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One of the forgotten live LPs from the career of vocal jazz's most impressive live artist, Ella at Juan-Les-Pins found Ella Fitzgerald at the Fifth Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France, in July 1964, working with a great group: trumpeter Roy Eldridge, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Bill Yancey, and drummer Gus Johnson. The group doesn't get as much space as they deserve, but with Fitzgerald a commanding presence, it's hardly ever felt. And she does give the appreciative crowd the show they're looking for; whereas most vocalists have treated songs like "Them There Eyes" and "Perdido" as features for their playful side, Fitzgerald simply rips them apart with twisting, turning wordplay, breakneck tempos the band can hardly keep up with, and scats no listener can digest the first or second time through. She wrings all the selfish joi de vivre from "The Lady Is a Tramp" (addressing herself), then, with barely a pause, moves into a carefully paced "Summertime." Two recent crossovers, Barbra Streisand's "People" and the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," serve as pleasant stopgap items between the real show, and Fitzgerald reprises her legend-making rendition of "Mack the Knife" from Ella in Berlin, describing the entire sorted Brecht-to-Darin-to-Armstrong history of the song while never losing her sense of swing. Throughout, she never fails to energize or charm her audience.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Herman, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Rube Bloom, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Norman Granz, Producer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Billy Strayhorn, Composer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Otho Gaines, Author - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Peggy Lee, ComposerLyricist - Bill Schluger, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Bob Merrill, Author - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Maceo Pinkard, ComposerLyricist - DORIS TAUBER, ComposerLyricist - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - William Tracey, ComposerLyricist - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Dubose Heyward, Author - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Steve Allen, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Ervin M. Drake, Author - Juan Tizol, Composer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Lengsfelder, Author - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kurt Weill, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - MARC BLITZSTEIN, ComposerLyricist - Bertolt Brecht, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Fats Waller, Composer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Herman, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Rube Bloom, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Billy Strayhorn, Composer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Otho Gaines, Author - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Peggy Lee, ComposerLyricist - Bill Schluger, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Jule Styne, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Bob Merrill, Author - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Maceo Pinkard, ComposerLyricist - DORIS TAUBER, ComposerLyricist - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - William Tracey, ComposerLyricist - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Dubose Heyward, Author - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Steve Allen, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Ervin M. Drake, Author - Juan Tizol, Composer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Lengsfelder, Author - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matty Malneck, ComposerLyricist - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, Translator - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Foster, ComposerLyricist - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1990 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JOSEF MYROW, ComposerLyricist - Mack Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, Composer - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Bock, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Holofcenter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kurt Weill, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - MARC BLITZSTEIN, ComposerLyricist - Bertolt Brecht, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Benny Carter, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Nancy Hamilton, Author - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Morgan Lewis, Composer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist - Benny Carter, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Flanagan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gus Johnson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Yancey, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
One of the forgotten live LPs from the career of vocal jazz's most impressive live artist, Ella at Juan-Les-Pins found Ella Fitzgerald at the Fifth Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France, in July 1964, working with a great group: trumpeter Roy Eldridge, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Bill Yancey, and drummer Gus Johnson. The group doesn't get as much space as they deserve, but with Fitzgerald a commanding presence, it's hardly ever felt. And she does give the appreciative crowd the show they're looking for; whereas most vocalists have treated songs like "Them There Eyes" and "Perdido" as features for their playful side, Fitzgerald simply rips them apart with twisting, turning wordplay, breakneck tempos the band can hardly keep up with, and scats no listener can digest the first or second time through. She wrings all the selfish joi de vivre from "The Lady Is a Tramp" (addressing herself), then, with barely a pause, moves into a carefully paced "Summertime." Two recent crossovers, Barbra Streisand's "People" and the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," serve as pleasant stopgap items between the real show, and Fitzgerald reprises her legend-making rendition of "Mack the Knife" from Ella in Berlin, describing the entire sorted Brecht-to-Darin-to-Armstrong history of the song while never losing her sense of swing. Throughout, she never fails to energize or charm her audience.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 49 track(s)
- Total length: 02:35:09
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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