Ella in Hollywood

Ella in Hollywood
Live album by
Ella Fitzgerald
Released1961
RecordedMay 11–21, 1961
GenreJazz
Length47:48
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
(1960) 		Ella in Hollywood
(1961) 		Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
(1961)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Ella in Hollywood is a live 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy, recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

This album features Ella at the height of her vocal powers, one month before the recording one of her more critically acclaimed studio albums, Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!.

Ella in Hollywood features several songs that serve as starting points for Ella's seemingly effortless scat solos, and a selection of beautiful ballads balance out the album.

  1. ^ "Ella in Hollywood". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 78. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.