Hello Love - Ella Fitzgerald
Hello, Love occupies a distinctive and often understated place in Ella Fitzgerald’s recorded legacy, offering a portrait of the singer at a moment of artistic ease and emotional depth. Released in 1959 by Verve Records, the album draws from recording sessions held in 1957 and 1959, a period when Fitzgerald had already secured her reputation through the Songbook series and no longer needed to prove her technical authority. Instead, she turns inward, presenting a set of standards shaped by warmth, patience, and a deep respect for melody and lyric.
The album’s overall character is defined by its reflective mood. Rather than emphasizing swing or vocal bravura, Hello, Love leans toward ballads and gently flowing tempos, allowing Fitzgerald’s interpretive gifts to come to the foreground. Her voice during these sessions is remarkably supple and controlled, glowing with clarity and poise. Each phrase is delivered with careful attention to meaning, yet never feels calculated. Fitzgerald’s sense of timing, her ability to place a note just behind or ahead of the beat, and her subtle dynamic shifts give the performances an intimate, almost confessional quality. Familiar songs are transformed not through radical reinterpretation, but through emotional sincerity and quiet authority.
Artist(s): Conductor, Arranged By – Frank De Vol
Orchestra – Frank de Vol's Orchestra
Recording Info: Producer – Norman Granz
Tracks 1 to 4 and 7 recorded March 25, 1959, at Radio Recorders, Hollywood
Tracks 5, 6, 8 and 9 recorded October 28, 1957 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Tracks 10 to 12 recorded July 24, 1957, at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
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1 You Go To My Head 4:39
2 Willow Weep For Me 4:02
3 I'm Thru' With Love 3:47
4 Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year 3:19
5 Everything Happens To Me 3:54
6 Lost In A Fog 3:59
7 I've Grown Accustomed To His Face 3:05
8 I'll Never Be The Same 4:25
9 So Rare 3:36
10 Tenderly 3:10
11 Stairway To The Stars 2:53
12 Moonlight In Vermont 3:20
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