Ella in Hollywood

Infobox Album | Name = Ella in Hollywood
Type = Live album
Artist = Ella Fitzgerald

| Released = 1961
Recorded = May 11 - May 21, 1961
Genre = Jazz
Length = 47:48
Label = Verve Records
Producer = Norman Granz
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpdjyl78xppb7yojda link]
Last album = "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook"
(1960)
This album = " Ella in Hollywood "
(1961)
Next album = "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!"
(1961) |

"Ella in Hollywood" is a live 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz trio led by Lou Levy, recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

This album features Ella at the height of her vocal powers, one month before the recording of her most critically acclaimed studio album, "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!".

"Ella in Hollywood" features several songs that serve as starting points for Ella's seemingly effortless scat solos, and a selection of beautiful ballads balance out the album.

The album is currently only available on CD as a Japanese import.

Track listing

# "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Steve Allen) – 2:33
# "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:44
# "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 3:23
# "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 1:56
# "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:07
# "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 9:04
# "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 3:56
# "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" (Sam Coslow) – 4:05
# "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) – 2:53
# "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:17
# "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 3:41
# "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 5:26

The vinyl LP on verve, #v4052 indicates that the guitarist was Jim Hall, not Herb Ellis.

Personnel

Recorded live, May 11- May 21, 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

* Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
* Wilfred Middlebrooks - Bass
* Lou Levy - Piano
* Gus Johnson - Drums
* Herb Ellis - Guitar