Montreux '77
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| Live album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||
| Released | 1977 | |
| Recorded | July 17, 1977 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 38:37 | |
| Label | Pablo Records | |
| Producer(s) | Norman Granz | |
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| Ella Fitzgerald chronology | ||
| Fitzgerald and Pass... Again (1976) |
Montreux '77 (1977) |
Lady Time (1978) |
Montreux '77 is a 1977 (see 1977 in music) live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a trio led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan. This is one of four albums that Ella recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, being Ella's second Montreux appearance to be released on record.
[edit] Track listing
- “Too Close for Comfort” (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 3:27
- “I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues” (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 4:07
- “My Man” (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 3:48
- “Come Rain or Come Shine” (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:30
- “Day by Day” (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 1:46
- “Ordinary Fool” (Paul Williams) – 3:20
- “One Note Samba” (Samba de Uma Nota Só) (Jon Hendricks, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca) – 6:26
- “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) – 4:31
- “Billie's Bounce” (Charlie Parker) – 4:49
- “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (Stevie Wonder) – 3:53
[edit] Personnel
Recorded July 14, 1977, in Montreux, Switzerland:
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Tommy Flanagan Trio:
- Tommy Flanagan - Piano
- Keter Betts - Bass
- Bobby Durham - Drums
