Fine and Mellow (Ella Fitzgerald album)

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Fine and Mellow
FineandMellow.jpg
Studio album by
Ella Fitzgerald
Released1979
RecordedJanuary 8, 1974
GenreJazz
Length47:31
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Dream Dancing
(1978) 		Fine and Mellow
(1979) 		Digital III at Montreux
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings2.5/4 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[2]

Fine and Mellow is an album by Ella Fitzgerald, released in 1979. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 1980.

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.

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:

References[]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 78. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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