Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book is a 1963 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The album focuses on the songs of the composer Jerome Kern.

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedJanuary 5–7, 1963
GenreJazz
Length43:00
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella Sings Broadway
(1963)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
(1963)
Ella and Basie!
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
Record Mirror

This was the second of Fitzgerald's Song Book series to have been orchestrated by Riddle; their previous collaboration was her George and Ira Gershwin Song Book in 1959. Fitzgerald and Riddle also recorded two albums of standards, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson and Ella Swings Gently with Nelson, in 1962.

This was the seventh and penultimate album in Fitzgerald's Song Book series of songs written by musical theater composers; it was preceded by 1961's Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book and followed by Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book in 1964.

Awarded four and a half stars by Down Beat magazine in 1963.

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