Get Happy! (Ella Fitzgerald album)
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| Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | July 24, 1957 - July 11, 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:55 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Get Happy! is a 1959 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with various studio orchestras over a two-year period.
The original 12 songs on the album come from 5 different sessions, featuring Orchestras led by Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russell Garcia or Paul Weston.
The first two tracks are from the sessions for the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook, which were later included on the 1998 reissue of the album, and Berlin's "Blue Skies" was recorded at the sessions for the 1958 album Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook, but inexplicably omitted from the final cut, despite featuring one Ella's most impressive extended scat improvisations.
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." Although this was not her most essential release, the formerly obscure Get Happy finds Ella Fitzgerald at the peak of her powers."
For the 1960 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4036
Side One:
Side Two:
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1998 CD re-issue, Verve 314 523 321-2
13. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Originally released in 1959, on 7" single, a-side) (Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald) – 2:20
14. "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (Previously unreleased, alternate take) (Kenny Jacobson, Moe Koffman, Rhoda Roberts) – 2:50
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