Digital III at Montreux
Digital III at Montreux | ||||
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Live album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | July 12, 1979 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:47 | |||
Label | Pablo | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Digital III at Montreux is a 1979 live album featuring a compilation of performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown, recorded at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival. It was produced and has liner notes by Norman Granz. The cover photo is by Phil Stern.
This is one of four albums featuring Fitzgerald at the Montreux Jazz Festival and is Fitzgerald's third Montreux appearance to be released on record. The remainder of Fitzgerald's Montreux performance of this year was released on the 1979 album A Perfect Match.
Ella's performance on this album won her the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.
Track listing
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:47
- "Good Mileage" (Dennis Wilson) – 7:17
- "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:16
- "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin) – 8:05
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:49
- "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) – 4:41
- "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 7:01
- "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:51
Personnel
Recorded July 12, 1979, in Montreux, Switzerland:
- Tracks 1-2
- Count Basie - piano
- Danny Turner - alto sax
- Bobby Plater - alto sax
- Eric Dixon - tenor sax
- Kenny Hing - tenor sax
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Ray Brown - trumpet
- Pete Minger - trumpet
- Sonny Cohn - trumpet
- Paul Cohen - trumpet
- Mitchell 'Booty' Wood - trombone
- Bill Hughes - trombone
- Mel Wanzo - trombone
- Dennis Wilson - trombone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- John Clayton - double bass
- Butch Miles - drums
- Tracks 3-4
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
- Paul Smith - piano
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Keter Betts - double bass
- Micky Roker - drums
- Tracks 5-6
- Tracks 7-8
- Joe Pass - guitar
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double bass
References
- ^ Yanow, Scott. Digital III at Montreux at AllMusic
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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albums
- Ella Sings Gershwin
- Songs in a Mellow Mood
- Lullabies of Birdland
- For Sentimental Reasons
- Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax
- Sweet and Hot
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
- Ella and Louis
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book
- Ella and Louis Again
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Like Someone in Love
- Ella Swings Lightly
- Porgy and Bess
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
- Get Happy!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
- Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
- Hello, Love
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
- Rhythm Is My Business
- Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
- Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
- Ella Sings Broadway
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
- Ella and Basie!
- These Are the Blues
- Hello, Dolly!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
- Ella at Duke's Place
- Whisper Not
- Brighten the Corner
- Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
- 30 by Ella
- Misty Blue
- Ella
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
- Ella Loves Cole
- Take Love Easy
- Fine and Mellow
- Ella and Oscar
- Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
- Lady Time
- Dream Dancing
- A Classy Pair
- Ella Abraça Jobim
- The Best Is Yet to Come
- Speak Love
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Easy Living
- All That Jazz
albums
- At the Opera House
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
- Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's
- Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
- Ella in Hollywood
- Ella Returns to Berlin
- Twelve Nights in Hollywood
- Ella at Juan-Les-Pins
- Ella in Hamburg
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall
- The Stockholm Concert, 1966
- Ella in Budapest
- Ella à Nice
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
- Ella in London
- Montreux '75
- Montreux '77
- Digital III at Montreux
- A Perfect Match
- Sophisticated Lady
albums
- Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues
- One O'Clock Jump
- Back on the Block
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
- Pure Ella
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
- Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
- Gold
albums
- Ride 'Em Cowboy
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- Ray Brown (second husband)
- Ray Brown Jr. (son)
- Louis Armstrong collaborations
- A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
- Marilyn and Ella (2008 play)
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