Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (White Vinyl LP)

Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a 1960 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in the summer of 1960, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. It is Fitzgerald's only Verve complete album of Christmas tunes. Verve had issued a 7" 45rpm single in 1959, featuring "The Christmas Song" with "The Secret of Christmas" on the B-side, both recorded with Russ Garcia and His Orchestra in September 1959.

This holiday recording is now available on limited edition 180g White Vinyl with a die cut sleeve.

"Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a charming, warmly humorous -- and yes, swinging -- set of classic Christmas tunes. The program is familiar, from bouncy singalongs like 'Jingle Bells' to slinky ballads like a downright sexy 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,' but Fitzgerald treats each song with exactly as much respect as it deserves. And so Frank Loesser's 'What Are You Doing New Year's Eve' is wistfully romantic and Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's 'Let It Snow' is kittenishly enticing. As always, Norman Granz's production avoids the schlock that drowns some holiday sets. This is as good as jazz Christmas albums get." - AllMusic

Tracklist

A1        Jingle Bells
A2        Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
A3        Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
A4        What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
A5        Sleigh Ride
A6        The Christmas Song
A7        The Secret Of Christmas
B1        Good Morning Blues
B2        Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
B3        Winter Wonderland
B4        Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer
B5        Frosty The Snowman
B6        White Christmas
B7        We Three Kings Of Orient Are
B8        O Little Town Of Bethlem

*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.

Label: DOL
Rel. Date: 11/02/2018
UPC: 889397107154

• Genre: Christmas
• Released: 11/02/2018
• Format: Vinyl
• Format Detail: LP