Fine and Mellow

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Fine and Mellow
Fine and Mellow cover
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released 1979
Recorded January 8, 1974
Genre Jazz
Length 47:31
Label Pablo Records
Producer Norman Granz
Professional reviews
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Take Love Easy
(1973)		 Fine and Mellow
(1974)		 Ella in London
(1975)

Fine and Mellow is a 1974 (see 1974 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by many famous jazz musicians.

This album is subtitled Ella Fitzgerald Jams, and represents a return to the informal 'jam sessions' that Ella sang in on the Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts concerts in the 1940s and 50's.

Ella's performance on this album won her the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

[edit] 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, Duke 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

[edit] Personnel

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