- Verve
Ella Swings Gently with Nelson is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. This album is one of a pair, the other being Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, that were released in 1962.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, warm and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- New Record Mirror4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 ★
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Tracks
- A1Sweet and Slow3:17
- A2Georgia on My Mind3:32
- A3I Can’t Get Started3:35
- A4Street of Dreams3:14
- A5Imagination3:48
- A6The Very Thought of You2:49
- B1It’s a Blue World2:47
- B2Darn That Dream2:34
- B3She’s Funny That Way3:16
- B4I Wished on the Moon2:46
- B5It’s a Pity to Say Goodnight2:37
- B6My One and Only Love3:15
- B7Body and Soul3:45
13 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Label
- Verve
- Released
- 1962
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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