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The Stockholm Concert, 1966

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Released
  
1984

Length
  
36:31

Artist
  
Ella Fitzgerald

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz

Recorded
  
February 7, 1966

The Stockholm Concert, 1966 (1984)
  
Whisper Not (1967)

Release date
  
1984

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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The Stockholm Concert, 1966 (1966)
  
The Popular Duke Ellington (1966)

Similar
  
Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Az, Ella at Duke's Place, The Suites - New York 1968 & 1, Jazz at the Plaza Vol II, Dance Dates - California

The Stockholm Concert, 1966 is a 1966 (see 1966 in music) live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied in part by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. The recording remained unreleased until 1984.

Contents

It is notable as the last release of Ella's four recorded collaborations with Duke Ellington. Later in 1966 Ella and Duke went on to record their final album together; Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur.

Track listing

Originally released in 1984 on LP and CD (Pablo 2308-242). Remastered reissue on CD in 1987 (Pablo PACD-2308-242-2; re-released after new mastering in 1991 as Pablo 025218024228).

  1. "Imagine My Frustration" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Gerald Wilson) – 5:13
  2. "Duke's Place" (Ellington, Bob Katz, Bob Thiele) – 4:43
  3. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Strayhorn) – 3:08
  4. "Something to Live For" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 4:04
  5. "Wives and Lovers" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:11
  6. "Só Danço Samba" ("Jazz Samba") (Vinícius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:14
  7. "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" (Cole Porter) – 4:09
  8. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 4:50
  9. "Cotton Tail" (Ellington) – 5:01

Personnel

All tracks recorded on February 7, 1966, at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden.

Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra on all tracks, but the orchestra's rhythm section (including Ellington) on tracks 3–8 is replaced by the Jimmy Jones Trio (on the cover referred to as “Ella's Trio”).

  • Duke Ellington — piano (exc. tracks 3–8), arranger, bandleader
  • William "Cat" Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams— trumpet
  • Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper — trombone
  • Chuck Connors — bass trombone
  • Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope — alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves — tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney — baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Jimmy Hamilton — clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • John Lamb — double bass (exc. tracks 3–8)
  • Sam Woodyard — drums (exc. tracks 3–8)
  • The Jimmy Jones Trio featured on tracks 3–8
  • Jimmy Jones — piano
  • Joe Comfort — double bass
  • Gus Johnson — drums

    • Credits

  • Produced by Norman Granz
  • Digitally remastering in 1987 by Joe Tarantino at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA.
  • 1991 mastering by Eric Miller & Greg Fulginiti

    • Songs

    1Imagine My FrustrationDuke Ellington5:15
    2Duke's PlaceDuke Ellington4:45
    3Satin DollDuke Ellington3:10

    References

    The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Wikipedia
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