to Daddy" (Porter) – 5:05 "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" (Frank Loesser) – 2:57 "Oh, Lady be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:39 "Stairway to the Stars" (lyrics: Mitchell Parish; music: Frank Signorelli, Matty Malneck) – 4:10 "Dear Ella" (Kenny Burrell) – 4:56 Personnel Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet, arranger, conductor Virgil Jones – trumpet, horn, soloist Byron Stripling – trumpet Ron Tooley – trumpet Diego Urcola – trumpet Slide Hampton – trombone, arranger, conductor Clarence Banks – trombone, horn, soloist Benny Powell – trombone Robert Trowers – trombone Douglas Purviance – bass trombone F. Robert Lloyd – horn James Anderson – tuba Antonio Hart – alto saxophone, soloist Jeff Clayton – alto saxophone Teodross Avery – tenor saxophone Bill Easley – tenor saxophone Patience Higgins – baritone saxophone R. Taylor – flute Roy Jowitt – clarinet Alfred Wallbank – bass clarinet Richard Morgan – oboe Lou Levy – piano, arranger Milt Jackson – vibraphone Kenny Burrell – guitar, arranger Ray Brown – double bass Grady Tate – drums André Ceccarelli – drums Alan Hakin – percussion Boguslaw Kostecki, David Nolan, T. Williams, Rolf Wilson – violin John Graham, Garfield Jackson – viola Peter Willison – cello John Clayton – big band arranger and conductor Production Rob Eaton, Keith Grant, Al Schmitt – engineer Peter Doell, Koji Egawa, Brian Garten, Alex Marcou – assistant engineer Jean Luc Barilla – design Philippe Pierangeli – photography Chart positions References 1997 albums Dee Dee Bridgewater albums Ella Fitzgerald tribute albums Verve Records albums Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album