Ella and Oscar
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| Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | |||||
| Released | 1975 | ||||
| Recorded | May 19, 1975 | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 44:10 | ||||
| Label | Pablo Records | ||||
| Producer | Norman Granz | ||||
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Ella and Oscar is a 1975 (see 1975 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the pianist Oscar Peterson and, for the second half of the album, the jazz double bassist (and Ella's former husband) Ray Brown.
Fitzgerald's voice always worked well with just piano accompaniment, her previous two albums in this vein were 1950's Pure Ella (with Ellis Larkins) and 1960's Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph with Paul Smith.
[edit] Track listing
- "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:30
- "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:59
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar A. Swan) – 4:58
- "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 4:37
- "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 4:58
- "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 3:40
- "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 5:12
- "Street of Dreams" (Sam M. Lewis, Victor Young) – 4:08
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 8:37
[edit] Personnel
Recorded May 19, 1975, at Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Oscar Peterson - Piano
- Ray Brown - Double Bass
