ELLA FITZGERALD – Sunshine Of Your Love (2022 Reissue) – LP – Vinyl – Default Title

LP Black Vinyl

Reissue of Ella Fitzgeralds 1969 album of funky big-band cover versions, conducted by and featuring Tommy Flanagan on piano. Ella Fitzgerald singing Creams Sunshine of Your Love, or the Beatles Hey Jude? Something of a revelation for those who know Fitzgerald as purely a jazz singer. Ellas pristine clarity of earlier years, now tinged with a throaty worldliness, is a perfect foil to her choices from the world of rock and pop. It also adds new depth to such standards as Give Me the Simple Life, Old Devil Moon, and Burt Bachrachs A House is Not a Home.

Recorded live, the album is divided into a big band set and Ella with her long-time accompaniment, the Tommy Flanagan trio. Pianist Flanagan is simply one of the all-time greats. After listening to this, how can you not be a fan of Ellas?

Includes the original liner notes from Norman Granz, who produced this record.

Tracklisting:

1. Hey Jude
2. Sunshine of Your Love
3. This Girls in Love With You
4. Watch What Happens
5. Alright, Okay, You Win
6. Give Me the Simple Life
7. Useless Landscape
8. Old Devil Moon
9. Doncha Go Way Mad
10. A House Is Not a Home
11. Trouble Is a Man
12. Love You Madly