Release Date: 01 June 2017
Label: Essential Jazz Classics
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8436559462983
Genres: Jazz Vocal Jazz
Description
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.
Tracklisting
Various
Various
Tina Brooks Quintet
Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Aderley & George Shearing
Stan Getz
Steve Lacy
Booker Little
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
