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Mack the Knife: The Complete Ella in Berlin | 
 enlarge | Creators: Paul Smith Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 10666
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 519564
UPC: 731451956423
EAN: 0731451956423
ASIN: B0000046QI
Release Date: August 17, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | That Old Black Magic - Ella Fitzgerald, Arlen, Harold | | • | Love Is Here to Stay - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George | | • | Gone With the Wind - Ella Fitzgerald, Magidson, Herbert | | • | Misty - Ella Fitzgerald, Burke, Johnny [Voca | | • | The Lady Is a Tramp - Ella Fitzgerald, Rodgers, Richard | | • | The Man I Love - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George | | • | Love for Sale - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole | | • | Just One of Those Things - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole | | • | Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George | | • | Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald, Porter, Cole | | • | Lorelei - Ella Fitzgerald, Gershwin, George | | • | Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald, Weill, Kurt | | • | How High the Moon - Ella Fitzgerald, Hamilton, Nancy | | • | Applause and Closing Fanfare - Ella Fitzgerald, |
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Amazon.com essential recording
A 43-year-old Ella rolls through her typical routine in feisty fashion on this 1960 recording, which documents the opening show of her European tour. There's the Satchmo impersonation (a joyous "Mack the Knife"), the lengthy scat showcase ("How High the Moon," on which she quotes Charlie Parker's "Ornithology"), and a bevy of Gershwin and Porter tunes. Supported by pianist Paul Smith's quartet (with the elegant Jim Hall on guitar), Ella's voice sounds earthier than usual and her phrasing is as appealing as ever. She's sublimely tender on "Misty" and wonderfully sultry on "Too Darn Hot." The CD reissue includes two unreleased tracks from the Berlin concert plus two 1956 gems (including a stylish "Love for Sale") that were mistakenly pressed on this release. Upon its initial release, the album picked up two Grammies and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Pop chart; its acclaim was well deserved. --Marc Greilsamer
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Ella knocks 'em bandy in Berlin April 18, 2008
Ella Fitzgerald never had a voice, she had an instrument which she used to her greatest potential. Together with the likes of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, Ella was one of the greatest jazz singers to have graced the world. This recording is when she was at the zenith of her career and it is this album that contains the definitive recording of the great Gershwin song from Porgy and Bess - Summertime.
Ella also sings Mack the Knife an unusual song for a woman and she explains that she had only recently learned the song. It is quickly apparent that she has not had enough time to learn the song and forgets the words therefore improvising lyrics on the spot.
It is also very apparent that Ella loved to sing. She had great humour and enjoyed entertaining folk.
If you have to own one Ella album then it should be this. This is her Something Kind of Blue. A classic album from a bygone era.
One of the Best CD's ever March 23, 2008
My mother had the vinyl album of this CD, and thoughout my childhood this was one of the records that she would play while doing housework. What great memories. However even if you did not grow up listening to Ella these songs are great. They are fun and her voice is just incredible.
Mack the Knife: The complete Ella in Berlin September 30, 2007
Excellent purchase - It really brightens up myday and I've been listening to it daily ever since. Excellent high fidelity sound - you could be sitting in the front row of a truly wonderful concert - Ella at her absolute best. A must for Ella fans
Ella at Her Best September 7, 2007
I happen to think that Ella was absolutely the best, and in this album she is at the top of her game. All the cuts are good, but the Mack the Knife cut alone is worth the price. I have several CD's of Ella Fitzgerald, and this one is second only to the "Best of the Songbooks" compilation.
top class Ella July 30, 2007
yes, this is Ella at her peak, swinging hard and being very suggestive at the ballads.
I m not quite convinced that it is better than Ella in Rome album, but I think it deserves its status.
However, even Ella s critics, if they compare Berlin and Rome concert could point how her improvisational skills are actually not so magnificent< Fitzgerald even uses same musical phrases on different songs. But, if you don-t compare these two albums you might fall in love with her singing...
And even if she is not as good as Sarah Vaughan or Billie Holiday, Ella can still swing up a storm and, interestingly enough, appeal to non-jazz audiences even when she is not compromising with strings (or singing novelty tunes)...
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