Ella Sings Gershwin
| Ella Sings Gershwin | ||||
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| Released | 1950 | |||
| Recorded | September 11–12, 1950 | |||
| Venue | New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 25:16 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Milt Gabler | |||
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| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Ella Sings Gershwin is a 1950 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the pianist Ellis Larkins. Issued on DL5300 on the Decca label, Originally on 10" vinyl, which preceded album releases on 12" vinyl, it featured eight tracks.
The complete album was combined with Fitzgerald's 1954 album Songs in a Mellow Mood and re-issued on CD in 1994 by MCA Records on the GRP Jazz label under the title Pure Ella.
Fitzgerald released two other albums of all Gershwin material, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) and Nice Work If You Can Get It (1983).