Ella Fitzgerald Discography

Decca

Fitzgerald began recording albums on the Decca label after years of recording singles.

1940

• Live from the Roseland Ballroom New York

1950

• Pure Ella
• Souvenir Album

1954

• Lullabies of Birdland
• Songs in a Mellow Mood

1955

• For Sentimental Reasons
• Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax
• Sweet and Hot
• The First Lady of Song

Verve

Fitzgerald also recorded singles throughout her Verve years. Her Verve singles are available on the 2003 album, Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1. Post-career albums are also included here.

1956

• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
• Ella and Louis
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook

1957

• Ella and Louis Again
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
• Ella at the Opera House
  
• Like Someone in Love
• Porgy and Bess
• Ella Fitzgerald and Jazz at the Philharmonic

1958

• Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
• Ella Swings Lightly
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
• Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
  
• Ella Fitzgerald live at Mister Kelly's

1959

• Get Happy!
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook

1960

• Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
• Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
• Hello, Love
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph

1961

• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
• Ella in Hollywood
• Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
• Ella Returns to Berlin

1962

• Rhythm Is My Business
• Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
• Ella Swings Gently with Nelson

1963

• Ella Sings Broadway
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
• Ella and Basie!
• These Are the Blues

1964

• Hello, Dolly!
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
• Ella at Juan-Les-Pins

1965

• Ella at Duke's Place
• Ella in Hamburg
  

1966

• Whisper Not
• Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur

1969

• Sunshine of your Love

Capitol

1967

• Brighten the Corner
• Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas

1968

• 30 by Ella
• Misty Blue

Reprise

1969

• Ella

1970

• Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)

Atlantic

1972

• Ella Loves Cole

Columbia

1973

• Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall

Pablo

1966

• The Stockholm Concert, 1966

1970

• Ella in Budapest, Hungary

1971

• Ella à Nice

1972

• Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72

1973

• Take Love Easy

1974

• Fine and Mellow
• Ella in London

1975

• Ella and Oscar
• Montreux '75
  

1976

• Fitzgerald and Pass... Againl

1977

• Montreux '77

1978

• Lady Time
• Dream Dancing

1979

• Digital III at Montreux
• A Classy Pair
• A Perfect Match

1981

• Ella Abraça Jobim

1982

• The Best Is Yet to Come

1983

• Speak Love
• Nice Work If You Can Get It

1986

• Easy Living

1989

• All That Jazz

2001

• Sophisticated Lady

Notable guest appearances

1955

• Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues

1957

• One O'Clock Jump

1983

• Return to Happiness

1989

• Back on the Block

Boxed sets and collections

• 1994 The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks
• 1997 The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve