Ella Fitzgerald - Live in Helsinki 1963/1965 (Sapphire Edition / Mono) / 3LPs The Lost Recordings

In 1960, Ella Fitzgerald bought a house in Copenhagen. It may seem surprising that someone born in Virginia would choose Denmark with its icy winters. There was indeed a part of folly in the decision,

because she was once more in love. This time, the man was Swedish. But the chain of events had not been a coincidence: Norman Granz, her mentor, friend and producer, had decided around the same

time to leave the US and move to Switzerland. He was tired of fighting in a country marked by racism and embroiled in the Cold War and political witch hunts. Ray Charles, Miles Davis and many other

musicians were also victims of repugnant prejudice, and Europe became their new Mecca. Granz had already gone ahead, and Ella followed him. However, she never left the United States for good, where

she continued to fight racism, support Martin Luther King, and perform with her blonde “sister” Marilyn Monroe. On the other side of the Atlantic, she undertook more and more European tours, speaking

German in Berlin, French in Paris and Italian in Rome. In Helsinki, where she gave two unforgettable concerts in April 1963 and March 1965, she spoke English.

Frédéric D’Oria-Nicolas, the musical treasure hunter behind The Lost Recordings, describes the path the label had to take to make this release possible as follows: “It took almost a year of correspondence and

two consecutive trips to Helsinki before we were finally able to track down the tapes of these previously unreleased concerts. Ella's stage presence was magnetic and overshadowed her stage fright and shyness.

The concert repertoire in Finland included not only composers from the Great American Songbook such as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin, but also popular Broadway numbers, Beatles songs and

South American music. Ella swept everyone away; she was inimitable. No matter where she lived – Harlem, London, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, or Helsinki – she was the very embodiment of swing, of scat, and of

jazz. Ella is music!"

“The Lost Recordings” is celebrated worldwide for preserving invaluable musical heritage and for the unsurpassed quality of its Phoenix Mastering™ restorations and is now releasing these legendary concerts – recorded

at Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland, on April 1st, 1963, and on *March 23, 1965 – for the first time in absolute reference quality: The “Sapphire Edition” comes as a triple LP (33 RPM), with 200-gram transparent Ultimate Record® vinyl.

The hand-numbered edition is strictly limited to 500 copies, and the luxurious box set includes a 16-bit download card for the album. Sound wizard Kevin Gray himself is responsible for the lacquer cuts.

MUSICIANS
April 1st, 1963 (LP 1 & 2): Ella Fitzgerald (vocals) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Les Spann (guitar & flute) Jim Hughart (bass) Gus Johnson (drums)
March 23, 1965 (LP 3: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Ketter Betts (bass) Gus Johnson (drums)

This new edition proves just how fantastic mono recordings can sound when they have been remastered specifically for playback with modern stereo cartridges.

We recommend the use of "L'Art du Son" LP cleaner to wet wash your vinyl. Even new records of high quality production will benefit from this.

 

Title

LP 1

Side A

1. Just One Of Those Things

2. Like Someone In Love

3. Crazy He Calls Me

4. In A Mellow Tone

5. No Moon At All

Side B

1. Georgia On My Mind

2. All Of Me

3. Moonlight In Vermont

4. Misty 5. Hallelujah, I Love Him So

6. Mack The Knife

LP 2

Side C

1. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

2. They Can’t Take That Away From Me

3. Summertime

4. Lush Life

5. Runnin' Wild

6. Georgia On My Mind

Side D

1. A Lot Of Livin’ To Do

2. ’S Wonderful

3. Desafinado

4. Tenderly

5. How High The Moon

LP 3

Side E

1. Walk Right In

2. That Old Black Magic

3. Body And Soul

4. Here’s That Rainy Day

5. The Angels Sing

Side F

1. A Hard Day’s Night

2. Medley: Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me, Mood Indigo, It Don’t Mean A Thing

3. The Boy From Ipanema

4. Don’t Rain On My Parade (From "Funny Girl")

5. Mack The Knife

Δίσκοι Βινυλίου	33 rpm
Record Label	The Lost Recordings
Είδος	Jazz