Whisper Not (Ella Fitzgerald album)

Whisper Not
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1966
Recorded	July 20, 1966
Studio	United Western (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:48
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
The Stockholm Concert, 1966 (1984) Whisper Not (1966) Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (1967)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[1]

Whisper Not is a 1966 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Marty Paich Orchestra. She had previously recorded with Marty Paich and his more familiar Dek-tette on the 1957 album Ella Swings Lightly.

Whisper Not is Ella's penultimate recording for the Verve label. Her 11 years on the Verve label had seen her make her most acclaimed recordings, critically and commercially. The jazz critic Will Friedwald described her pre-Verve work on Decca as "seeming a mere prelude", and her "post-Verve years as an afterthought".

Track listing

For the 1967 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4071; Re-issued in 2002 on CD, Verve 314 589 478-2

Personnel

Recorded July 20, 1966 at United Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

• Val Valentin – Engineer

Tracks 3–6

• Ella Fitzgerald – Vocals
• Harry Edison – Trumpet
• Jimmy Rowles – Piano
• Chuck Berghofer – Bass
• Louie Bellson – Drums
• Marty Paich – Arranger, Conductor.

Tracks 1–2, 7–12

• Ella Fitzgerald – Vocals
• Stu Williamson – Trumpet
• Bill Perkins – Tenor Saxophone
• Jimmy Rowles – Piano
• Al Viola – Guitar
• Joe Mondragon – Bass
• Shelly Manne – Drums
• Marty Paich – Arranger, Conductor.

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