Ella & Duke at the C¿¿te D'Azur

by Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington

Overview

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington did not team up in concert until relatively late in their careers (although she did record her Ellington Songbook with him in the '50s). This live double-LP actually finds Fitzgerald singing six numbers with the Jimmy Jones Trio and only "Mack the Knife" and a scat-filled "It Don't Mean a Thing" with the orchestra. Ellington has eight numbers for his band, mostly remakes of older tunes (including a guest appearance by former associate Ben Webster on "All Too Soon," a remarkable Buster Cooper trombone feature, and a rowdy version of "The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues"). This is a spirited set of music that with better planning could have been great. [The 1997 CD reissue of At the Cote D'Azur was expanded to a double-disc set with the addition of several bonus tracks. The double CD was released as a teaser for the 1998 release of the eight-disc The Complete Ella & Duke at Cote D'Azur.] ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/1997
Label:	Polygram
UPC:	0731453903029
Rank:	93165

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Mack the Knife
2. The Old Circus Train Turn-Around Blues
3. Lullaby of Birdland
4. Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo
5. Medley
6. How Long Has This Been Going On?
7. Medley
8. Jive Jam

Disc 2

9. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
10. All Too Soon
11. Misty
12. So Danco Samba
13. Rose of the Rio Grande
14. The More I See You
15. The Matador (El Viti)
16. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
17. The Trip
18. Things Ain't What They Used to Be

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist,Vocals
Duke Ellington   Primary Artist,Piano
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Jimmy Jones Trio   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Herbie Jones   Trumpet
Wilbur Bascomb, Sr.   Trumpet
Jimmy Jones   Piano
Buster Cooper   Trombone
Harry Carney   Sax (Baritone)
Duke Ellington Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Paul Gonsalves   Sax (Tenor)
John Lamb   Bass
Jo Jones   Drums
Chuck Connors   Trombone
Dud Bascomb   Trumpet
Russell Procope   Sax (Alto)
Cat Anderson   Trumpet
Sam Woodyard   Drums
Jimmy Hamilton   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Mercer Ellington   Trumpet
Ray Nance   Cornet,Violin,Vocals,Trumpet
Johnny Hodges   Sax (Alto)
Cootie Williams   Trumpet
Lawrence Brown   Trombone
Ben Webster   Sax (Tenor)
Grady Tate   Drums
Jim Hughart   Bass

Technical Credits

Robert Silverberg   Production Assistant
Cicero Deguzman, Jr.   Art Direction
Peter Pullman   Editing
Aric Lach Morrison   Production Coordination
Ted Persons   Composer
Chris Herles   Mastering
Harry Warren   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Robert Weinstein   Composer
William Cat Anderson   Composer
Nichell Delvaille   Design Coordinator
Michael Ullman   Liner Notes
Bobby Weinstein   Composer
Teddy Randazo   Composer
Otho Gaines   Composer
Marc D. Anderson   Composer
Teddy Randazzo   Composer
Bertolt Brecht   Composer
Bob Weinstein   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Ross Gorman   Composer
Edgar Leslie   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Erroll Garner   Composer
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
Lee Gaines   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Richard Seidel   Executive Producer
Mercer Ellington   Composer
Michael Lang   Supervisor
Norman Granz   Producer
George Shearing   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
Marc Anderson   Composer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Ben Young   Research,Supervisor,Restoration
Marc Blitzstein   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer