Mood Indigo

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.5Mood Indigo3:24Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MGV 4010-4
1.5Mood Indigo3:24Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Volume 2Ella FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)MGV-4009-2
2.13Mood Indigo3:28Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)837 035-2
2.13Mood Indigo3:28Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)837 035-2
2.8Mood Indigo3:28Ella FitzgeraldFor the Love of Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-09-18
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)841 765-2
2.8Mood Indigo3:26Ella FitzgeraldFor the Love of Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • -1990
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)841 765
1.1Mood Indigo3:27Ella FitzgeraldJazz 'Round Midnight: Chanteuses / Female Jazz VocalistsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-06-23
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)731451346323
6.13Mood Indigo3:28Ella FitzgeraldThe Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-02
PolyGram Classics & Jazz (a division of PolyGram Records, Inc., US), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314-519-832-2 0501, 314519832-2
1.16Mood Indigo3:29Ella FitzgeraldDay Dream: Best of the Duke Ellington SongbookElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-03-21
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145272232
2.8Mood Indigo?:??Ella FitzgeraldReader’s Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest PerformancesElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest Music
2.8Mood Indigo3:29Ella FitzgeraldReader's Digest: The Legendary Ella Fitzgerald: Her Greatest PerformancesElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
2.8Mood Indigo3:28Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • XE1999-03-22
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)559 248-2
2.8Mood Indigo3:28Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song BookElla FitzgeraldAlbum
  • US1999-03-23
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145592482
3.15Mood Indigo3:27Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin & Duke Ellington SongbooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT3CD021
6.13Mood Indigo3:28Ella FitzgeraldThe Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-11-18
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
7.5Mood Indigo3:27Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar PetersonThe Complete Original Song BooksElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • -2018-08-17
Verve Reissues
(unknown)
1.19Mood Indigo3:28Ella FitzgeraldEllaElla FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

engineer:Val Valentin
producer:Norman Granz
double bass:Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-17)
drums (drum set):Alvin Stoller (on 1957-10-17)
guitar:Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-10-17)
piano:Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1957-10-17)
tenor saxophone:Ben Webster (on 1957-10-17)
lead vocals:Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1957-10-17)
recording of:Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song) (on 1957-10-17: cover)

Related works

Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song)

lyricist:Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:Barney Bigard (in 1930)
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:Duke Ellington Music
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Indigo Mood Music
Mills Music, Inc.
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1930)
Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
sub-publisher:ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works)
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
referred to in medleys:Duke Elington Medley: It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 〜Satin Doll〜Mood Indigo〜Take the “A” Train〜ending〜It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (order: 3)
Duke Ellington Fantasy (order: 3)
part of:The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I) (part of collection)
is the basis for:Ellington Mix: Moodmixes Indigo
arrangements:Mood Indigo (arr. Billy Strayhorn)
Mood Indigo (six-brass setting, arr. Gould)