Fine and Mellow (album)

Fine and Mellow
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1979
Recorded	January 8, 1974
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	47:31
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Take Love Easy (1973)Take Love Easy1973 Fine and Mellow (1974) Ella in London (1975)Ella in London1975

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Fine and Mellow is a 1974 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by many famous jazz musicians. It opens with the title track written by Billie Holiday. The album is subtitled Ella Fitzgerald Jams, and represents a return to the informal 'jam sessions' that Fitzgerald sang in on the Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts concerts in the 1940s and 1950s.

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

Track listing

1. "Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday) – 6:05
2. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 6:35
3. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:01
4. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Irving Mills) – 6:00
5. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:15
6. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 4:37
7. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Fields, McHugh) – 4:10
8. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:45
9. "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
• Joe Pass - guitar
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Louie Bellson - drums