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A 1971 live recording, from when Ella Fitzgerald was still at the peak of her vocal powers, Ella à Nice isn't one of the vocalist's all-time greatest live recordings, but it's a very nice set placing her in the company in which she felt most comfortable, a simple piano/bass/drums trio led by her longtime musical partner, Tommy Flanagan. Most of the set list's time is taken up by themed medleys such as "Aspects of Duke," "The Bossa Scene," and "The Many Faces of Cole Porter" that are perfectly nice but, as medleys tend to be, a little disappointing. One would rather hear Ella work her magic on the entirety of "The Girl From Ipanema" or "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" than be teased with a verse and chorus. On the other hand, the opening "Night and Day" is simply outstanding. Opening slowly with an extended vamp by Flanagan and bassist Frank DeLaRosa, the song settles gracefully into a mellow groove, with Ella's patented scat solo a marvel of melodic improvisation. Though little in the following ten tracks reaches those heights (this was toward the end of that phase when Ella was unwisely covering pop hits of the day, and the set includes her takes on "Something" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," not to mention the actually entirely appropriate and well-done "Close to You"), Ella à Nice is an entirely pleasant diversion.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Dubose Heyward, Author - Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Frank Eyton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Sour, ComposerLyricist - John W. Green, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
Bart Howard, Composer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Norman Gimbel, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer, ComposerLyricist - IVAN LINS, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Dubose Heyward, Author
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
Barney Bigard, Composer - Duke Ellington, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Bob Russell, Author - Irving Mills, Author
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
GEORGE HARRISON, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Thigpen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - W.C. Handy, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer, Recording Producer - Frank De La Rosa, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tarantino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Duarte, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Pablo Records
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Holiday, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Jackie DeShannon, ComposerLyricist - Randy James Myers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
A 1971 live recording, from when Ella Fitzgerald was still at the peak of her vocal powers, Ella à Nice isn't one of the vocalist's all-time greatest live recordings, but it's a very nice set placing her in the company in which she felt most comfortable, a simple piano/bass/drums trio led by her longtime musical partner, Tommy Flanagan. Most of the set list's time is taken up by themed medleys such as "Aspects of Duke," "The Bossa Scene," and "The Many Faces of Cole Porter" that are perfectly nice but, as medleys tend to be, a little disappointing. One would rather hear Ella work her magic on the entirety of "The Girl From Ipanema" or "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" than be teased with a verse and chorus. On the other hand, the opening "Night and Day" is simply outstanding. Opening slowly with an extended vamp by Flanagan and bassist Frank DeLaRosa, the song settles gracefully into a mellow groove, with Ella's patented scat solo a marvel of melodic improvisation. Though little in the following ten tracks reaches those heights (this was toward the end of that phase when Ella was unwisely covering pop hits of the day, and the set includes her takes on "Something" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," not to mention the actually entirely appropriate and well-done "Close to You"), Ella à Nice is an entirely pleasant diversion.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:44
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Original Jazz Classics
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 1990 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1983 Fantasy, Inc.
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