Fine and Mellow (Ella Fitzgerald album)

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.

Fine and Mellow
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedJanuary 8, 1974
GenreJazz
Length47:31
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Dream Dancing
(1978)
Fine and Mellow
(1979)
Digital III at Montreux
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
DownBeat
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

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."

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