MPS - VN13017 - Limited Edition - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
Pure Analogue Audiophile Remaster - Pressed in Germany
"She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer." - Leonard Feather.
In her extraordinary career collaborating the "First Lady of Song" with the key figures in the Big Band Jazz - among other things with Chick Webb and Dizzy Gillespie -, won a total of 13 Grammys and in 1987 was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Her unique interpretations of jazz standards can be found on countless American Songbook albums. Ellas enthusiastic about the then blossoming bossa nova and pop repertoire Advanced manifested especially on their albums from the late '60s.
As Verve founder Norman Granz in 1969 several of their live recordings compiled for an MPS-album, the choice of the album title therefore fell to Clapton classics "Sunshine of Your Love". The album boasts an impressive musical color spectrum through compositions by John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Antonio Carlos Jobim on the one hand and Big Band classics like "Give Me the Simple Life" and "Old Devil Moon", on the other side.
Rousing interpreted by Ernie Heckscher Big Band and the Tommy Flanagan Trio.
Captured on AAA vinyl that euphoric evening of the concert series from the San Francisco Fairmont Hotel to an analog time-traveling adventure jazzy nostalgia are.
Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Tommy Flanagan - piano
Ed Thigpen - drums
Frank de La Rosa - bass
Produced by Norman Granz
Recording Engineer: Wally Heider
Tracklist:
1. Hey Jude
2. Sunshine Of Your Love
3. This Girl's In Love With You
4. Watch What Happens
5. Alright, Okay, You Win
6. Give Me The Simple Life
7. Useless Landscape
8. Old Devil Moon
9. Don'cha Go 'Way Mad
10. A House Is Not A Home
11. Trouble Is A Man
12. Love You Madly
