| Fine and Mellow | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | January 8, 1974 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:31 | |||
| Label | Pablo | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| DownBeat | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Fine and Mellow is an album by Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in early 1974 but not released until 1979. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 1980, Fitzgerald's second win in four years.
The album is subtitled Ella Fitzgerald Jams and represents a return to the informal jam sessions at the Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts concerts in the 1940s and 1950s. A review in Audio magazine called it "Ella's best album in years."[5]
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Clark, Douglas (February 1980). "Ella Fitzgerald: Fine and Mellow". DownBeat. Vol. 47, no. 2. p. 44.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 78. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Audio". 1980.