Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
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| Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport | ||
| Image:EllaBillieNewport.jpg | ||
| Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||
| Released | 1958 | |
| Recorded | July 4 - 6, 1957 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 73:54 | |
| Label | Verve Records | |
| Producer(s) | Norman Granz | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Ella Fitzgerald chronology | ||
| Porgy and Bess (1957) | Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1958) | Ella Swings Lightly (1958)
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Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) live album by the great American jazz singers Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.
Ella's first track promoted her recent release Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook, and after several teething problems with the microphone, and tempo problems on “I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter) ”, Ella delivers a stunning scat solo on “Air Mail Special”, quoting from several recent pop hits.
Billie Holiday is introduced by the great songwriter Johnny Mercer, and she sounds particularly haggard on this record, with her premature death less than three years away.
Carmen McRae's performance of that year was featured on the albums 2000 Verve CD Reissue.
Unfortunately, Ella, Billie, and Carmen don't sing in duet, but this record does offer the listener a unique oppourtunity to compare and contrast three great jazz singers at differing stages of their careers.
[edit] Track listing
- “This Can't Be Love” (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 1:44
- “I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) ” (Duke Ellington, Ben Webster) – 4:27
- “Body and Soul” (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 4:28
- “Too Close for Comfort” (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 2:30
- “Lullaby of Birdland” (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 2:23
- “I've Got a Crush on You” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:26
- “I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young) – 2:26
- “April in Paris” (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 4:02
- “Air Mail Special” (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 4:34
- “I Can't Give You Anything But Love” (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 7:00
- “Nice Work If You Can Get It” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:39
- “Willow Weep for Me” (Ann Ronell) – 3:10
- “My Man” (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 3:32
- “Lover, Come Back to Me” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 2:07
- “Lady Sings the Blues” (Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols) – 3:02
- “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” (Harry Woods) – 3:19
- “I'll Remember April” (Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 2:44
- “Body and Soul” – 3:34
- Carmen McRae Introduces "Skyliner" – 0:18
- “Skyliner” (Charlie Barnet) – 2:13
- Carmen McRae Introduces the Band and "Midnight Sun" – 1:03
- “Midnight Sun” (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer) – 4:12
- “Love Is Here to Stay” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:14
- “Perdido” (Ervin Drake, H.J. Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol) – 2:47
- Tracks 1 - 10, Ella Fitzgerald's Set
- Tracks 11 - 16, Billie Holiday's Set
- Tracks 17 - 24, Carmen McRae's Set
[edit] Personnel
Recorded July 4 - 6, 1957, Newport, Rhode Island:
- Tracks 1-10 (July 4, 1957)
- Ella Fitzgerald (vocals)
- Don Abney (piano)
- Wendell Marshall (double bass)
- Jo Jones (drums)
- Tracks 11-16 (July 6, 1957)
- Billie Holiday (vocals)
- Mal Waldron (piano)
- Joe Benjamin (double bass)
- Jo Jones (drums)
- Tracks 17-24 (July 5, 1957)
- Carmen McRae (vocals, piano)
- Ray Bryant, Junior Mance (piano)
- Ike Isaacs (double bass)
- Jimmy Cobb, Specs Wright (drums)
