‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook’ is a studio album recorded on January 5-7, 1963, with an orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle and released the same year by Verve.
Track Listing : 1.Let’S Begin (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 02:56 . 2.A Fine Romance (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 03:36 . 3.All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein Ii) – 03:15 . 4.I’Ll Be Hard To Handle (Jerome Kern, Bernard Dougall) – 03:47 . 5.You Couldn’T Be Cuter (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 03:13 . 6.She Didn’T Say Yes (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 03:20 . 7.I’M Old Fashioned (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 03:27 . 8.Remind Me (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 03:50 . 9.The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 04:28 . 10.Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 02:51 . 11.Can’T Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein Ii) – 03:54 . 12.Why Was I Born? (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein Ii) – 03:44
Musicians : Ella Fitzgerald – Vocals . Don Fagerquist – Trumpet . Caroll Lewis – Trumpet . Dick Nash – Trombone . George Seaberg – Trombone . Shorty Sherock – Trombone . Tommy Pederson – Trombone . Tommy Shepard – Trombone . George Roberts – Trombone . Plas Johnson – Tenor Saxophone . Harry Klee – Woodwind . Joe Koch – Woodwind . Wilbur Schwartz – Woodwinds . Paul Smith – Piano . Sidney Sharp – Piano . Gerald Vinci – Piano . Champ Webb – Piano . Robert Bain – Guitar . Joe Comfort – Double Bass . Frank Flynn – Drums . Alvin Stoller – Drums . Nelson Riddle – Conductor . Victor Arno – Violin . Israel Baker – Violin . Victor Bay – Violin . Alex Beller – Violin . Armand Kaproff – Cello . Ray Kramer – Cello . Dan Lube – Cello . Erno Neufeld – Cello . Lou Raderman – Cello . Nathan Ross – Cello . Alex Neimann – Viola . Paul Robyn – Viola . Barbara Simons – Viola . Eleanor Slatkin – Cello . Don Lube – Violin On (1 – 3 – 5 – 6) . Sidney Sharp – Violin On (1 – 3 – 5 – 6) . Ray Kramer – Cello On (1 – 3 – 5 – 6) . Ann Mason Stockton – Harp On (2 – 4 – 7) . Felix Slatkin – Violin On (2 – 4 – 7) . Marshall Sosson – Violin On (2 – 4 – 7) . Edgar Lustgarten – Cello On (2 – 4 – 7)
Production : Produced By Norman Granz . Nelson Riddle . Val Valentin – Engineer
Arrangements : Nelson Riddle
Package : James Gavin – Liner Notes . Benny Green – Liner Notes . Hollis King – Art Direction
Recorded On January 5-7, 1963 At Radio Recorders Studio 10H, Los Angeles.
Released In 1963 By Verve.
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