We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song is a 2007 tribute album to
Ella Fitzgerald produced by
Phil Ramone for
Verve Records, released to mark the 90th anniversary of her birth. The "all-star" list of featured vocalists is backed for most part by an orchestra led by
Rob Mounsey. The album contains the first release of a duet of Ella Fitzgerald and
Stevie Wonder, who joined her on stage with her small band at the
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1977.
The bonus track "Airmail Special" (# 15) was arranged for a jazz quintet and conducted by double bassist
John Clayton and produced by
Tommy LiPuma.
On tracks # 5, 6, 12 and 13 a string section is added to the big band.
The Australian edition of the album[2] added another bonus track, an interpretation of "
Cotton Tail" sung by
Dee Dee Bridgewater taken from her own tribute album Dear Ella[3] (Verve, 1997).