| Other author/creator | Granz, Norman, 1918-2001, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Levy, Lou, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Ellis, Herb, 1921-2010 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Middlebrooks, Wilfred, 1933-2008 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Paul, 1922-2013, instrumentalist. |
| Other author/creator | Levey, Stan instrumentalist. |
| Contents |
CD1. Introduction (0:28) ; Lover come back to me / Sigmund Romberg ; Oscar Hammerstein II (1:55) ; Too close for comfort / Jerry Bock ; Lawrence Holofcener ; George Weiss (2:39) ; Little white lies / Walter Donaldson (3:01) ; On the sunny side of the street / Jimmy McHugh ; Dorothy Fields (2:49) ; Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive / Harold Arlen ; Johnny Mercer (2:53) ; Baby, won't you please come home / Charles Warfield ; Clarence Williams (3:48) ; I found a new baby / Jack Palmer ; Spencer Williams (2:28) ; On a slow boat to China / Frank Loesser (2:25) ; My heart belongs to Daddy / Cole Porter (3:15) ; Perdido / Ervin Drake ; Juan Tizol ; H.J. Lengsfelder (6:52) ; I've got a crush on you / George Gershwin ; Ira Gershwin (2:23) ; But not for me / George Gershwin ; Ira Gershwin (2:10) ; You brought a new kind of love to me / Sammy Fain ; Irving Kahal ; Peter Norman (3:03) ; Across the alley from the Alamo / Joe Greene (2:00) ; I'm glad there is you / Jimmy Dorsey ; Paul Mertz (3:15) ; 'Round midnight / Thelonious Monk ; Cootie Williams ; Bernie Hanighen (3:37) ; Take the "A" train / Billy Strayhorn (6:47) ; Mr. Paganini / Sam Coslow (3:57). |
| Contents |
CD2. Nice work if you can get it / George Gershwin ; Ira Gershwin (2:29) ; I can't get started / Vernon Duke ; Ira Gershwin (3:31) ; Give me the simple life / Harry Ruby ; Rube Bloom (1:53) ; Caravan / Duke Ellington ; Juan Tizol ; Irving Mills (2:05) ; One for my baby / Harold Arlen ; Johnny Mercer (4:18) ; Lorelei / George Gershwin ; Ira Gershwin (3:16) ; A-tisket, a-tasket / Van Alexander ; Ella Fitzgerald (1:54) ; Witchcraft / Cy Coleman ; Carolyn Leigh (3:16) ; Gone with the wind / Herbert Madgison ; Alie Wrubel (2:31) ; Happiness is just a thing called Joe / Harold Arlen ; E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (3:45) ; It's de-lovely / Cole Porter (2:15) ; The lady is a tramp / Richard Rodgers ; Lorenz Hart (2:41) ; That old black magic / Harold Arlen ; Johnny Mercer (3:33) ; Lullaby of Birdland / George Shearing ; George Weis (2:10) ; Ella introduces the band (0:37) Imagination / Johnny Burke ; James Van Heusen (2:41) ; Blue moon Richard Rodgers ; Lorenz Hart (3:09) ; Joe Williams' blues / Ella Fitzgerald (7:21). |
| Abstract |
The first two CDs from the set of 76 never-before-released live tracks recorded in 1961 and 1962 during her 10-night run at Hollywood's 200-seat Crescendo Club. Features a lively doo-wop spoof of Blue Moon on disc two. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| Credits | Original recordings recorded under the supervision of and produced by Norman Granz. |
| Performer |
Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; Lou Levy, piano ; Herb Ellis, guitar ; Wilfred Middlebrooks, bass ; Gus Johnson, drums ; Paul Smith, piano ; Stan Levey, drums. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded May 1961 at the Crescendo in Hollywood, CA. |
| Genre/form | Live sound recordings. |
| Genre/form | Live sound recordings. |
| LCCN | 2015623002 |
| UPC |
602527326665 |
| Publisher number | B0014022-02 Verve |
