Ella Fitzgerald with the Roy Eldridge Sextet
Featuring: Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Jo Jones (d), Stuff Smith (vl), Donald Abney (p)
Billed as a Jazz at the Philharmonic performance, this concert consists of two intimate sets: the first showcases Roy Eldridge leading an All Star sextet, while the second part of the concert is the long Ella Fitzgerald set, with just a rhythm section.
Highlights include her powerful renditions of such classics as "Angel Eyes", "Lullaby of Birdland" and "Love for Sale".
The final number, a vigorous version of "It Don't Mean a Thing", brings Roy Eldridge and Stuff Smith back on stage. Stuff Smith, Don Abney, Herb Ellis and Roy Eldridge perform solos.
Tracklisting:
1. Announcement
2. Undecided
3. Embraceable You
4. School Days
5. Lester Leaps In
6. Moonlight In Vermont
7. Bugle Call Rag
8. Announcement
9. You Got Me Singing The Blues
10. Angel Eyes
11. Lullaby Of Birdland
12. Tenderly
13. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
14. April In Paris
15. I Can't Give You Anything
16. Love For Sale
17. It Don't Mean A Thing
18. Final Announcement
Recorded at the Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, April 28, 1957.
2 comments:
Great!
I've got most of the Ella set on a Dutch CD issue from 1996, that lacked It Don't mean a Thing, and on which also some Ella in Rome and some of the 1957 JATP concerts at the Opera House appeared.
I especially like this version of Angel Eyes.
this is a great concert, it has been issued several times on minor labels, but it's still one of her best!
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