Fine and Mellow (Ella Fitzgerald album) explained

Fine and Mellow
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ella Fitzgerald
Cover:	FineandMellow.jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	January 8, 1974
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	47:31
Label:	Pablo
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Dream Dancing
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Digital III at Montreux
Next Year:	1979

Fine and Mellow is an album by Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in early 1974 but not released until 1979. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 1980, Fitzgerald's second win in four years.

The album is subtitled Ella Fitzgerald Jams and represents a return to the informal jam sessions at the Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts concerts in the 1940s and 1950s. A review in Audio magazine called it "Ella's best album in years."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday) – 6:05
2. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 6:35
3. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:01
4. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Irving Mills) – 6:00
5. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:15
6. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 4:37
7. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Fields, McHugh) – 4:10
8. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:45
9. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:03

Personnel

Recorded January 8, 1974, in Hollywood, Los Angeles:

• Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
• Harry Edison - trumpet
• Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
• Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis
• Joe Pass - guitar
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Louie Bellson - drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Audio . 1980 .