Mack the Knife: The Complete Ella in Berlin
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Orchestra: Paul Smith QuartetPerformer: Ella Fitzgerald
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1993-08-17
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- Setting up the Stage: Tuning up; Norman Granz & Ella Fitzgerald ... - Ella Fitzgerald
- That Old Black Magic [*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Love Is Here to Stay [*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Gone With the Wind - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Misty - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Applause and Fanfare Interlude - Ella Fitzgerald
- Lady Is a Tramp - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Fanfare and Announcement - Ella Fitzgerald
- Man I Love - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Love for Sale [*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Just One of Those Things [*] - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Applause and Fanfare Interlude - Ella Fitzgerald
- Lorelei - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Fanfare and Announcement - Ella Fitzgerald
- How High the Moon - Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Smith
- Applause and Closing Fanfare - Ella Fitzgerald
Music reviews of Mack the Knife: The Complete Ella in Berlin
Music Review: Ella knocks 'em bandy in Berlin
Rating: 5 Stars
Ella Fitzgerald never had a voice, she had an instrument which she used to her greatest potential. Together with the likes of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, Ella was one of the greatest jazz singers to have graced the world. This recording is when she was at the zenith of her career and it is this album that contains the definitive recording of the great Gershwin song from Porgy and Bess - Summertime.
Ella also sings Mack the Knife an unusual song for a woman and she explains that she had only recently learned the song. It is quickly apparent that she has not had enough time to learn the song and forgets the words therefore improvising lyrics on the spot.
It is also very apparent that Ella loved to sing. She had great humour and enjoyed entertaining folk.
If you have to own one Ella album then it should be this. This is her Something Kind of Blue. A classic album from a bygone era.
Description of Mack the Knife: The Complete Ella in Berlin
A 43-year-old Ella rolls through her typical routine in feisty fashion on this 1960 recording, which documents the opening show of her European tour. There's the Satchmo impersonation (a joyous "Mack the Knife"), the lengthy scat showcase ("How High the Moon," on which she quotes Charlie Parker's "Ornithology"), and a bevy of Gershwin and Porter tunes. Supported by pianist Paul Smith's quartet (with the elegant Jim Hall on guitar), Ella's voice sounds earthier than usual and her phrasing is as appealing as ever. She's sublimely tender on "Misty" and wonderfully sultry on "Too Darn Hot." The CD reissue includes two unreleased tracks from the Berlin concert plus two 1956 gems (including a stylish "Love for Sale") that were mistakenly pressed on this release. Upon its initial release, the album picked up two Grammies and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Pop chart; its acclaim was well deserved. --Marc GreilsamerClassic Vocalists CDs
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