These Are the Blues

These are the Blues
Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedOctober 28–29, 1963,
StudioA & R (New York)
GenreJazz, blues
Length41:34
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella and Basie!
(1963)
These are the Blues
(1963)
Hello, Dolly!
(1964)
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Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

These are the Blues is a 1963 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald featuring trumpeter Roy Eldridge and organist Wild Bill Davis. Sleeve artwork was painted by David Stone Martin. This is Fitzgerald's only example of recording an entire album of blues songs.

  1. ^ "These are the Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.