Ella Swings Lightly

Ella Swings Lightly is a 1958 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with the Marty Paich Dek-tette. Ella also worked with Marty Paich on her 1967 album Whisper Not. The album features a typical selection of jazz standards from this era, songs from musicals like Frank Loesser's If I Were a Bell, and a famous jazz instrumental vocalised by Ella, Roy Eldridge's Little Jazz.

Ella Swings Lightly
Studio album by
Ella Fitzgerald
Released1958
RecordedNovember 22–23, 1958
GenreJazz
Length58:34
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
One O'Clock Jump”
(1957)		 Ella Swings Lightly
(1958)		 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

This album won Ella the 1960 Grammy award for the Best Improvised Jazz Solo.

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