Fine and Mellow (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Fine and Mellow
Type = Album
Artist = Ella Fitzgerald

| Released = 1979
Recorded = January 8, 1974
Genre = Jazz
Length = 47:31
Label = Pablo Records
Producer = Norman Granz
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpdkyl78xppb link] | Last album = "Take Love Easy"
(1973)
This album = " Fine and Mellow "
(1974)
Next album = "Ella in London"
(1975) |

Fine and Mellow is a 1974 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by many famous jazz musicians. It opens with the eponymous song written by Billie Holliday. The album is subtitled "Ella Fitzgerald Jams", and represents a return to the informal 'jam sessions' that Ella sang in on the Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts concerts in the 1940s and 50's.

Ella's performance on this album won her the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Track listing

# "Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday) – 6:05
# "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 6:35
# "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:01
# "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 6:00
# "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:15
# "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 4:37
# "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Fields, McHugh) – 4:10
# "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:45
# "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:03

Personnel

Recorded January 8, 1974, in Hollywood, Los Angeles:

* Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
* Harry Edison - Trumpet
* Clark Terry - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
* Zoot Sims - Tenor saxophone
* Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Tenor saxophone
* Joe Pass - Guitar
* Tommy Flanagan - Piano
* Ray Brown - Double Bass
* Louie Bellson - drums

See also

* 1974 in music