Dear Ella

Dear Ella
Studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater
Released	September 30, 1997
Recorded	January 29, 1997 –February 19, 1997
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	36:31
Label	Verve
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Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (1997) Dear Ella (1997) Live at Yoshi's (1998)

Dear Ella is a 1997 studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, recorded in tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who had died the previous year.

For Dear Ella, Bridgewater won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Slide Hampton won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for his arrangement of "Cotton Tail" at the 40th Grammy Awards.

Track listing

1. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald) – 2:32
2. "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:59
3. "Undecided" (Leo Robin, Charlie Shavers) – 6:22
4. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 7:22
5. "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:31
6. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Hamilton, Nancy Lewis) – 5:05
7. "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" (Sam Coslow) – 6:34
8. "Cotton Tail" (Duke Ellington) – 2:58
9. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Porter) – 5:05
10. "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" (Frank Loesser) – 2:57
11. "Oh, Lady be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:39
12. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 4:10
13. "Dear Ella" (Kenny Burrell) – 4:56

Personnel

• Dee Dee Bridgewater - Vocals
• J. Anderson – Tuba
• Teodross Avery – Sax (Tenor)
• Jean Luc Barilla – Design
• Cecil Bridgewater – Trumpet, Arranger, Conductor
• Ray Brown – Bass, Double Bass
• Kenny Burrell – Guitar, Arranger
• André Ceccarelli – Drums
• Jeff Clayton – Sax (Alto)
• John Clayton – Arranger, Conductor
• Peter Doell – Assistant Engineer
• Bill Easley – Sax (Tenor)
• Rob Eaton – Engineer
• Koji Egawa – Assistant Engineer
• Brian Garten – Assistant Engineer
• J. Graham – Viola
• Keith Grant – Engineer
• A. Hakin – Percussion
• Slide Hampton – Trombone, Arranger, Conductor
• Antonio Hart – Sax (Alto)
• Patience Higgins – Sax (Baritone)
• G. Jackson – Viola
• Milt Jackson – Vibraphone
• Virgil Jones – Trumpet
• R. Jowitt – Clarinet
• Boguslaw Kostecki – Violin
• Lou Levy – Piano, Arranger
• Alex Marcou – Assistant Engineer
• A. Noland – Violin
• Philippe Pierangeli – Photography
• Benny Powell – Trombone
• Douglas Purviance – Trombone (Bass)
• Al Schmitt – Engineer
• Byron Stripling – Trumpet
• Grady Tate – Drums
• R. Taylor – Flute
• Ron Tooley – Trumpet
• Robert Trowers – Trombone
• Diego Urcola – Trumpet
• A. Wallbank – Clarinet (Bass)
• T. Williams – Violin
• Peter Willison – Cello
• R. Wilson – Violin