Digital III at Montreux

~ Release by Fitzgerald / Basie / Pass (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Notes

Various performances from the 1979' Montreux Jazz Festival, issued together by Norman Granz along with others in this Digital Montreux "collection".
Fitzgerald won an award for her performance here.
This is recommended: despite being quite late in Ella career, she's in very good form.

Issues

090204700707 is possibly for a European printing of this.

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-23 00:02 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
A1I Can’t Get Started
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1979-07-12)
live recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1979-07-12)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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
The Count Basie Orchestra3:48
A2Good Mileage
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1979-07-12)
The Count Basie Orchestra7:18
A3(I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance (with You)
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1979-07-12)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Roker (Drummer) (on 1979-07-12)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1979-07-12)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1979-07-12)
tenor saxophone:
Eric Dixon (woodwind), Charlie Fowlkes, Kenny Hing, Bobby Plater and Danny Turner (jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Bill Hughes (trombone), Mel Wanzo, Dennis Wilson (jazz trombonist) and Booty Wood
trumpet:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist), Paul Cohen (US jazz trumpeter), Sonny Cohn and Pete Minger
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1979-07-12)
live recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (on 1979-07-12)
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra3:16
A4Flying Home
double bass:
Keter Betts (on 1979-07-12)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Roker (Drummer) (on 1979-07-12)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1979-07-12)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1979-07-12)
tenor saxophone:
Eric Dixon (woodwind), Charlie Fowlkes, Kenny Hing, Bobby Plater and Danny Turner (jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Bill Hughes (trombone), Mel Wanzo, Dennis Wilson (jazz trombonist) and Booty Wood
trumpet:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist), Paul Cohen (US jazz trumpeter), Sonny Cohn and Pete Minger
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1979-07-12)
live cover recording of:
Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald) (on 1979-07-12)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd and Regent Music (BMI)
version of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra8:07
B1I Cover the Waterfront
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (on 1979-07-12)
live recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1979-07-12)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Joe Pass3:49
B2Lil’ Darlin’
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (on 1979-07-12)
live recording of:
Lil’ Darlin’ (on 1979-07-12)
composer and arranger:
Neal Hefti
Joe Pass4:42
B3In Your Own Sweet Way
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) (on 1979-07-12)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (on 1979-07-12)
live recording of:
In Your Own Sweet Way (on 1979-07-12)
composer:
Dave Brubeck
publisher:
Derry Music
Joe Pass & Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen7:02
B4Oleo
double bass:
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) (on 1979-07-12)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (on 1979-07-12)
recording of:
Oleo (on 1979-07-12)
composer:
Sonny Rollins
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music Corporation, Prestige Music and Sony/ATV Songs (SOCAN)
Joe Pass & Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen4:51

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