Another great live performance by Ella from 1973.....
A memorable Carnegie Hall concert that both features and pays tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. The great singer is joined on a few numbers by a Chick Webb reunion band that has a few of the original members (plus an uncredited Panama Francis on drums). Although the musicians do not get much solo space the music is pleasing. Fitzgerald performs three exquisite duets with pianist Ellis Larkins and then sits out while the Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars romp on a few jams and a ballad medley. Trumpeter Roy Eldridge's emotional flights take honors, although tenorman Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and trombonist Al Grey are also in good form. Fitzgerald comes out for the second half of the show and sings 14 numbers with guitarist Joe Pass (including a pair of tender duets) and the Tommy Flanagan trio. Although her renditions of "I've Gotta Be Me" and "What's Going On" are unnecessary, Fitzgerald sounds beautiful on "Good Morning Heartache," "Don't Worry About Me," and "These Foolish Things," and swings hard on the scat-filled "Lemon Drop." An excellent retrospective of Fitzgerald's first 40 years in jazz. (Info Edited from a Review by Scott Yanow from ALLMUSIC)
1. Opening Announcement by Eddie Barefield.
2. Stompin' At The Savoy
3. A- Tisket -A- Tasket
4. Indian Summer
5. Smooth Sailing
6. Eddie Barefield Original
7. Band Introductions...Lets Get Together
8. Announcement By George Wein
9. You Turned The Tables On Me
10. Nice Work If You Can Get It
11. I.ve Got A Crush On You
12. Introduction Of Jazz at Carnegie All Stars By George Wein
13. Somebody Loves Me
14. Medley..I Can't Get Started-the young man With the Horn-Round Midnight
15. Stardust
16. Avalon
17. C-Jam Blues
18. Introduction Of Ella Fitzgerald By George Wein And Carmen McRae
19. I've Gotta Be Me
20. Down In The Depths
21. Good Morning Heartache
22. Whats Going On
23. Miss Otis Regrets
24. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
25. These Foolish Things
26. Any Old Blues
27. Taking A Chance On Love
28. I'm In The Mood For Love
29. Lemon Drop
30. A-Tisket-a- Tasket (Excerpt)
31. Some Of These Days
32. People
33. A-Tisket-a-Tasket (Excerpt)
3. A-Tisket-a-Tasket
5. Smooth Sailing
23. Miss Otis Regrets
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