Ella Fitzgerald at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975

~ Release by Ella Fitzgerald (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Notes

A quite good live from the late period - while Ella voice was weakening, she still demonstrates no one but her deserves the First Lady title, accompanied by her usual trio.
Earliest editions had the title simply as "Montreux", or "Montreux '75".

Annotation last modified on 2007-12-14 19:09 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
A1Caravan
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live cover recording of:
Caravan (on 1974-07-17)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937) and Juan Tizol (in 1937)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
2:37
A2Satin Doll
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live cover recording of:
Satin Doll (on 1974-07-17)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1953)
additional composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1953)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1953)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Duke Ellington Music, Tempo Music Inc and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:49
A3Teach Me Tonight
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live cover recording of:
Teach Me Tonight (on 1974-07-17)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Gene de Paul
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), Cahn Music Company, Hub Music Co Inc, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 and 日音 Synch事業部
4:36
A4Wave
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live cover recording of:
Wave (English lyrics) (in 1975)
lyricist and composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
publisher:
Corcovado Music Corp.
version of:
Wave (original instrumental)
5:12
A5It’s All Right With Me
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live cover recording of:
It’s All Right with Me (Can‐Can musical) (on 1974-07-17)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1953)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
2:59
A6Let’s Do It
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live cover recording of:
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (Paris musical) (on 1974-07-17)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Paris (1928 musical)
5:40
B1How High the Moon
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live cover recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1974-07-17)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
8:36
B2The Girl From Ipanema
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live cover recording of:
The Girl From Ipanema (on 1974-07-17)
lyricist:
Vinicius de Moraes (O poetinha)
composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
translator:
Norman Gimbel
publisher:
Corcovado Music Corp., Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd., New Thunder Music Co., Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Duchess Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
translated version of:
Garota de Ipanema
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
8:15
B3’Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1974-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Durham (on 1974-07-17)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1974-07-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1974-07-17)
live recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1974-07-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
5:58