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Ella Fitzgerald had recorded live albums in venues ranging from Newport to Berlin to Hollywood when she and a quartet led by Roy Eldridge traveled to Japan in early 1964 for a series of concerts. Norman Granz, the former Verve head and current Fitzgerald manager who accompanied the musicians on their trip, recorded the concerts for release, but the tapes sat unissued in the Verve vaults -- a victim of the surplus of Ella material already recorded but not released -- for nearly 50 years, until the 2011 two-disc reissue Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful. In the early '60s, Japan was thick with jazz fans, and crowds swarmed the Hibiya Kokaido Public Hall in Tokyo for the January 19 show that is included on the first disc. (The second disc includes a far more exclusive affair, recorded at a hotel a few days later.) Although another live album was recorded and released just a few short months after these shows (Ella at Juan-Les-Pins), the material has few overlaps. Ella is in fine form -- as usual, she turned up the candlepower in front of an audience -- personalizing Peggy Lee's "I Love Being Here with You" early in the program, and even singing in Japanese, to the delight of the crowd, during a stirring "'S Wonderful." The quartet, including Eldrige on trumpet plus pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Bill Yancey, and drummer Gus Johnson, are quite adept at sounding bigger than a four-piece, especially on Ella's saucy "Whatever Lola Wants." (Also, an instrumental mini-set of four tracks concludes the first disc.) Raiding the vaults can be a risky proposition, but here, as with the massive four-disc Twelve Nights in Hollywood compilation, fans of Fitzgerald specifically, or great jazz singing in general, will find a wealth of great material.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Mitchell Parish, Composer - Peter De Rose, Composer
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Bock, ComposerLyricist - Larry Holofcenter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Peggy Lee, ComposerLyricist - Bill Schluger, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bart Howard, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Erroll Garner, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Richard Adler , ComposerLyricist - JERRY ROSS, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Sarah Vaughan, ComposerLyricist - Hughie Cannon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thelonious Monk, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Bernie Hanighen, ComposerLyricist - Cootie Williams, Composer - Roy Eldridge Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Vernon Duke, ComposerLyricist - Roy Eldridge Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Sid Robin, Author - Charlie Shavers, Composer - Roy Eldridge Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Roy Eldridge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kaoru Inami, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tammy Flanagan, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tetsuo Hayashi, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Takashi Furuya, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kiyoshi Tsuda, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Zenshow Otsuka, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bill Yancey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Kawaguchi, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Author, MainArtist - Frank Foster, Composer
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerome Kern, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Sarah Vaughan, ComposerLyricist - Hughie Cannon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Al Feldman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, Author, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Fats Waller, Composer - Harry Brooks, Composer
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Haven A. Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Juan Tizol, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Al Feldman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Ella Fitzgerald had recorded live albums in venues ranging from Newport to Berlin to Hollywood when she and a quartet led by Roy Eldridge traveled to Japan in early 1964 for a series of concerts. Norman Granz, the former Verve head and current Fitzgerald manager who accompanied the musicians on their trip, recorded the concerts for release, but the tapes sat unissued in the Verve vaults -- a victim of the surplus of Ella material already recorded but not released -- for nearly 50 years, until the 2011 two-disc reissue Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful. In the early '60s, Japan was thick with jazz fans, and crowds swarmed the Hibiya Kokaido Public Hall in Tokyo for the January 19 show that is included on the first disc. (The second disc includes a far more exclusive affair, recorded at a hotel a few days later.) Although another live album was recorded and released just a few short months after these shows (Ella at Juan-Les-Pins), the material has few overlaps. Ella is in fine form -- as usual, she turned up the candlepower in front of an audience -- personalizing Peggy Lee's "I Love Being Here with You" early in the program, and even singing in Japanese, to the delight of the crowd, during a stirring "'S Wonderful." The quartet, including Eldrige on trumpet plus pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Bill Yancey, and drummer Gus Johnson, are quite adept at sounding bigger than a four-piece, especially on Ella's saucy "Whatever Lola Wants." (Also, an instrumental mini-set of four tracks concludes the first disc.) Raiding the vaults can be a risky proposition, but here, as with the massive four-disc Twelve Nights in Hollywood compilation, fans of Fitzgerald specifically, or great jazz singing in general, will find a wealth of great material.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:40:47
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz Vocale jazz
© 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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