Begin the Beguine (Ella Fitzgerald)

Ella Fitzgerald · 1956 · Beguine de Porter par la grande voix swing

Context

Eighth track on the album (5 min 50 s), recorded with Clifford Brown. Session of December 18, 1954 at Fine Sound Studios in New York, released on EmArcy in 1955 (producer Bob Shad).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Miss Otis Regrets (1956)
• Too Darn Hot (1956)
• Love for Sale (Ella Fitzgerald) (1956)
• Mack the Knife (Berlin, 1960) (1960)
• How High the Moon (1947)
• A-Tisket, A-Tasket (1938)

Sources

• EN: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

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