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Table of Contents:

• Mack the knife / Kurt Weill ; Bertolt Brecht (5:06)
• Desafinado / Antonio Carlos Jobim (2:09)
• You'll have to swing it (Mr. Paganini) / Sam Coslow (4:03)
• I can't get started / Vernon Duke ; Ira Gershwin (3:30)
• Night in Tunisia / Dizzy Gillespie ; Frank Papparelli (4:06)
• A-tisket, a-tasket / Ella Fitzgerald (1:53)
• Shiny stockings / Frank Foster ; Ella Fitzgerald (3:32)
• Smooth sailing / Arnett Cobb (4:02)
• Goody goody / Johnny Mercer ; Matt Malneck (2:27)
• Rough ridin' / Ella Fitzgerald ; Hank Jones ; William Tennyson (2:49)
• Boy from Ipanema / Antonio Carlos Jobim ; Norman Gimble ; Vinicios DeMoraes (3:01)
• Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie ; Maceo Pinkard ; Kenneth Casey (3:33)
• Duke's Place (C jam blues) / Duke Ellington ; Bob Thiele ; Ruth Roberts ; Bill Katz (4:10)
• Misty / Erroll Garner ; Johnny Burke (2:50)
• Somebody loves me / George Gershwin ; Buddy SeSylva ; Ballard McDonald (2:35)
• How high the moon / Morgan Lewis ; Nancy Hamilton (8:08).

Author/Creator:

Fitzgerald, Ella , performer, composer

Contributors:

Newman, Joe , instrumentalist

Aarons, Al, 1932- , instrumentalist

Smith, Paul, 1922-2013 , instrumentalist

Cohn, Sonny, 1925-2006 , instrumentalist

Rader, Don, 1935-2023 , instrumentalist

Ricard, Fortunatus , instrumentalist

Royal, Ernie , instrumentalist

Jordan, Taft, 1914-1981 , instrumentalist

Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 , instrumentalist

Anderson, Cat , instrumentalist

Ellington, Mercer , instrumentalist

Jones, Herbie, 1923-2001 , instrumentalist

Williams, Cootie , instrumentalist

Coker, Henry, 1919-1979 , instrumentalist

Mitchell, Grover, 1930-2003 , instrumentalist

Powell, Benny , instrumentalist

Green, Urbie , instrumentalist

Brown, Lawrence, 1907-1988 , instrumentalist

Cooper, Buster , instrumentalist

Royal, Marshal, 1912-1995 , instrumentalist

Dixon, Eric, 1930-1989 , instrumentalist

Wess, Frank, 1922-2013 , instrumentalist

Woods, Phil , instrumentalist

Foster, Frank, 1928-2011 , instrumentalist

Fowlkes, Charlie, 1916-1980 , instrumentalist

Hodges, Johnny , instrumentalist

Procope, Russell, 1908-1981 , instrumentalist

Gonsalves, Paul, 1920-1974 , instrumentalist

Hamilton, Jimmy, 1917-1994 , instrumentalist

Carney, Harry , instrumentalist

Levy, Lou , instrumentalist

Basie, Count, 1904-1984 , instrumentalist, conductor

Flanagan, Tommy , instrumentalist

Rowles, Jimmie , instrumentalist

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 , instrumentalist, arranger of music

Doggett, Bill, 1916-1996 , instrumentalist, arranger of music

Hall, Jim, 1930-2013

Ellis, Herb, 1921-2010 , instrumentalist

Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 , instrumentalist

Viola, Al , instrumentalist

Middlebrooks, Wilfred, 1933-2008 , instrumentalist

Catlett, Buddy, 1933-2014 , instrumentalist

Betts, Keter , instrumentalist

Mondragon, Joe , instrumentalist

Lamb, John, 1933- , instrumentalist

Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 , instrumentalist

Payne, Sonny, 1926-1979 , instrumentalist

Manne, Shelly , instrumentalist

Bellson, Louie, 1924-2009 , instrumentalist

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950

Jobim, Antonio Carlos

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969

Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943

Garner, Erroll

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Lewis, Morgan, 1906-1968

Valburn/Ellington Collection (Library of Congress)

Marty Paich Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Nelson Riddle Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Count Basie Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Frank DeVol Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Bill Doggett Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Duke Ellington Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Ella Fitzgerald [by Fitzgerald, E.]

Included Works:

Dreigroschenoper [by Weill, K.] > Moritat von Mackie Messer

Desafinado [by Jobim, A.C.]

Garota de Ipanema [by Jobim, A.C.]

Ziegfeld follies of 1936 [by Duke, V.] > I can't get started

Sweet Georgia Brown [by Bernie, B.]

Misty [by Garner, E.]

George White's Scandals of 1924 [by Gershwin, G.] > Somebody loves me

Two for the show [by Lewis, M.] > How high the moon

Related Series:

Compact jazz

Subjects:

Jazz vocals

Jazz — 1951-1960

Jazz — 1961-1970

Live sound recordings

Musicals — Excerpts

1951-1970

Jazz

Musicals

Genres:

Live sound recordings

Excerpts

Musicals

Performers:

Ella Fitzgerald vocals ; Joe Newman, Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Don Rader and Fip Ricard, trumpet (track 7) ; Ernie Royal and Taft Jordan, trumpet (track 10) ; Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpet (track 12) ; Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams, trumpet, Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, trombone, Chuck Connors, bass trombone and trombone, Johnny Hodges and Russell Procope, alto saxophone, Paul Gonsalves, tenor saxophone, Jimmy Hamilton, tenor saxophone and clarinet, Harry Carney, baritone saxophone, bassoon, clarinet, Duke Ellington, piano and arranger ; John Lamb, bass and Louis Bellson, drums (track 13) ; Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell and Urbie Green, trombone (track 7) ; Marshall Royal, alto saxophone and clarinet (track 7) ; Eric Dixon, tenor saxophone and flute (track 7) ; Frank Wess, alto and tenor saxophone and flute (track 7) ; Phil Woods, alto saxophone (track 10) ; Frank Foster, tenor saxophone (track 7) ; Charlie Fowlkes, baritone saxophone (track 7) ; Paul Smith, piano (tracks 1, 14, 16) ; Lou Levy, piano (tracks 3, 5, 6) ; Count Basie, piano (track 7) ; Tommy Flanagan, piano (tracks 8, 11) ; Jimmy Rowles, piano (track 12) ; Bill Doggett, organ (track 10) ; Jim Hall, guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 16) ; Herb Ellis, guitar (tracks 5) ; Freddie Green, guitar (track 7) ; Al Viola, guitar (track 12) ; Wilfred Middlebrooks, bass (tracks 1, 3, 6, 16) ; Buddy Cattless [id est Catlett], bass (track 7) ; Keter Betts, bass (tracks 8, 11) ; Joe Mondragon, bass (track 12) ; Gus Johnson, drums (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16) ; Sonny Payne, drums (track 7) ; Shelly Manne, drums (track 12) ; Marty Paich's Orchestra (tracks 2, 12) ; Nelson Riddle's Orchestra (tracks 4) ; Count Basie's Orchestra (tracks 7) ; Frank DeVol's Orchestra (track 9) ; Bill Doggett's Orchestra (track 10) ; Duke Ellington's Orchestra (track 12).

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo medium voice; big band
2 performers: solo medium voice; piano
5 performers: solo medium voice; piano; double bass; guitar; drum
4 performers: solo medium voice; piano; double bass; drum

General Notes:

Jazz vocals.
Title from disc label.
Tracks 1 and 16 recorded live at Deutschlandshalle, West Berlin, Feb. 13, 1960. Track 2 recorded in Los Angeles, Sept., 1962. Tracks 3 and 6 recorded live at the Crescendo, Hollywood, 1961. Track 5 recorded in Los Angeles, June 22, 23 or 24, 1962. Track 7 recorded in New York, July 16 or 17, 1963. Tracks 8 and 11 recorded live at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, Mar. 26, 1965. Track 9 recorded in Los Angeles, July 24, 1957. Track 10 recorded in New York, May, 1962. Track 12 recorded in Los Angeles, 1965. Track 13 recorded in Los Angeles, April 14, 1965. Track 14 recorded in Los Angeles, April 14, 1960. Track 15 recorded in Los Angeles, Jan. 1959.
Program notes and full credits on container insert.
From the collection of Rusty Rush

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (58 min., 46 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 042283136724
Publisher Number, Verve: 831 367-2

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2014617065

OCLC Numbers:

881473673