Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson
| Recorded | Nov 13 & Dec 27, 1961 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1961 |
| Personnel | 1 credited player |
| Discogs | master 260698 |
The record
Riley's charts give Fitzgerald room to romp through standards with a big-band snap, all brass punch and effortless swing. Cut in the same fertile Verve stretch as her songbook triumphs, it's a lighter, breezier side of that partnership.
Session personnel
- Ella Fitzgerald — vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 35 pressings on file.
| 1962 | Verve Records · V-4054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, MGM Pressing earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1962 | Verve Records · V-4054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Waddell pressing · deep groove |
| 1962 | Verve Records — STEREO |
| 1962 | Verve Records · VLP 9001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Verve Records · VEP 5005 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Mono |
| 1962 | Verve Records · SVLP. 9001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1962 | World Record Club · TT 594 — Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 2-Track Mono, 5" Cine Reel, Album |
| 1962 | Verve Records · MGV 9009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1962 | Verve Records · V-4054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Verve Records · TA-VLP 9001 — Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, 2-Track Mono, 5" Cine Reel |
| 1962 | Verve Records · V-4054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1962 | Verve Records · MGV 4054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1962 | Verve Records · VLP 9001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Verve Records · VSTC 274 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album |