Ella in Hamburg

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Ella in Hamburg
Ella in Hamburg cover
Live album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released 1965
Recorded March 26, 1965
Genre Jazz
Length 46:48
Label Verve Records
Producer Norman Granz
Professional reviews
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella at Duke's Place
(1965)		 Ella in Hamburg
(1965)		 Whisper Not
(1966)

Ella in Hamburg is a 1965 (see 1965 in music) live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in Hamburg, Germany.

Ella is accompanied by a trio led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan. This was Ella's last live solo album to be released on the Verve label, and provides a perfect snapshot of her concert repertoire and voice at this stage of her career.

On September 18, 2007 the album was released worldwide on the Verve Record "Originals" reissues.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Walk Right In" (Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods) – 3:43
  2. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:20
  3. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 4:46
  4. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Sonny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:41
  5. "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Mercer) – 4:00
  6. "A Hard Day's Night" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:21
  7. Ellington Medley: "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me"/"Mood Indigo"/"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Bob Russell) – 6:38
  8. "The Boy from Ipanema" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes) – 3:04
  9. "Don't Rain on My Parade" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 3:19
  10. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:39
  11. "Smooth Sailing" (Arnett Cobb) – 4:07
  12. "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (Traditional) – 3:51

[edit] Personnel

Recorded March 26, 1965, in Hamburg, Germany: