Ella in Hollywood explained

Ella in Hollywood
Type:	live
Artist:	Ella Fitzgerald
Cover:	Ella in HollywoodLP.jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	May 11–21, 1961
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	47:48
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
Next Year:	1961

Ella in Hollywood is a live 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy, recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

This album features Ella at the height of her vocal powers, one month before the recording one of her more critically acclaimed studio albums, Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!.

Ella in Hollywood features several songs that serve as starting points for Ella's seemingly effortless scat solos, and a selection of beautiful ballads balance out the album.

Track listing

For the 1961 Verve LP release; Re-issued in 2009 on CD, Verve

Side One:

1. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Steve Allen) – 2:33
2. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:44
3. "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 3:23
4. "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 1:56
5. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:07
6. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 9:04

Side Two:

1. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 3:56
2. "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" (Sam Coslow) – 4:05
3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) – 2:53
4. "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:17
5. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 3:41
6. "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 5:26

Personnel

Recorded live, May 11- May 21, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

• Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
• Wilfred Middlebrooks - Bass
• Lou Levy - Piano
• Gus Johnson - Drums
• Herb Ellis - Guitar

Note: The vinyl LP issued on verve, V-4052 indicates, incorrectly that the guitarist was Jim Hall.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Discography: Pg 303. in Ella Fitzgerald 1917-1996: by Stuart Nicholson. (UK)