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ELLA FITZGERALD

AT MISTER KELLY’S 1958 (2CD)
Label ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS
Catalog EJC55721
Format CD
Discs 2
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2017-06-14
Description
2CD Set.
24-Bit Digitally Remastered.
12-Page Comprehensive Booklet with Rare Photos From The Concert and Updated Liner Notes.
Plus 7 Bonus Tracks

This release presents Ella Fitzgerald’s 1958 performances at the iconic Chicago club Mister Kelly’s. For thirty years before it closed on August 25 1975 it was a springboard to fame for countless entertainers. As reported in the Chicago Tribune “It was a supernova in the local and national nightlife firmament.”
Ella is backed on these sets by a trio consisting of Lou Levy on piano Max Bennett on bass and Gus Johnson on drums. She performs a nice collection of well-known standards as well as some tunes she rarely sang such as the opening “Your Red Wagon” and “Across the Alley from the Alamo”.
Three rare radio broadcasts which also showcase Ella singing at small clubs have been added here as a bonus.

ELLA FITZGERALD vocals; LOU LEVY piano; MAX BENNETT bass; GUS JOHNSON drums
Mister Kelly’s Chicago August 10 1958.
*BONUS TRACKS (CD2 12-18):
CD2 12-15: Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) Hank Jones (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Jo Jones (d). Storyville Club Boston February 7 1953.
CD2 16: Ella Fitzgerald (vc) with unidentified rhythm section. Apollo Theater New York fall 1954.
CD2 17-18: Ella Fitzgerald (vc) Raymond Tunia (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) unknown (d). Basin Street New York August 3 or 7 1955.
tracklisting
CD1:
1. YOUR RED WAGON
2. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
3. I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU
4. HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
5. ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO
6. PERDIDO
7. THE LADY IS A TRAMP
8. BEWITCHED
9. SUMMERTIME
10. IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING
11. ST. LOUIS BLUES
12. WITCHCRAFT
13. LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
14. JOE WILLIAMS’ BLUES
15. PORGY & BESS MEDLEY (I LOVES YOU PORGY/ PORGY I’S YOUR WOMAN NOW [BESS YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW])
16. HOW HIGH THE MOON

CD2:
1. ANNOUNCEMENT
2. EXACTLY LIKE YOU
3. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
4. STARDUST
5. ‘S WONDERFUL
6. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
7. WITCHCRAFT #2
8. PERDIDO #2
9. IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING #2
10. MY FUNNY VALENTINE
11. ANYTHING GOES
12. INTRODUCTION BY JOHN MCLELLAN *
13. WHY DON’T YOU DO RIGHT? *
14. MEAN TO ME *
15. CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENT *
16. I CAN’T GET STARTED *
17. LATER *
18 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC *
 

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