Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set
| Recorded | Sep 18, 1949 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1949 |
| Personnel | 10 credited players |
| Discogs | master 674556 |
The record
Live-wire proof of Norman Granz's traveling all-star circus, catching Ella trading choruses with Bird, Prez, and Roy Eldridge in front of a rhythm section built for speed. A snapshot of JATP's rowdy, jam-session energy years before Verve became her studio home.
Session personnel
- Ray Brown — bass
- Buddy Rich — drums
- Hank Jones — piano
- Raymond Tunia — piano
- Ella Fitzgerald — vocals
- Charlie Parker — alto saxophone
- Flip Phillips — tenor saxophone
- Lester Young — tenor saxophone
- Tommy Turk — trombone
- Roy Eldridge — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 2018 | Verve Records · B0027411-01 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation earliest on file |
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| 2016 | Verve Records · B0024612-02 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Mono |
| 2016 | Verve Records · 0060254778024949 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Mono |
| 2018 | Verve Records |
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