Digital III at Montreux
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| Live album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||
| Released | 1979 | |
| Recorded | July 12, 1979 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 42:47 | |
| Label | Pablo Records | |
| Producer(s) | Norman Granz | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Ella Fitzgerald chronology | ||
| Dream Dancing (1978) |
Digital III at Montreux (1979) |
A Classy Pair (1979) |
Digital III at Montreux is a 1979 (see 1979 in music) live album featuring a compilation of various performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown, recorded at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival.
This is one of four albums featuring Fitzgerald at the Montreux Jazz Festival, being Ella's third Montreux appearance to be released on record. The remainder of Fitzgerald's Montreux performance of this year was released on the 1979 album A Perfect Match.
Ella's performance on this album won her the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.
[edit] Track listing
- “I Can't Get Started” (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:47
- “Good Mileage” (Dennis Wilson) – 7:17
- “I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You” (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:16
- “Flying Home” (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin) – 8:05
- “I Cover the Waterfront” (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:49
- “Lil' Darlin'” (Neal Hefti) – 4:41
- “In Your Own Sweet Way” (Dave Brubeck) – 7:01
- “Oleo” (Sonny Rollins) – 4:51
[edit] Personnel
Recorded July 12, 1979, in Montreux, Switzerland:
- Tracks 1-2
- The Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie - piano
- Mitchell Wood - trombone
- Bill Hughes
- Mel Wanzo
- Dennis Wilson
- Pete Minger - trumpet
- Sonny Cohn
- Paul Cohen
- Charlie Fowlkes - saxophone
- Eric Dixon
- Bobby Plater
- Danny Turner
- Kenny Hing
- John Clayton - double bass
- Butch Miles
- Tracks 3-4
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
- Paul Smith - piano
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Keter Betts - double bass
- Micky Roker - drums
- Tracks 5-6
- Joe Pass - guitar
- Tracks 7-8
- Joe Pass - guitar
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double bass
