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Ella Fitzgerald was still very much at the top of her game in 1969, when this appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was videotaped. Accompanied by the always swinging pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Frank DeLaRosa, and drummer Ed Thigpen, Fitzgerald works her magic with a number of favorites from her vast repertoire to the delight of her attentive audience, including "Give Me the Simple Life," "That Old Black Magic," and "I Won't Dance." But the singer was never one to stand pat with her song selection, so she was always looking at new material. While some of it merits inclusion, like Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Useless Landscape," there are several obvious duds, including Burt Bacharach's leaden ballad "This Girl's in Love with You," plus two forgettable rock songs, Cream's monotonous "Sunshine of Your Love" and the Beatles' equally annoying "Hey Jude." Fortunately, the jazz selections overshadow these performances, particularly the rendition of Duke Ellington's "Love You Madly," which Flanagan slyly introduces by playing Dave Brubeck's "The Duke" (itself a tribute to Ellington, though Ella takes the song into hip territory with a rock rhythm). She also swings Joe Williams' trademark song, "Alright, Okay, You Win." Her uptempo "Scat Medley" is a marvelous alchemy of bossa nova and swing, starting with "One Note Samba" and adding riffs from various standards and jazz compositions, ending with a wild unaccompanied coda. Videotaped in black-and-white with good editing and excellent sound, this DVD will be of interest to Ella Fitzgerald fans.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Rube Bloom, Composer - Harry Ruby, Author - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Jerome Kern, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Dorothy Fields, Author - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Otto Harbach, Author - Jimmy Mc Hugh, ComposerLyricist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Manuel De Sica, ComposerLyricist - Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - John Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - RAY GILBERT, ComposerLyricist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Thierry Amsallem, Video Director, FilmDirector - Louis Oliveira, ComposerLyricist - Marius Berger, Video Producer, FilmProducer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Glardon, Post-Production, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Jaussi, Video Director, FilmDirector - Pierre Matteuzzi, Video Director, FilmDirector
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - ALEC WILDER, ComposerLyricist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - FRANCIS LAI, Composer - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Elie Barouh, Author - Jerry Paul Keller, Translator - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Eric Clapton, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Pete Brown, ComposerLyricist - Jack Bruce, ComposerLyricist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Eric Clapton, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Jack Bruce, ComposerLyricist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Thierry Amsallem, Video Director, FilmDirector - Marius Berger, Video Producer, FilmProducer - Peter Ronald Brown, ComposerLyricist - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Glardon, Post-Production, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Jaussi, Video Director, FilmDirector - Pierre Matteuzzi, Video Director, FilmDirector
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Non Music Work, ComposerLyricist - Van Alexander, ComposerLyricist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Thierry Amsallem, Video Director, FilmDirector - Newton Ferreira de Mendonca, Author - Marius Berger, Video Producer, FilmProducer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Glardon, Post-Production, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Jaussi, Video Director, FilmDirector - Pierre Matteuzzi, Video Director, FilmDirector
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - CLAUDE NOBS, Producer - Thierry Amsallem, Video Director, FilmDirector - Marius Berger, Video Producer, FilmProducer - Pierre Grandjean, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Claude Martin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Glardon, Post-Production, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Jaussi, Video Director, FilmDirector - Pierre Matteuzzi, Video Director, FilmDirector
℗ 2005 Montreux Sounds, S.A., under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.
Album review
Ella Fitzgerald was still very much at the top of her game in 1969, when this appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was videotaped. Accompanied by the always swinging pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Frank DeLaRosa, and drummer Ed Thigpen, Fitzgerald works her magic with a number of favorites from her vast repertoire to the delight of her attentive audience, including "Give Me the Simple Life," "That Old Black Magic," and "I Won't Dance." But the singer was never one to stand pat with her song selection, so she was always looking at new material. While some of it merits inclusion, like Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Useless Landscape," there are several obvious duds, including Burt Bacharach's leaden ballad "This Girl's in Love with You," plus two forgettable rock songs, Cream's monotonous "Sunshine of Your Love" and the Beatles' equally annoying "Hey Jude." Fortunately, the jazz selections overshadow these performances, particularly the rendition of Duke Ellington's "Love You Madly," which Flanagan slyly introduces by playing Dave Brubeck's "The Duke" (itself a tribute to Ellington, though Ella takes the song into hip territory with a rock rhythm). She also swings Joe Williams' trademark song, "Alright, Okay, You Win." Her uptempo "Scat Medley" is a marvelous alchemy of bossa nova and swing, starting with "One Note Samba" and adding riffs from various standards and jazz compositions, ending with a wild unaccompanied coda. Videotaped in black-and-white with good editing and excellent sound, this DVD will be of interest to Ella Fitzgerald fans.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:12
- Main artists: Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Studios
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 2022 Mercury Studios Media Limited ℗ 2022 Montreux Sounds
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