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The Best of Twelve Nights in Hollywood Ella Fitzgerald CD
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  • Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
  • Year: 2010
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 602527323299
  • Item Number: VER732329
  • Release date: 03/16/2010
  • 1. Lover Come Back to Me [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 2. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 3. On a Slow Boat to China [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 4. I'm Glad There Is You [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 5. A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 6. Give Me the Simple Life [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 7. St. Louis Blues [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 8. Mack the Knife [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 9. Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 10. Anything Goes [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 11. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 12. Deep Purple [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 13. Hallelujah I Love Him So [Live at the Crescendo]
  • 14. Take the "A" Train [Single Disc Best of Version] [Alternate Take][Previously Unreleased][Ve
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The Best of Twelve Nights in Hollywood by Ella Fitzgerald on CD


An appearance in Hollywood for a first-rate jazz vocalist was not necessarily an opportunity to broadcast your visage and pander to everyone from Tacoma to Tallahassee. It could also include a date at the Crescendo, the Sunset Strip's best chance to find premier jazz. Gene Norman's nightclub hosted dozens of jazz legends (and a comic or two), and produced more than its share of excellent LPs recorded on location. Better even than Mel Torme's 1954 classic, the Ella Fitzgerald LP that resulted from her May 1961 appearances generated one of the best (and certainly most underrated) live records in her discography -- and almost 50 years later, it became a reissue event including a four-disc box set plus this single-disc distillation. The Best of Twelve Nights in Hollywood includes 13 of the 75 songs from the box, plus an exclusive version of "Take the 'A' Train." All of Fitzgerald's hallmarks (technical wizardry, breakneck scatting, irrepressible humor and warmth) are on full display, with a small but expressive quartet backing her performance, including pianist Lou Levy, guitarist Herb Ellis, drummer Gus Johnson, and bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks. ~ John Bush, Rovi
  • Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
  • Year: 2010
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 602527323299
  • Item Number: VER732329
  • Release date: 03/16/2010
  • Label: Umgd/Verve
  • Genre: Vocal, Jazz
  • Style: American Popular Song, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
  • Album Time: 43:47

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  • The Best of Twelve Nights in Hollywood Ella Fitzgerald CD
The Best of Twelve Nights in Hollywood Ella Fitzgerald CD