Name: Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife by Ella Fitzgerald
Brand: Ella Fitzgerald
SKU: 884463467866
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 3 (91 reviews)

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Ella Fitzgerald was at the peak of her form during her 1960 tour of Europe. Her Berlin concert is most remembered for her hilariously inventive version of "Mack the Knife," during which she forgot the words and substituted ones of her own that somehow fit, amazing herself in the process. With fine support from her quartet -- pianist Paul Smith, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks, drummer Gus Johnson -- Fitzgerald is brilliant throughout the well-rounded set, with highlights including "Misty" (a version very different from Sarah Vaughan's), "The Lady Is a Tramp," "Too Darn Hot," and a scat-filled "How High the Moon." This is essential music.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo

1. Gone With the Wind

by Ella Fitzgerald

Primary Artist: Ella Fitzgerald; Main Performer
Composer: Magidson; Composer
Composer: Magidson; Composer
Music Publisher: Copyright Control; Other
Misc: Ella Fitzgerald; Other

2. Misty

by Ella Fitzgerald

Primary Artist: Ella Fitzgerald; Main Performer
Composer: Burke; Composer
Composer: Burke
Erroll Garner; Composer
Author: Burke; Production
Music Publisher: Copyright Control; Other
Misc: Ella Fitzgerald; Other

3. The Lady Is a Tramp

by Ella Fitzgerald

Primary Artist: Ella Fitzgerald; Main Performer
Composer: Hart; Composer
Composer: Hart
Hart, Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
Rodgers
Rodgers, Hart; Composer
Author: Rodgers
Rodgers, Hart; Production
Music Publisher: Copyright Control; Other
Misc: Ella Fitzgerald
Max Harris; Other

4. The Man I Love

by Ella Fitzgerald

Primary Artist: Ella Fitzgerald; Main Performer
Composer: Ira Gershwin; Composer
Composer: George & Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
I. Gershwin; Composer
Author: George & Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin (1898-1937); Production
Music Publisher: Copyright Control; Other
Misc: Ella Fitzgerald; Other

5. Summertime

by Ella Fitzgerald

Primary Artist: Ella Fitzgerald; Main Performer
Composer: Ira Gershwin; Composer
Composer: George Gershwin
Heyward
Ira Gershwin; Composer
Music Publisher: Copyright Control; Other
Misc: Ella Fitzgerald; Other

6. Too Darn Hot

by Ella Fitzgerald

Primary Artist: Ella Fitzgerald; Main Performer
Composer: Porter; Composer
Composer: Cole Porter
Porter; Composer
Music Publisher: Copyright Control; Other
Misc: Ella Fitzgerald; Other

7. Lorelei

by Ella Fitzgerald

Primary Artist: Ella Fitzgerald; Main Performer
Composer: Ira Gershwin; Composer
Composer: Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin; Composer
Music Publisher: Copyright Control; Other
Misc: Ella Fitzgerald; Other

8. Mack the Knife

by Ella Fitzgerald

Primary Artist: Ella Fitzgerald; Main Performer
Composer: Blitzstein; Composer
Composer: B. Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Blitzstein
K. Well
Kurt Weill
M. Blitzstin
Marc Blitzstein
Noble
Weill; Composer
Author: B. Brecht
Blitzstein
K. Well
M. Blitzstin
Noble; Production
Music Publisher: Copyright Control; Other
Misc: Ella Fitzgerald; Other