Presented here is the complete original LP Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife (Verve MGV4041), containing Ella Fitzgerald’s celebrated performance at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany, in its entirety. She is backed by an allstar quartet featuring Jim Hall on guitar, and Paul Smith on piano. The 1960 concert became one of Ella’s most popular albums ever, winning two Grammy awards in 1960. On that concert she performed an amazing reading of the Weill-Brecht classic “Mack the Knife” including lyrics of her own. A complete rarely heard performance in Cannes that was taped in July 1959, and two 1956 tracks recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl (mistakenly included on some issues of Ella in Berlin under the false belief that they formed part of the 1960 concert) have been added here as a bonus. This set also includes two rare studio versions of standard tunes sung in German, taped in Copenhagen in 1961 and originally issued on a 7” single.
ELLA FITZGERALD, vocalsPAUL SMITH, pianoJIM HALL, guitarWILFRED MIDDLEBROOKS, bassGUS JOHNSON, drums
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, February 13, 1960.
- 1. That Old Black Magic
- 2. Out Love is Here To Stay
- 3. Gone With the Wind
- 4. Misty
- 5. The Lady is a Tramp
- 6. The Man I Love
- 7. Summertime
- 8. Too Darn Hot
- 9. Lorelei
- 10. Mack the Knife
- 11. How High the Moon
- 12. Love For Sale (Bonus Track)
- 13. Just One of Your Things (Bonus Track)
- 14. Lover Come Back To Me (Bonus Track)
- 15. Angel Eyes (Bonus Track)
- 16. I'm Beginning To See the Light (Bonus Track)
- 17. My Heart Belongs To Daddy (Bonus Track)
- 18. Just One of Those Things (Bonus Track)
- 19. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Bonus Track)
- 20. Sophisticated Lady (Bonus Track)
- 21. You're Driving Me Crazy (Bonus Track In German)
- 22. Mr. Paganini (Bonus Track In German)
.. ELLA IN BERLIN
