![]() And, although she performed regularly at the Hollywood Bowl, this is the first full-length concert by Ella from this iconic venue to be released (notably, Ella was featured prominently on Verve’s Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl album, recorded and released in 1956, the year Granz formed the label). ![]() ![]() It is also significant in that it captures the only time Ella worked in concert with arranger-conductor Paul Weston. This landmark record, discovered in the private collection of producer and Verve Records founder Norman Granz, marks the first time a live Songbook has been released from Ella. At the inaugural Grammy Awards, her Irving Berlin album won Ella her first Grammy for “Best Vocal Performance, Female,” and was also nominated for “Album Of The Year.”Īside from the lucky audience at the Hollywood Bowl that night, it wasn’t generally known, until the discovery of these tapes, that Ella had ever performed any of the Songbook arrangements in concert, let alone that such a pristine and sonically sumptuous recording existed.įor the first time, the full, never-before-released 15-song performance, aptly titled, Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook , has been released via Verve/UMe and is available on CD, vinyl, limited edition yellow splatter vinyl, and digitally. Widely considered her greatest achievement, Ella’s Songbook records, with peerless renditions of the best songs by America’s greatest composers, are the cornerstone of the Verve catalog and the undisputed standard for jazz vocal recordings. Conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, who also arranged and conducted the studio sessions, this concert marked the only time that Ella performed these iconic arrangements live with a full orchestra. An absolute must in any library.On August 16, 1958, just a few months after Ella Fitzgeraldrecorded her now-classic album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook , The First Lady Of Song performed selections from that album live at the Hollywood Bowl to an adoring, sold-out crowd. Most important, though, is that it comes off an artistic success. "A monumental undertaking it assuredly is. Recorded in New York and Hollywood, between June-September, 1957 2" (Verve MGV 4009-2)īoth sets also appeared combined in a special 4-LP box set (MGV 4010-4)Įlla Fitzgerald (vcl) with Dizzy Gillespie, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie CookRay Nance, 'Shorty' Baker (tp), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (tb), Ben Webster, Frank Foster, Paul Gonsalves (ts), Johnny Hodges (as), Russell Procope (as, cl), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Harry Carney (bs, cl), Stuff Smith (vln), Oscar Peterson, Paul Smith, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p), Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Woode (b), Alvin Stoller and Sam Woodyard (d), among others. THE E AND D BLUES (E FOR ELLA, D FOR DUKE) 4:50Īll tracks originally issued as two Double LP sets: I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AINT GOOD) 6:15ġ8. CLEMENTINE 2:40 08 I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT YOU 4:13ġ5. IT DONT MEAN A THING (IF IT AINT GOT THAT SWING) 4:15ĬD 2 - Ella with Duke Ellington & His OrchestraĠ7. ![]() JUST SQUEEZE ME (BUT DONT TEASE ME) 4:17Ġ9. Outstanding recordings, worthwhile both as documents of a fertile period for her, or standing alone in a period of jazz history as the great musicians they all are.Ġ8. The first CD of this edition contains the complete small group sides, while the second CD features all of the big band numbers. This release contains the complete Ella Fitzgerald vocal sides from the celebrated 1957 double LP set presenting her singing on the music of Duke Ellington.
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