Twelve Nights in Hollywood

Ella Fitzgerald - Twelve Nights in Hollywood

Twelve Nights in Hollywood
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Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2009-11-10
Music Label: Hip-O Select
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Introduction
  2. Lover Come Back to Me
  3. Too Close for Comfort
  4. Little White Lies
  5. On the Sunny Side of the Street
  6. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
  7. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
  8. I Found a New Baby
  9. On a Slow Boat to China
  10. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
  11. Perdido
  12. I've Got a Crush on You
  13. But Not for Me
  14. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
  15. Across the Alley from the Alamo
  16. I'm Glad There Is You
  17. 'Round Midnight
  18. Take the 'A' Train
  19. Mr. Paganini [Mono Version]
Music CD 2
  1. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  2. I Can't Get Started
  3. Give Me the Simple Life
  4. Caravan
  5. One for My Baby
  6. Lorelei
  7. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  8. Witchcraft
  9. Gone with the Wind
  10. Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
  11. It's De-Lovely
  12. The Lady Is a Tramp
  13. That Old Black Magic
  14. Lullaby of Birdland
  15. Ella Introduces the Band
  16. Imagination
  17. Blue Moon
  18. Joe Williams' Blues
  19. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  20. I Can't Get Started
  21. Give Me the Simple Life
  22. Caravan
  23. One for My Baby
  24. Lorelei
  25. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  26. Witchcraft
  27. Gone with the Wind
  28. Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
  29. It's De-Lovely
  30. The Lady Is a Tramp
  31. That Old Black Magic
  32. Lullaby of Birdland
  33. Ella Introduces the Band
  34. Imagination
  35. Blue Moon
  36. Joe Williams' Blues
Music CD 3
  1. The Lady's in Love with You
  2. Love Is Here to Stay
  3. Come Rain or Come Shine
  4. Anything Goes
  5. This Could Be the Start of Something Big
  6. Candy
  7. Little Girl Blue
  8. You're Driving Me Crazy
  9. It's All Right with Me
  10. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)
  11. 'S Wonderful
  12. How High the Moon
  13. Deep Purple
  14. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
  15. Mack the Knife
  16. Exactly Like You
  17. Rock It for Me [Mono Version]
  18. Stompin' at the Savoy [Mono Version]
  19. The Lady's in Love with You
  20. Love Is Here to Stay
  21. Come Rain or Come Shine
  22. Anything Goes
  23. This Could Be the Start of Something Big
  24. Candy
  25. Little Girl Blue
  26. You're Driving Me Crazy
  27. It's All Right with Me
  28. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)
  29. 'S Wonderful
  30. How High the Moon
  31. Deep Purple
  32. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
  33. Mack the Knife
  34. Exactly Like You
  35. Rock It for Me [Mono Version]
  36. Stompin' at the Savoy [Mono Version]
  37. Love for Sale [Mono Version]
  38. St. Louis Blues [Mono Version]
Music CD 4
  1. All of Me [Mono Version][*]
  2. Hard Hearted Hannah [Mono Version][*]
  3. Broadway [Mono Version][*]
  4. My Kind of Boy [Mono Version][*]
  5. It Had to Be You [Mono Version][*]
  6. C'est Magnifique [Mono Version][*]
  7. How Long Has This Been Going On? [Mono Version][*]
  8. When Your Lover Has Gone [Mono Version][*]
  9. Taking a Chance on Love [Mono Version][*]
  10. Good Morning Heartache [Mono Version][*]
  11. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie! [Mono Version][*]
  12. Hallelujah I Love Him So [Mono Version][*]
  13. Angel Eyes [Mono Version][*]
  14. Ol' Man Mose [Mono Version][*]
  15. Teach Me Tonight [Mono Version][*]
  16. Medley: Too Darn Hot/Ella's Twist [Mono Version][*][Medley]
  17. Too Darn Hot [Mono Version][*]
  18. Bewitched [Mono Version][*]
  19. Bill Bailey [Mono Version][*]
  20. Bill Bailey Reprise [Mono Version][*]

Music reviews of Twelve Nights in Hollywood

Music Review: The First Lady of Song Defends Her Title
Rating: 5 Stars

In the sixties and seventies it was possible to go to a small supper club and for an investment of twenty bucks get a decent dinner, a seat right next to the stage, and entertainment from the likes of Getz and Oscar Peterson, Ahmad and Coltrane, Sarah and Ella. By 1980 the party was over, and I'm not quite sure why the economics had suddenly changed so dramatically from the previous two decades. But the music--and entertainment--has never been the same. All the more reason to take advantage of this opportunity to return to a time that was.

One of the most-played albums in my collection is "Sarah Vaughan at Mr. Kelly's," which now is likely to get some competition from this new Ella set. Even though Ella is slightly more relaxed and informal than the live recordings done in epic-scale venues--the Opera House, the Rome and Berlin (Mack the Knife) concerts, the Hollywood Bowl and Los Angeles Civic Auditorium recordings--the energy level might be described as "without governors." She's swinging harder than ever yet, as usual, is able to bring it down instantly for those mellow, intimate ballads. As for some of the carping about this collection, it's hard to be sympathetic with the complainers after hearing the quality of the music. The audio is good enough to put me in the actual audience's space, right down in front, where Ella's voice, the distinct notes of the walking bass, the zing of the cymbals and chic of the hi-hat are equally clear. True, it's not quite the equal of a "more perfect" studio recording, which would probably tone down the rhythm section and throw away the moments when the mic momentarily distorts or picks up a few unwanted sibilants. But that's live music, folks, and for my money, the music, not to mention the listener's experience, is all the better for it.

My other Ella albums feature celebrated accompanists like Jimmy Jones or monster jazz pianists like Tommy Flanagan and Paul Smith. This one has Lou Levy, who also frequently worked with Peggy Lee and is certainly one of the West Coast's all-time best. There are a few pauses, acknowledgements of celebrities in the audience, moments of indecision about a lyric or the next song--all of which humanize arguably the singer who could live up to the description bestowed upon her by Mel Torme as the "the greatest who ever lived." I'll refrain from the hyperbole but go so far as to pick one of the numbers--"It Had to Be You"--as the best interpretation available on record.

In sum, this one may not be quite up to the "Sinatra-Vegas" box, which includes a DVD with the 4 CD's covering two decades of live performance (few people realize that Sinatra released only two live albums during his lifetime), but it's close to being as indispensable.
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Description of Twelve Nights in Hollywood

Ella Fitzgerald's Twelve Nights In Hollywood is an unprecedented release - a 4-CD box set of 73 completely unreleased live recordings from Ella in her relaxed, absolute prime. For Twelve Nights In Hollywood Verve Select dug into the vault to collect the best of her performances across her extended 10-night 1961 engagement at Los Angeles' Crescendo Club - which originally resulted in the hit LP Ella In Hollywood - and her two-night return engagement the following year, presenting an unforgettable experience that puts you right in the front seat at the club, without repeating any performances from the original album. It includes several tracks never before heard by Ella live, tracks she had just recorded or had yet to record in the studio, and old chestnuts she revisited in a fresh way. Standouts among many across the four discs include "But Not For Me," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "Perdido," "How High the Moon" and "When Your Lover Has Gone."

Twelve Nights In Hollywood is housed in exquisite packaging - same 7 3/8" square dimensions as the Oscar Peterson set, complete with extensive liner notes, detailed annotations, rare photos, and specially commissioned album cover art by Hall of Fame illustrator Bart Forbes. There have been several Ella live albums, but this is indeed unlike any other.

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