Ella and Louis Again
Ella and Louis Again | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded |
July 23, July 31 and August 13, 1957 in Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 90:26 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Ella and Louis Again is a 1957 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. It is the "sequel" to their 1956 album, Ella and Louis; in contrast to their previous collaboration, this album does not only feature duets. It was reissued in 2006 on a 2 CD-set as Verve 0602517036918.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Alex Henderson wrote of the album "One could nit-pick about the fact that Satchmo doesn't take more trumpet solos, but the artists have such a strong rapport as vocalists that the trumpet shortage is only a minor point. Seven selections find either Fitzgerald or Armstrong singing without the other, although they're together more often than not on this fine recording."[1]
Track listing
For the original 1957 double LP, Verve MGV 4006-2
Side one:
- "Don't Be That Way" (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) – 5:01
- "Makin' Whoopee" - Louis Armstrong solo vocal (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:59
- "They All Laughed" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:50
- "Comes Love" - Ella Fitzgerald solo vocal (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 2:28
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 6:00
Side two:
- "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" - Louis Armstrong solo vocal (Cole Porter) – 8:44
- "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Goodman, Andy Razaf, Sampson, Chick Webb) – 5:16
- "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:47
- "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:11
Side three:
- "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:15
- "These Foolish Things" - Ella Fitzgerald solo vocal (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 7:40
- "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin) – 3:12
- "Willow Weep for Me" - Louis Armstrong solo vocal (Ann Ronell) – 4:21
- "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" (Berlin) – 3:28
Side four:
- "A Fine Romance" (Fields, Kern) – 3:56
- "Ill Wind" - Ella Fitzgerald solo vocal (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:45
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:01
- "I Get a Kick out of You" - Louis Armstrong solo vocal (Porter) – 4:21
- "Learnin' the Blues" (Delores Vicki Silvers) – 7:11
Personnel
- Louis Armstrong — vocals; trumpet on "Autumn in New York," "Stompin' at the Savoy," "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You," "Willow Weep for Me," "Love Is Here to Stay," and "Learnin' the Blues."
- Ella Fitzgerald — vocals
- Oscar Peterson — piano
- Herb Ellis — guitar
- Ray Brown — bass
- Louie Bellson — drums
References
- 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Ella and Louis Again > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.