''Rhythm Is My Business'' is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz singer

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...

. The album was recorded with a

big band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s ...

and

arranged In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchest ...

and conducted by the American R&B organist

Bill Doggett William Ballard Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996) was an American pianist and organist. He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues. Best known for his instrumental compositions "Honky Tonk" ...

. '' DownBeat'' magazine gave this album 3½ stars, commenting that the emphasis here was on "swinging". '' Billboard'' reviewed the album in September 1962 and said that it "rates a lot of play".

Track listing

For the 1962 Verve LP release; Verve MG V-4056 ;Side one ;Side two ;1999 CD reissue bonus tracks Note: Track 7 has only been re-issued on CD in mono, due to the loss of the stereo master tape.Sleeve notes; CD re-issue ''Rhythm Is My Business" in 1999 on Verve 559 513-2. (Research; Ben Young)

Personnel

– vocals * Taft Jordan – trumpet * Ernie Royal – trumpet *

Joe Wilder Joseph Benjamin Wilder (February 22, 1922 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Wilder was awarded the Temple University Jazz Master's Hall of Fame Award in 2006. The National Endowment for the Arts honored h ...

– trumpet *

Melba Liston Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female bands she was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, ...

– trombone * Kai Winding – trombone * Britt Woodman – trombone *

Carl Davis Carl Davis, (born October 28, 1936) is an American-born conductor and composer who has lived in the United Kingdom since 1961. He has written music for more than 100 television programmes, but is best known for creating music to accompany si ...

– reeds *

Jerry Dodgion Jerry Dodgion (born August 29, 1932) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. Dodgion was born in Richmond, California. He played alto sax in middle school and began working locally in the San Francisco area in the 1950s. He played in bands w ...

– reeds * William Shakesnider – reeds * Les Taylor – reeds *

Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began ...

– reeds * Hank Jones – piano * Mundell Lowe – guitar * Lucille Dixon – double bass * George Duvivier – double bass * Gus Johnson – drums

References

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