Jazz
Billie Holiday (1-10) Vocal
Carmen McRae (11-16) Vocal, Piano
Ella Fitzgerald (17-24) Vocal
Don Abney (1-10) Piano
Wendell Marshall (1-10) Bass
Jo Jones (1-16) Drums
Joe Benjamin (11-16) Bass
Mal Waldron (11-16) Piano
Junior Mance (17-24) Piano
Ray Bryant Piano
Ike Isaacs (17-24) Bass
Jimmy Cobb (17-24) Drums
Specs Wright (17-24) Drums
Whether it is a live concert performance, a live television show, or just life in general, one of the major differences between a live event and a contrived one is that something can go wrong. Maybe that's why jazz fans have always treasured live music over studio recordings; after all, jazz is, in a sense, a music distinguished by its "mistakes" -- note substitutions, variations in tempo, unusual phrasing. Ideally, it is heard live and in person; secondarily, on an unembellished recording of the performance as it happened.
What we have here is just a secondary experience; a recording of three sets performed at the Newport Jazz Festival on successive nights -- July 4, 5, and 6, 1957 -- by Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, and Billie Holiday.
Tracks 1-10 - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Don Abney (piano); Wendell Marshall (bass); Jo Jones (drums).
Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island on July 4, 1957.
Tracks 11-16 - Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (vocals); Mal Waldron (piano); Joe Benjamin (bass); Jo Jones (drums).
Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island on July 6, 1957.
Tracks 17-24 - Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae (vocals, piano); Ray Bryant, Junior Mance (piano); Ike Isaacs (bass); Jimmy Cobb, Specs Wright (drums).
Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhide Island on July 5, 1957 |
