Ella Swings Lightly

Ella Swings Lightly is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with the Marty Paich Dek-tette. Ella also worked with Marty Paich on her 1967 album Whisper Not. The album features a typical selection of jazz standards from this era, songs from recent musicals like Frank Loesser's If I Were a Bell, and a famous jazz instrumental vocalised by Ella, Roy Eldridge's Little Jazz. This album won Ella the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo. For the 1958 Verve 2 LP album, Verve MG V-4021 Side One: Side Two: Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1992 CD re-issue, Verve-PolyGram 314-5372582 Recorded November 23, 24 1958, in Hollywood, Los Angeles: Tracks 2-4, 6, 9-11 Radio Recorders,...