Rhythm Is My Business
Rhythm Is My Business is a 1962 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. The album was recorded with a big band and arranged and conducted by the American R&B organist Bill Doggett.
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.
Personnel
- Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
- Bill Doggett – organ, arranger/conductor
- Taft Jordan – trumpet
- Ernie Royal – trumpet
- Joe Wilder – trumpet
- Melba Liston – trombone
- Kai Winding – trombone
- Britt Woodman – trombone
- Carl Davis – reeds
- Jerry Dodgion – reeds
- William Shakesnider – reeds
- Les Taylor – reeds
- Phil Woods – reeds
- Hank Jones – piano
- Mundell Lowe – guitar
- Lucille Dixon – double bass
- George Duvivier – double bass
- Gus Johnson – drums