Ella Swings Gently With Nelson
release date: Jan. 1962format: cd (1993 reissue)
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: Norman Ganz
label: Verve Records - nationality: USA
One of the best studio albums with Ella Fitzgerald released on Verve Records. Just prior to this, she released the double lp Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson (1962), an album that secured her the 1963 Grammy Award for best female performance. I haven't heard that album, but I really like this one 'cause it's not entirely a collection of standards but more songs of vocal jazz, which I guess the other album is too. 'Nelson' refers to Nelson Riddle and Orchestra. Both albums with Nelson were recorded in '61.
