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Although Ella Fitzgerald had been on the jazz scene for over four decades by the time of this 1975 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, she still knew how to swing and keep the audience in the palm of her hand. Backed by lyrical pianist Tommy Flanagan, the solid bassist Keter Betts and the driving drummer Bobby Durham, the vocalist wows the crowd with a mix of standards, popular jazz compositions and ballads in a way that only she could do it. Even though her voice shows evidence of a little more vibrato on her held notes at the end of a phrase (especially on the ballads), she still emotes like no one else, occasionally adding some playful scat in the up-tempo numbers and captivating the audience with her romp through "How High the Moon," a piece she kept fresh even though she had performed it hundreds of times over the years. This is easily one of Ella Fitzgerald's better live sets from late in her career, which would continue for another decade before ill health finally caused her to retire.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Juan Tizol, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Gene DePaul, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
William M. Lewis, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Nancy Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Morgan Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Robert Prince, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Porter Grainger, ComposerLyricist - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bobby Durham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
Album review
Although Ella Fitzgerald had been on the jazz scene for over four decades by the time of this 1975 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, she still knew how to swing and keep the audience in the palm of her hand. Backed by lyrical pianist Tommy Flanagan, the solid bassist Keter Betts and the driving drummer Bobby Durham, the vocalist wows the crowd with a mix of standards, popular jazz compositions and ballads in a way that only she could do it. Even though her voice shows evidence of a little more vibrato on her held notes at the end of a phrase (especially on the ballads), she still emotes like no one else, occasionally adding some playful scat in the up-tempo numbers and captivating the audience with her romp through "How High the Moon," a piece she kept fresh even though she had performed it hundreds of times over the years. This is easily one of Ella Fitzgerald's better live sets from late in her career, which would continue for another decade before ill health finally caused her to retire.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:39
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Pablo
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 1993 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1975 Fantasy, Inc.
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