| Dear Ella | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Tom Hull | B+[4] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [6] |
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.
- ^ Nastos, Michael G. "Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dear Ella". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Hernandez, Raoul (November 21, 1997). "Record Reviews | DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 734. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Dee Dee Bridgewater". Tom Hull. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Penguin Guide to Jazz Diffs: 4th vs. 5th Editions". Tom Hull. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1. Retrieved 14 July 2020.