Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas - Vinyl Këkht Aräkh 5 - I Concentrate On

5 - I Concentrate On You

where she sings

Recorded live in California

was the sixth studio album by the band

the Creed Taylor produced Sweet Rain is as perfect a straight-ahead date as the leader ever made

Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas - Vinyl Këkht Aräkh 5 - I Concentrate OnRecorded and released in 1967 as her second album for Capitol Records, Ella Fitzgerald focused solely on traditional hymns which was quite the juxtaposition from her Swinging Christmas album on Verve earlier in the decade. Working with arrangers Robert Black and Grace Price, along with conductor Ralph Carmichael and his orchestra, Fitzgerald dives into classics including O Holy Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, Joy to the World, and Hark! The Herald