The album includes 12 tracks and is produced by Jack Antonoff who she collaborated with on her chart-topping last album
In the words of critic Tim Sendra
as the band's chief songwriter
But the bulk was finished amidst the arid beauty and stark isolation of Joshua Tree (at the studio of engineer Christopher Thorne)
" The record received positive reviews upon release
Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella at Zardis" label_Slick Records (13) The album includes 12 tracksRecorded on February 2, 1956 at Zardi's Jazzland in Hollywood, Ella At Zardi's features the entirety of the evening's two set, 21 song performance, which captures an inspired Fitzgerald, backed by a stellar trio comprised of pianist Don Abney, bassist Vernon Alley and drummer Frank Capp, singing and swinging in front of an animated, adoring crowd, just days before she'd go on to record the album that would catapult her to stardom. Ella Fitzgerald is