Ella Swings Lightly

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Released1958
RecordedNovember 22–23, 1958
Length58:34
Ella Swings Lightly
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedNovember 22–23, 1958
GenreJazz
Length58:34
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
One O'Clock Jump
(1957)
Ella Swings Lightly
(1958)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarStar[2]

Ella Swings Lightly is a 1958 studio 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 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.

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