Artist:Ella Fitzgerald
Song:Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me
Album:Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
This 1957 album is the only Ella Fitzgerald Songbook where the composer is a participant. So most but not all of this album features Ellington himself along with his usual band of Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Sam Woodyard, Paul Gonsalves and Ray Nance. Also appearing on this album is Oscar Peterson and the Verve Records house band with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown. On Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me and several other songs Ella is backed up by her touring band led by Paul Smith on piano along with Ben Webster on tenor sax, Stuff Smith on violin, Barney Kessel on guitar, Joe Mondragon on bass and Alvin Stoller on drums. Verve released this on 3LPs. It was released on 2CDs in 2009 with a new cover. Why the different bands? The Ellington recordings were recorded June 1957 in New York. The other recordings were done in Los Angeles in Sept. 1957. Verve Records owner Norman Granz wanted more and Ellington wasn't available for the LA sessions. This was the most successful of Ella's Songbook albums. There was even a second volume released. Ella and Duke recorded a second studio album Ella at Duke's Place in 1965. And a couple of live albums; Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur in 1966 and The Stockholm Concert which was recorded in 1966 and released in 1984. Ella's Duke Ellington Songbook is certainly an essential recording. Here's Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington performing Do Nothin' till You Hear From Me on The Ed Sullivan Show Mar. 8, 1965.
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