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Whisper Not (Ella Fitzgerald album)

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Whisper Not
Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedJuly 20, 1966
StudioUnited Western (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
Length46:48
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman 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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SourceRating
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

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

Personnel

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

Tracks 3–6

Tracks 1–2, 7–12

References

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  1. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.