Description
• 180 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL
• SOLID PINK COLORED LP
• SOLID PINK COLORED LP
CONTAINS NEW SPECIALLY PREPARED LINER NOTES BY PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ'S WRITER BRIAN MORTON AND BY PARIS' PRESTIGIOUS JAZZ MAGAZINE
“The Berlin visit comes in the middle of a long sequence of ‘songbook’ recordings, usually working with top orchestras, led by Buddy Bregman, Nelson Riddle, Bill Doggett, Marty Paich, Frank DeVol, and others, highly accurate and welldrilled outfits all. And yet, it’s with a small group that her powers are most evident. Pianist Paul Smith, with whom she also made The Intimate Ella at this time, was a much underrated accompanist.
Guitarist Jim Hall is more widely recognized for his own work, while bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks and drummer Gus Johnson combine the virtues of elastic swing and strict control of time. She may have forgotten the words to ‘Die Moritat von Mackie Messer’, but she still made a triumph of it, and the Berlin crowd loved her for it. One of the great concert records of the period.” – PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ
“On this Berlin evening in February 1960, Ella was in Olympic form, surrounded by a formidable group with which she delivered an electrifying emotional performance. This set includes a piece that has entered Ella’s personal pantheon, ‘Mack the Knife’. Neither she nor her musicians had prepared the tune, and when the singer forgets the words, she launches into an improvised verse that has since become legendary.” – JAZZ MAGAZINE
PERSONNEL:
Ella Fitzgerald – (vocals)
Paul Smith – (piano)
Jim Hall – (guitar)
Wilfred Middlebrooks – (bass)
Gus Johnson JOHNSON – (drums)
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, February 13, 1960.
(*) BONUS TRACKS:
Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d)
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, August 15, 1956.
Ella Fitzgerald – (vocals)
Paul Smith – (piano)
Jim Hall – (guitar)
Wilfred Middlebrooks – (bass)
Gus Johnson JOHNSON – (drums)
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, February 13, 1960.
(*) BONUS TRACKS:
Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d)
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, August 15, 1956.
TRACKS:
SIDE A:
A1. GONE WITH THE WIND
A2. MISTY
A3. THE LADY IS A TRAMP
A4. THE MAN I LOVE
A5. SUMMERTIME
A6. TOO DARN HOT
A7. LORELEI
SIDE B:
B1. MACK THE KNIFE
B2. HOW HIGH THE MOON?
B3. LOVE FOR SALE (*)
B4. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS (*)
B5. LITTLE GIRL BLUE (*)
(*) BONUS TRACKS
SIDE A:
A1. GONE WITH THE WIND
A2. MISTY
A3. THE LADY IS A TRAMP
A4. THE MAN I LOVE
A5. SUMMERTIME
A6. TOO DARN HOT
A7. LORELEI
SIDE B:
B1. MACK THE KNIFE
B2. HOW HIGH THE MOON?
B3. LOVE FOR SALE (*)
B4. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS (*)
B5. LITTLE GIRL BLUE (*)
(*) BONUS TRACKS
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