At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975

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All Music Guide - Ken Dryden
Although Ella Fitzgerald had been on the jazz scene for over four decades by the time of this 1975 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, she still knew how to swing and keep the audience in the palm of her hand. Backed by lyrical pianist Tommy Flanagan, the solid bassist Keter Betts and the driving drummer Bobby Durham, the vocalist wows the crowd with a mix of standards, popular jazz compositions and ballads in a way that only she could do it. Even though her voice shows evidence of a little more vibrato on her held notes at the end of a phrase (especially on the ballads), she still emotes like no one else, occasionally adding some playful scat in the up-tempo numbers and ...
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All Music Guide - Ken Dryden
Although Ella Fitzgerald had been on the jazz scene for over four decades by the time of this 1975 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, she still knew how to swing and keep the audience in the palm of her hand. Backed by lyrical pianist Tommy Flanagan, the solid bassist Keter Betts and the driving drummer Bobby Durham, the vocalist wows the crowd with a mix of standards, popular jazz compositions and ballads in a way that only she could do it. Even though her voice shows evidence of a little more vibrato on her held notes at the end of a phrase (especially on the ballads), she still emotes like no one else, occasionally adding some playful scat in the up-tempo numbers and captivating the audience with her romp through "How High the Moon," a piece she kept fresh even though she had performed it hundreds of times over the years. This is easily one of Ella Fitzgerald''s better live sets from late in her career, which would continue for another decade before ill health finally caused her to retire.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 6/23/1993
  • Label: Ojc
  • UPC: 025218678926
  • Catalog Number: 789
  • Sales rank: 168,998

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Ella Fitzgerald Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals
Tommy Flanagan Piano
Keter Betts Bass
Bobby Durham Drums
Technical Credits
Percy Grainger Composer
Vinícius de Moraes Composer
Irving Mills Composer
Angel Balestier Remixing
Keter Betts Contributor
Norman Granz Producer
Duke Ellington Composer
Norman Gimbel Composer
Porter Grainger Composer
Nancy Hamilton Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim Composer
Cole Porter Composer
Jimmy Robins Composer
John Luard Timperley Engineer
Juan Tizol Composer
Clarence Williams Composer
Paul Beattie Engineer
Morgan Lewis Composer
Robert Prince Composer
Eric Miller Engineer
Traditional Composer
Todd Weinstein Cover Photo
Benny Green Liner Notes
Grahm Prince Composer
Grisham Composer
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