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Dee Dee Bridgewater – Dear Ella

Name: Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dear Ella
Rating: 4.21 (14 reviews)

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dear Ella album cover

Label:	Verve Records – 539 102-2
Format:	CD, Album, Digipack
Country:	Germany, Austria, & Switzerland
Released:	1997
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Contemporary Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop

Tracklist

1	A-Tisket, A-Tasket Arranged By – Slide Hampton Contractor – Cecil Bridgewater Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Grady Tate Piano – Lou Levy Words By, Music By – Al Feldman, Ella Fitzgerald	2:32
2	Mack The Knife Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – André Ceccarelli Music By – Kurt Weill Piano, Arranged By – Lou Levy Words By [English] – Marc Blitzstein Words By [German] – Bertolt Brecht	3:59
3	Undecided Arranged By – Cecil Bridgewater Contractor – Cecil Bridgewater Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Grady Tate Music By – Charlie Shavers Piano – Lou Levy Words By – Sid Robin	6:22
4	Midnight Sun Arranged By, Conductor – John Clayton Contractor – Nat Peck Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – André Ceccarelli Music By – Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke Piano – Lou Levy Words By – Johnny Mercer	7:22
5	Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) Arranged By, Conductor – John Clayton Contractor – Nat Peck Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – André Ceccarelli Piano – Lou Levy Words By, Music By – Cole Porter	3:31
6	How High The Moon Alto Saxophone – Antonio Hart Arranged By, Conductor – Cecil Bridgewater Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Grady Tate Music By – Morgan Lewis Piano – Lou Levy Trombone – Slide Hampton Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater Vibraphone – Milt Jackson Words By – Nancy Hamilton	5:05
7	If You Can't Sing It, You'll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini) Arranged By – Slide Hampton Contractor – Cecil Bridgewater Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Grady Tate Piano – Lou Levy Words By, Music By – Sam Coslow	6:34
8	Cotton Tail Arranged By – Slide Hampton Contractor – Cecil Bridgewater Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Grady Tate Piano – Lou Levy Words By, Music By – Duke Ellington	2:58
9	My Heart Belongs To Daddy Arranged By, Conductor – John Clayton Contractor – Nat Peck Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – André Ceccarelli Piano – Lou Levy Words By, Music By – Cole Porter	5:05
10	(I'd Like To Get You On A) Slow Boat To China Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – André Ceccarelli Piano, Arranged By – Lou Levy Words By, Music By – Frank Loesser	2:57
11	Oh, Lady, Be Good! Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Antonio Hart Arranged By – Cecil Bridgewater Contractor – Cecil Bridgewater Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Grady Tate Piano – Lou Levy Tenor Saxophone [Solo] – Bill Easley Trombone [Solo] – Clarence Banks Trumpet [Solo] – Virgil Jones Words By, Music By – Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin*	3:39
12	Stairway To The Stars Arranged By, Conductor – John Clayton Contractor – Nat Peck Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – André Ceccarelli Music By – Frank Signorelli, Matt Malneck* Piano – Lou Levy Words By – Mitchell Parish	4:10
13	Dear Ella Guitar, Arranged By – Kenny Burrell Words By, Music By – Kenny Burrell	4:56
	Bonus Track
14	Das Moritat von Mackie Messer Double Bass – Ray Brown Drums – André Ceccarelli Music By – Kurt Weill Piano, Arranged By – Lou Levy Words By – Bertolt Brecht	4:01

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Copyright © – Dee Dee Bridgewater
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Recorded At – Right Track Recording
Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At – Studio Guillaume Tell
Mixed At – Bill Schnee Studios
Mixed At – Studio Guillaume Tell
Manufactured By – PMDC, Germany

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Antonio Hart (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Alto Saxophone [Lead] – Jeff Clayton (3) (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Baritone Saxophone – Patience Higgins (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Bass Clarinet – A. Wallbank* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Bass Trombone – Doug Purviance (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Cello – T. Pleeth* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), D. Cummings* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), K. Harvey* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), P. Willison* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Clarinet – R. Jowitt* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), T. Kelly* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Design – Jean-Luc Barilla
Double Bass – C. Laurence* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), D. McTier* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Engineer [Sound, Assistant] – Brian Garten (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11), Peter Doell (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13)
Engineer [Sound] – Leslie Anne Jones* (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13), Rob Eaton (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11), Rodolphe Sanguinetti (tracks: 14)
Flute – R. Taylor* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), R. Winn* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Harp – S. Kanga* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Horn – D. Gray* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), F. Lloyd* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), J. Pigney* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), R. Bissill* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Management – Ed Keane Associates
Mixed By – Al Schmitt (tracks: 1-13), Stéphane Briand (tracks: 14)
Mixed By [Assistant] – Koji Egawa (tracks: 1-13)
Oboe – R. Morgan* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Percussion – A. Hakin* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), F. Ricotti* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Photography By – Philippe Pierangeli
Production Manager – Barry Bongiovi (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11), Paula Salvatore (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13), Stephanie Brayman (tracks: 1-13)
Production Manager [Assistant] – Donna Kloepfer (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11)
Production Manager [Orchestra] – Colette Barber (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Recorded By [Orchestra, Assistant] – Alex Marcou (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Recorded By [Orchestra] – Keith Grant (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Tenor Saxophone – Bill Easley (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11), Teodross Avery (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Trombone – Benny Powell (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11), Clarence Banks (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Trombone [Lead] – Bob Trowers (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Trumpet – Diego Urcola (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11), Ron Tooley (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11), Virgil Jones (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Trumpet [Lead] – Byron Stripling (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11)
Tuba – J. Anderson* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Viola – B. Hawkins* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), G. Jackson* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), G. Turnlund* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), J. Graham* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), J. Underwood* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), K. Essex* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Violin – B. Smart* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), B. Bunt* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), B. Kostecki* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), D. Nolan* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), D. Solomons* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), D. Cummings* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), G. Solodchin* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), J. Archer* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), J. Bradbury* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), J. Geaorgiadis* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), J. Ronayne* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), M. Rakowski* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), P. Benson* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), P. Manning* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), P. Oxer* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12), R. Wilson* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Violin [1st] – J. Rothstein* (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12)
Vocals, Producer – Dee Dee Bridgewater

Notes

Ray Brown appears courtesy of Telarc Records
Kenny Burrell appears courtesy of Concord Records.
Milt Jackson appears courtesy of QWEST.
Lou Levy is a PolyGram Jazz France artist.
André Ceccarelli is a SONOR artist

℗&© 1997 Dee Dee Bridgewater

Print on the CD backring: Made in Germany by PMDC

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 31453 91022 5
Label Code: 0383
Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Dear Ella (CD, Album)	Verve Records	314 537 896-2	US	1997
New Submission	Dear Ella (CD, Promo, Album, Long Box)	Verve Records	6795	Europe	1997
New Submission	Dear Ella (CD, Album, Tri-fold Digipak)	EmArcy	EMARCY 0602527040301	Europe	1997
New Submission	Dear Ella (CD, Promo, Album, Long Box)	Verve Records	6794	France	1997
New Submission	Dear Ella (Cassette, Album)	Verve Records	537 896-4	Europe	1997