To Ella

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Odetta (Silverwolf album) redirects here - other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels are: the 1963 compilation Odetta (Everest album); and 1967 album Odetta (Folkways album).

Odetta chronology
To Ella a.k.a. Odetta (Silverwolf album) & American Folk Music Pioneer

Studio album by Odetta
Released	October 6, 1998 April 8, 2003 June 3, 2003
Recorded	Kerrville Folk Festival, late 1990s
Genre	Folk, Blues
Length	36:58
Label	Silverwolf 1012 (To Ella) Silverwolf 1038 (Odetta)
Producer(s)	Murray Krugman
Odetta Sings Christmas Spirituals (1987)	Odetta (1998)	Blues Everywhere I Go (1999)
Alternative album covers

Odetta (Silverwolf album) (2003)


American Folk Music Pioneer (2003)

To Ella is an album by American folk singer Odetta, released 1998 on Silverwolf Records. Recorded live at the Kerrville Folk Festival, it features traditional songs including "Amazing Grace" and a 27-minute "Ancestors Suite" containing several songs.

The album is dedicated to the memory of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who died in 1996 (but doesn't contain any Ella Fitzgerald songs).

The album was re-released twice in 2003, and, confusingly, the CDs had two different names: Odetta (also on Silverwolf Records) and American Folk Music Pioneer (American Legends).

[edit] Personnel

Odetta (vocals, main performer)

[edit] Track listing

"Black Woman" (traditional) – 3:10
"The Fox" (traditional) – 2:44
Suite: Ancestors: – 27:55
"900 Miles" (traditional)
"Red Clay Country" (traditional?)
"Another Man Done Gone" (traditional)
"No More Cane On The Brazos" (traditional)
"Pretty Horses" (traditional)
"Poor Wayfarin' Stranger" (traditional)
"900 Miles (Reprive)" (traditional)
"Shenandoah" (traditional)
"Can't Keep From Cryin'" (traditional)
"Trouble" (traditional?)
"Ol' Lady Sally" (traditional?) – 1:03
"Amazing Grace" (Newton) – 2:06