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Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a charming, warmly humorous -- and yes, swinging -- set of classic Christmas tunes. The program is familiar, from bouncy singalongs like "Jingle Bells" to slinky ballads like a downright sexy "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," but Fitzgerald treats each song with exactly as much respect as it deserves. And so Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" is wistfully romantic and Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's "Let It Snow" is kittenishly enticing. As always, Norman Granz's production avoids the schlock that drowns some holiday sets. This is as good as jazz Christmas albums get.
© TiVo
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Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Pierpont, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Courtesy of Verve Music Group
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Blane, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - Leroy Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mel TORME, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wells, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Rushing, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Composer - Eddie Durham, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc., Courtesy of Verve Music Group
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Bernard, Composer - Richard B. Smith, Author - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc., Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Marks, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter E. Rollins, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Frank DeVol, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a charming, warmly humorous -- and yes, swinging -- set of classic Christmas tunes. The program is familiar, from bouncy singalongs like "Jingle Bells" to slinky ballads like a downright sexy "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," but Fitzgerald treats each song with exactly as much respect as it deserves. And so Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" is wistfully romantic and Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's "Let It Snow" is kittenishly enticing. As always, Norman Granz's production avoids the schlock that drowns some holiday sets. This is as good as jazz Christmas albums get.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:15
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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