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Title information

Too Darn Hot

Ella Fitzgerald

Date of recording

7.2.1956, Los Angeles/CA

Audio sample

Performers

Ella Fitzgerald (vocals)

* 25.4.1917, Newport News, Virginia (VA), United States

† 15.6.1996, Beverly Hills, California (CA), United States

Buddy Bregman Orchestra (Orchestra / Ensemble)

Buddy Bregman (Conductor)

* 9.7.1930, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 8.1.2017, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Pete Candoli (trumpet)

* 28.6.1923, Mishawaka, Indiana (IN), United States

† 11.1.2008, Studio City, California (CA), United States

Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet)

* 10.10.1915, Columbus, Ohio (OH), United States

† 27.7.1999, Columbus, Ohio (OH), United States

Maynard Ferguson (trumpet)

* 4.5.1928, Montréal, Québec, Canada

† 23.8.2006, Ventura, California (CA), United States

Conrad Gozzo (trumpet)

* 6.2.1922, New Britain, Connecticut (CT), United States

† 8.10.1964, Burbank, California (CA), United States

Milt Bernhart (Trombone)

* 25.5.1926, Valparaiso, Indiana (IN), United States

† 22.1.2004, Glendale, California (CA), United States

Joe Howard (Trombone)

* 3.11.1919, Batesville, Indiana (IN), United States

† 1995

Lloyd Ulyate (Trombone)

* 1927

† 2004

George Roberts (bass trombone)

* 22.3.1928, Des Moines, Iowa (IA), United States

† 27.9.2014, Fallbrook, California (CA), United States

Herb Geller (alto sax)

* 2.11.1928, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

† 19.12.2013, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Bud Shank (alto sax)

* 27.5.1926, Dayton, Ohio (OH), United States

† 2.4.2009, Tucson, Arizona (AZ), United States

Bob Cooper (tenor sax)

* 6.12.1925, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 5.8.1993, Hollywood, California (CA), United States

Ted Nash (tenor sax)

* 31.10.1922, Somerville, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 12.5.2011

Chuck Gentry (baritone sax)

* 14.12.1911, Belgrade, Nebraska (NE), United States

† 1988, California, United States

Paul Smith (piano)

* 17.4.1922, San Diego, California (CA), United States

† 29.6.2013, Torrance, California (CA), United States

Barney Kessel (guitar)

* 17.10.1923, Muskogee, Oklahoma (OK), United States

† 6.5.2004, San Diego, California (CA), United States

Joe Mondragon (Double Bass)

* 2.2.1920, Antonito, Colorado (CO), United States

† July 1987, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico (NM), United States

Alvin Stoller (drums)

* 7.10.1925, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 19.10.1992, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Authors

Cole Porter (Composer, Text author)

* 9.6.1891, Peru, Indiana (IN), United States

† 15.10.1964, Santa Monica, California (CA), United States

Buddy Bregman (Arranger)

* 9.7.1930, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 8.1.2017, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Album information

Summer Jazz

Ella Fitzgerald

Year of production

2008

Record Label

Verve, Universal

Tracks

1. Beach Samba (Bossa na Praia)
2. Sunny
3. South Seas
4. Little Sunflower
5. A Slow Hot Wind
6. From the Hot Afternoon
7. Blue Skies
8. Summertime
9. Too Darn Hot
10. Indian Summer
11. Theme from Picnic
12. Caribe
13. The Boy from Ipanema
14. The Shining Sea
15. Guess I'll Go Back Home This Summer
16. The Things We Did Last Summer
17. Surfboard
18. Summer Is Gone