Dear Ella
| Dear Ella | ||||
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| Released | September 30, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | January 29, 1997 –February 19, 1997 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios, Hollywood; Right Track Recording, New York; Abbey Road Studios, London; The Greek Recording Studios | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 36:31 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
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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.