For "Dear Ella", Bridgewater won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Slide Hampton won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for his arrangement of "Cotton Tail" at the 40th Grammy Awards.
За пластинку "Dear Ella" Бриджуотер получила «Грэмми» в номинации Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, а Slide Hampton награждён в номинации в Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) за песню «Cotton Tail».