ELLA FITZGERALD - First Lady Of Jazz, Studio Session, Köln, Germany, ZDF

Ella Fitzgerald the First Lady of Swing

in the German TV studio in Koeln 1974
with: Tommy Flanagan - piano
Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Eddi "Lockjaw" Davis - sax
Joe Pass - guitar
Keter Betts - bass
Bobby Durlam - drums
Rhythm Combination & Brass, Peter Herbolzheimer director

setlist (47:47)
1. (I Can Give You) Anything But Love
2. It Don't Mean a Thing **
3. White Chick *
4. The Man I Love
5. Mr. Paganini
6. How High is the Moon #
7. Like A Soft Wind *
8. Some of these Days **
9. Baby Ain't I Good To You ##
10. C-Jam Blues

source: Satellite Digital Tv (ZDF Theaterkanal); mpeg best quality, color
Image Size: 720 x 576
Frame Rate: 25.00 (Pal)
Audio: 48.000Hz -16 bit
* Rhythm Combination & Brass without Ella and her band
** Ella's Band plus Big Band
# with Tommy Flanagan only
## with Joe Pass only

Ella Fitzgerald - The First Lady Of Jazz
ZDF announcement:
Studiokonzert, Köln 1974
Jazz
Regie: Helmut Rost
"When Ella did a big tour around Geramny and Europe the ZDF used the opportunity to invite her to their sudio in Koln. Band members were among others pianist Johnny Flanagan and Roy Eldridge on trumpet. The direction takes its impact from the faces and doings of the concentrated jazz musicians, in first line of course Ella. The repertoire is known except an example from her latest production. Joe Pass accompagnies her here on guitar. The track is called "Baby ain’t I good to you". In thrilling contrast to this two songs of the Big Band Peter Herbolzheimer: "I like a soft breeze" und "Wild chick". "

Als Ella Fitzgerald im Frühjahr 1974 ihre Deutschland- und Europa-Tournee mit großem Erfolg absolvierte, nahm das ZDF die Gelegenheit wahr, sie an einem Nachmittag in ein Tonstudio bei Köln zu holen. Zu ihrer Band gehörten unter anderem der Pianist Tommy Flanagan und Roy Eldridge an der Trompete. Die Wirkung der Bildersprache bezieht der Film aus der Konzentration auf die Gesichter und Funktionen der jazzproduzierenden Menschen, allen voran natürlich Ella Fitzgerald.Das Repertoire ist im allgemeinen bekannt, bis auf ein Beispiel aus ihrer neuesten Produktion. Joe Pass begleitet auf der Gitarre. Der Titel heißt "Baby ain’t I good to you". In reizvollem Kontrast und als Ergänzung zum Gesang stehen zwei Titel der Big Band Peter Herbolzheimer: "I like a soft breeze" und "Wild chick".

It's a different Ella from howwe know of her of concert performances; she seems to miss her audience and insecure at moments; her voice is especially at the beginning a bit rough at the edges; apart form the two tracks without Ella, that are a bit outdated, although not uninteresting, this studioconcert shows a versatile Ella, with intimate moments with Tommy Flanagan and Joe Pass solo, two songs with the big band that really go wild, and very nice tracks with her band;and a fabulous and funny dialogue between Roy and Eddi soloing and the scatting Ella in C-Jam Blues.