Take Love Easy


Take Love Easy is an album by the jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald with guitarist Joe Pass, released in 1974.

History

The album is the first of four studio albums that Ella recorded with Pass, and it was the latest in a long line of duets for Ella with just one other instrument. She was 56 at the time.
Ella had previously recorded two albums with just piano accompianment, and prior to this, one had previously heard her with just a guitar on 'Wait Till You See Her' from the Ella Fitzgerald Sings the [Rodgers & Hart Songbook|Rodgers & Hart Songbook], on several of the intros to the Riddle arrangements from the Ella Fitzgerald Sings the [George and Ira Gershwin Songbook|George and Ira Gershwin Songbook], and a few tracks on her 1957 album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the [Duke Ellington Songbook] |Azure]'. The compilation The First Lady of Song includes a couple of more previously unreleased duets, "Detour Ahead" and "Angel Eyes
Ella and Pass didn't only record in a studio environment however, [Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall and Digital III at Montreux are both live recordings.
The three later albums that Ella recorded with Pass were Fitzgerald and Pass... Again, Speak Love, and Easy Living. In addition, Pass featured prominently on Fitzgerald's 1981 album of songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ella Abraça Jobim.

Track listing

  1. "Take Love Easy" – 4:36
  2. "O Amor Em Paz" – 2:19
  3. "Don't Be That Way" – 4:39
  4. "You're Blasé" – 3:27
  5. "Lush Life" – 3:34
  6. "A Foggy Day" – 6:10
  7. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?" – 4:04
  8. "You [Go To My Head]" – 5:44
  9. "I Want to Talk About You" – 3:28

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