Ella at the Opera House
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Ella at the Opera House is a 1958 (see 1958 in music) live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. The second half of the album highlights the Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts, devised by Ella's manager Norman Granz, which featured the leading jazz players of the day in an onstage jam session, this time in Los Angeles.
This album is typical of Ella's concert repertoire in the mid 50's, singing swing standards, and songs referencing her recent 'Songbook' series, in this case, the Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart songbooks. It is also interesting to marvel at Ella's consistency in timing these songs, that six months apart, she sings the first four songs of both concerts in exactly the same time. It is this quality of Ella's live performances from this period that is used as both criticism and praise by commentators.
Track listing
For the 1986 CD re-issue Ella Fitzgerald at the Opera House- “It's All Right With Me” (Cole Porter) 2:31
- “Don'cha Go Way Mad” (Jimmy Mundy, Illinois Jacquet, Al Stillman) 2:42
- “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 3:01
- “These Foolish Things” (Jack Strachy, Harry Link, Holt Maxwell) 3:46
- “Ill Wind” (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) 2:45
- “Goody Goody” (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) 1:54
- “Moonlight in Vermont” (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) 3:06
- “Them There Eyes” (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) 2:08
- “Stompin' At The Savoy” (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf) 6:12
- “It's All Right With Me” 2:31
- “Don'cha Go Way Mad” 2:42
- “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” 3:01
- “These Foolish Things” 3:46
- “Ill Wind” 2:45
- “Goody Goody” 1:54
- “Moonlight in Vermont” 3:06
- “Stompin' At The Savoy” 6:12
- “Oh, Lady Be Good!” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 4:24
Personnel
Tracks 1-16
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Oscar Peterson - Piano
- Herb Ellis - Guitar
- Ray Brown - Bass
- Jo Jones - Drums
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Roy Eldridge - Trumpet
- JJ Johnson - Trombone
- Sonny Stitt - Alto Sax
- Lester Young - Tenor Sax
- Illinois Jacquet - Tenor Sax
- Coleman Hawkins - Tenor Sax
- Stan Getz - Tenor Sax
- Flip Phillips - Tenor Sax
- Oscar Peterson - Piano
- Herb Ellis - Guitar
- Ray Brown - Bass
- Connie Kay - Drums
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