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Ella Fitzgerald – Lullabies Of Birdland / Lullabies Of Birdland; Rough Ridin'; Angel Eyes; Smooth Sailing; Oh, Lady Be Good!; Later; Ella Hums The Blues; How High The Moon; Basin Street Blues; Air Mail Special / Verve Records Audio CD / 0602517247659

UPC 602517247659

Lullabies of Birdland is a 1955 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, issued on the Decca Records label. The album features tracks recorded during the late 1940s and early 1950s, that had been previously issued on 78rpm single. MCA Records re-issued the complete album on CD, in 1998, together with the 1955 album Sweet and Hot.

Label:	Verve Records – 0602517247659
Format:	CD, Album, Compilation
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Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Bop

Tracklist:

Lullaby Of Birdland

Conductor – Sy Oliver

Songwriter – B. Y. Forster, George Shearing

2:48
2		Rough Ridin' Songwriter – Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Jones, Bill Tennyson

3:12
3		Angel Eyes Conductor – Sy Oliver Songwriter – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis

2:52
4		Smooth Sailing Conductor – Sy Oliver Songwriter – Arnett Cobb

3:03
5		Oh, Lady Be Good! Conductor – Bob Haggart Songwriter – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

3:05
6		Later Conductor – Sy Oliver Songwriter – Henry Glover, Tiny Bradshaw

2:30
7		Ella Hums The Blues (From The Warner Brothers CinemaScope Production "Pete Kelly's Blues") Songwriter – Ella Fitzgerald

5:10
8		How High The Moon Songwriter – Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton

3:12
9		Basin Street Blues Conductor – Sy Oliver Songwriter – Spencer Williams (2)

3:05
10		Air Mail Special Songwriter – Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy

2:59
11		Flying Home Featuring – Vic Schoen And His Orchestra Songwriter – Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton

2:26

Alto Saxophone – Bernie Kaufman (tracks: 11), Milt Yaner (tracks: 3), Sid Cooper (tracks: 3, 11)
Art Direction [Reissue] – Hollis King
Backing Vocals – The Andy Love Quintet (tracks: 5), Ray Charles Quintet* (tracks: 3), The Ray Charles Singers (tracks: 4, 10)
Baritone Saxophone – Dave McRae (tracks: 3), Ernie Caceres (tracks: 5)
Bass – Arnold Fishkin (tracks: 4), Bob Haggart (tracks: 5), Felix Giobbe (tracks: 11), Joe Mondragon (tracks: 7), Ray Brown (tracks: 2, 8, 10), Sandy Block (tracks: 1, 3, 6 (uncredited))
Design [Reissue] – Kazumi Matsumoto
Drums – Irv Kluger (tracks: 11), Jimmy Crawford (tracks: 1, 3, 6 (uncredited)), Johnny Blowers (tracks: 4), Larry Bunker (tracks: 7), Morey Feld (tracks: 5), Rudy Taylor* (tracks: 2, 10)
Guitar – Dan Perri* (tracks: 5), Everett Barksdale (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6 (uncredited)), Hi White (tracks: 11)
Leader [Band Leader] – Bob Haggart (tracks: 5)
Leader [Band Leader], Conductor, Arranged By – Vic Schoen (tracks: 11)
Liner Notes [Original] – Hal Webman
Mastered By [Reissue] – Bob Irwin, Jayme Pieruzzi
Organ – Bill Doggett (tracks: 2, 4, 10)
Percussion – Dick Jacobs (tracks: 2, 10)
Piano – Billy Kyle (tracks: 9), Don Abney (tracks: 7), Hank Jones (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 (uncredited), 10), Moe Wechsler (tracks: 11), Stan Freeman (tracks: 5)
Tenor Saxophone – Dick Jacobs (tracks: 3), Harry Feldman (tracks: 11), Sam Taylor (2) (tracks: 1, 3, 6 (uncredited)), Sid Rubin (tracks: 11)
Trombone – Al Grey (tracks: 3), Freddie Ohms* (tracks: 5), Henderson Chambers (tracks: 9), Jack Satterfield (tracks: 5), Mort Bullman (tracks: 3), Will Bradley (tracks: 5), William Pritchard (tracks: 11)
Trumpet – Andy Ferretti (tracks: 5), Bernie Privin (tracks: 3, 9), Bob Peck (tracks: 5), Charles Genduso (tracks: 11), Chris Griffin (3) (tracks: 5), James Nottingham* (tracks: 3), Leonard Graham (tracks: 8), Louis Ruggiero (tracks: 11), Ralph Mussilo (tracks: 11), Taft Jordan (tracks: 3)
Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald