Ella Fitzgerald - At The Opera House (Verve,1957) @320kbps torrent

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This CD combines two very good live performances from Ella Fitzgerald's 1957 Jazz at the Philharmonic tour, with superb accompaniment provided by a quartet that includes Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown. The second performance repeats most of the material from the first, so listeners can compare renditions of some fine repertoire such as "It's All Right with Me," "Ill Wind," and "Moonlight in Vermont," noting the subtle shifts and rearrangements that were a key part of Fitzgerald's art. The CD concludes with two tunes accompanied by one of those massed ensembles of celebrated players that the JATP was famous, or notorious, for. This one includes eight horns, among them Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Illinois Jacquet, and Flip Phillips on tenor saxophones, providing the CD with a raucous send-off.

Track 1-9 recorded in the stereo September 29, 1957 at the Chicago Opera House.
Track 10-18 recorded in mono, October 7, 1957 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Personnel:
Track 1-16
Oscar Peterson - piano
Herb Ellis - guitar
Ray Brown - bass
Jo Jones - drums

Track 17-18
Roy Eldridge -trumpet
J.J. Johnson - trombone
Sonny Stitt - alto sax
Lester Young - tenor sax
Coleman Hawkins - tenor sax
Stan Getz -tenor sax
Oscar Peterson - piano
Herb Ellis - guitar
Ray Brown - bass
Connie Kay - drums

Track Listing:
1. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) ? 2:31
2. "Don'cha Go Way Mad" (Jimmy Mundy, Illinois Jacquet, Al Stillman) ? 2:42
3. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) ? 3:01
4. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)" (Jack Strachy, Harry Link, Holt Marvell) ? 3:46
5. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) ? 2:45
6. "Goody Goody" (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) ? 1:54
7. "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) ? 3:06
8. "Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) ? 2:08
9. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf) ? 6:12
10. "It's All Right With Me" ? 2:31
11. "Don'cha Go Way Mad" ? 2:42
12. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" ? 3:01
13. "These Foolish Things" ? 3:46
14. "Ill Wind" ? 2:45
15. "Goody Goody" ? 1:54
16. "Moonlight in Vermont" ? 3:06
17. "Stompin' at the Savoy" ? 6:12
18. "Oh, Lady be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) ? 4:24