1972 live album by Ella Fitzgerald
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Jazz at Santa Monica '72 is a 1972 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald , recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium accompanied by a jazz trio led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan , and the Count Basie Orchestra .
This concert recording was initially sold through mail order by the jazz producer and impresario, Norman Granz , as a three-LP set. The success of the album led to Granz founding Pablo Records , his first record label since Verve Records , which he had sold to MGM in 1960.
The concert was originally announced as featuring only the Count Basie Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald, but Granz had invited some surprise "guests", the trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Harry "Sweets" Edison , the tenor saxophonists, Stan Getz and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , and the pianist Oscar Peterson and bassist Ray Brown .
Track listing [ ]
Introductions by Norman Granz – 1:00
"Basie Power" (Ernie Wilkins ) – 3:07
"The Spirit Is Willing" (Sammy Nestico ) – 4:37
"The Meetin' Time" (Oliver Nelson ) – 4:50
"Blues in Hoss's Flat" (Count Basie , Frank Foster ) – 5:08
"Good Time Blues" (Wilkins) – 7:34
"In a Mellow Tone " (Duke Ellington , Milt Gabler ) – 15:00
"Loose Walk" (Johnny Richards , Sonny Stitt ) – 10:48
"Makin' Whoopee " (Walter Donaldson , Gus Kahn ) – 2:57
"If I Had You " (Jimmy Campbell , Reginald Connelly , Ted Shapiro ) – 3:26
"She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret , Richard Whiting ) – 3:05
"Blue and Sentimental " (Basie, Mack David , Jerry Livingston ) – 1:58
"I Surrender Dear " (Harry Barris , Gordon Clifford ) – 3:11
"5400 North" (Roy Eldridge ) – 13:34
"You Are My Sunshine " (Jimmie Davis , Charles Mitchell ) – 8:41
"L.O.V.E." (Milt Gabler , Bert Kaempfert ) – 3:16
"Begin the Beguine " (Cole Porter ) – 4:27
"Indian Summer " (Al Dubin , Victor Herbert ) – 4:34
"You've Got a Friend " (Carole King ) – 5:12
"What's Going On " (Renaldo Benson , Al Cleveland , Marvin Gaye ) – 4:06
"Night and Day " (Porter) – 5:17
"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most " (Fran Landesman , Tommy Wolf ) – 4:13
"Little White Lies" (Walter Donaldson ) – 3:24
"Madalena" (, Ivan Lins ) – 3:37
"Shiny Stockings" (Foster, Ella Fitzgerald ) – 3:55
Cole Porter Medley: "Too Darn Hot "/"It's All Right With Me " (Porter) – 3:20
"Sanford and Son Theme" ("The Streetbeater") (Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones ) – 2:58
"I Can't Stop Loving You " (Don Gibson ) – 6:12
"C Jam Blues " (Barney Bigard , Ellington) – 11:05
Personnel [ ]
Recorded June 2, 1972, in Santa Monica, California :
Tracks 2-6
Tracks 7-14
Track 15
Tracks 16-20
Tracks 21-24
Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Frank DeLaRosa - Double Bass
Ed Thigpen - Drums
Tracks 25-28
Ella Fitzgerald
Count Basie Orchestra
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Frank DeLaRosa - Double Bass
Ed Thigpen - Drums
Track 29
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Overseas (1957)
Lonely Town (1959)
The Tommy Flanagan Trio (1960)
Solo Piano (1974)
The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital (1975)
Trinity (1976)
Alone Too Long (1977)
Confirmation (1977–78)
Eclypso (1977)
Montreux '77 (1977)
Ballads & Blues (1978)
More Delights (1978)
Our Delights (1978)
Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978)
The Super Jazz Trio (1978)
Together (and Kenny Barron , 1978)
Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen (1978)
Something Tasty (1979)
Super-Session (1980)
The Standard (1980)
You're Me (1980)
...And a Little Pleasure (1981)
The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan (1981)
Giant Steps (1982)
Thelonica (1982)
The Magic of 2 (and Jaki Byard , 1982)
Blues in the Closet (1983)
I'm All Smiles (and Hank Jones , 1983)
The Master Trio (and Ron Carter , Tony Williams , 1983)
Nights at the Vanguard (1986)
Jazz Poet (1989)
Beyond the Blue Bird (1990)
Flanagan's Shenanigans (1993)
Lady Be Good ... For Ella (1993)
Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones (1993)
Sea Changes (1996)
Sunset and the Mockingbird (1997)
WithPepper Adams
Motor City Scene (1960)
Encounter! (1968)
The Master (1980)
The Adams Effect (1985)
WithKenny Burrell WithJohn Coltrane WithArt Farmer
Art (1960)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964)
Group Therapy (New York Jazz Sextet, 1965–66)
WithElla Fitzgerald WithCurtis Fuller WithColeman Hawkins
At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
Coleman Hawkins All Stars (1960)
Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)
Back in Bean's Bag (1962)
Desafinado (1962)
Good Old Broadway (1962)
Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962)
Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962)
Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962)
The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962)
Today and Now (1962)
WithMilt Jackson WithJ.J. Johnson
J Is for Jazz (1956)
Blue Trombone (1957)
Dial J. J. 5 (1957)
First Place (1957)
J. J. in Person! (1958)
Pinnacles (1979)
WithSonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus (1956)
There Will Never Be Another You (1965)
Falling in Love with Jazz (1989)
Old Flames (1993)
Sonny Rollins + 3 (1995)
With others
Tentets (Franco Ambrosetti , 1985)
Boss Tenor (Gene Ammons , 1960)
Big Brass (Benny Bailey , 1960)
Bash! (Dave Bailey , 1961)
Who Is Gary Burton? (Gary Burton , 1962)
Jazz Lab (Donald Byrd , 1957)
Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie , 1976)
Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
More Party Time (Arnett Cobb , 1960)
Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
Rhythm in Mind (Steve Coleman , 1991)
Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss , 1968)
Straight Ahead (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1976)
Collectors' Items (Miles Davis , 1956)
Quiet Kenny (Kenny Dorham , 1959)
The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (1960 [1976])
Opening Remarks (Ted Dunbar , 1978)
Patented by Edison (Harry "Sweets" Edison , 1960)
The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin , 1960)
The Song Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
Chromatic Palette (Tal Farlow , 1981)
The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
Gettin' with It (Benny Golson , 1959)
Free (Benny Golson, 1962)
The Panther! (Dexter Gordon , 1970)
The Swingin'est (Bennie Green and Gene Ammons, 1958)
Grey's Mood (Al Grey , 1973–75)
It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)
Can't Help Swinging (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton , 1962)
Out of the Afternoon (Roy Haynes and Roland Kirk , 1962)
Really Big! (Jimmy Heath , 1960)
New Picture (Jimmy Heath, 1985)
Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson , released 1997)
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
Mirage (Bobby Hutcherson , 1991)
Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson , 1962)
Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet , 1962)
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
Let's Swing! (Budd Johnson , 1960)
Heart to Heart (Elvin Jones , 1980)
Blues for Dracula (Philly Joe Jones , 1958)
Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones , 1956)
Mad Thad (Thad Jones, 1956–57)
A Story Tale (Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red , 1961)
The Adventurer (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
Booker Little (1960)
Vocalese (The Manhattan Transfer , 1985)
Flute Flight (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar , 1957)
Flute Soufflé (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957)
Dusty Blue (Howard McGhee , 1960)
Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Charles Mingus , 1960)
De Lawd's Blues (Billy Mitchell , 1980)
Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
Jeru (Gerry Mulligan , 1962)
Jive at Five (Joe Newman , 1960)
Good 'n' Groovy (Joe Newman with Frank Foster , 1960)
Joe's Hap'nin's (Joe Newman, 1961)
Straight Life (Art Pepper , 1979)
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (1956)
Limbo Carnival (Dave Pike , 1962)
Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! (Dave Pike, 1962)
Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter , 1962)
Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester , 1960)
Wisteria (Jimmy Raney , 1985)
Swingin' with Pee Wee (Pee Wee Russell , 1960)
Stable Mates (A. K. Salim , 1957)
Here Comes Louis Smith (Louis Smith , 1958)
Roots (Idrees Sulieman , 1957)
Tate-a-Tate (Buddy Tate , 1960)
Color Changes (Clark Terry , 1960)
Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again (1965)
Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
ZT's Blues (Stanley Turrentine , 1961)
The Frank Wess Quartet (1960)
Southern Comfort (Frank Wess , 1962)
California Soul (Gerald Wilson , 1968)
Pairing Off (Phil Woods , 1956)
Rights of Swing (Phil Woods, 1961)
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Duke Ellington (1952)
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Harold Arlen (1954)
Count Basie (1955)
1955–58
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At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1956)
At the Concertgebouw (1957)
Soft Sands (with Buddy Bregman , 1957)
Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957)
My Fair Lady (1958)
On the Town (1958)
A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959)
The Jazz Soul (1959)
Swinging Brass (with Russ Garcia, 1959)
Fiorello! (1960)
Plays the Songbook (1959)The London House Sessions (1961)Trio & Guests
Very Tall (with Milt Jackson , 1961)
Affinity (1962)
Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962)
Night Train (1962)
West Side Story (1962)
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Canadiana Suite (1964)
Plays (1964)
+ One (with Clark Terry, 1964)
We Get Requests (1964)
Eloquence (1965)
I/We Had a Ball (multiple groups, 1965)
With Respect to Nat (1965)
Blues Etude (1966)
Soul Español (1966)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple groups, 1967)
Exclusively for My Friends
Action (1963–64)
Girl Talk (1965–68)
The Way I Really Play (1967)
The Lost Tapes (1967–68)
Mellow Mood (1968)
My Favorite Instrument (1968)
Travelin' On (1968)
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Hello Herbie (1969)
Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman , 1969)
Another Day (1970)
Tracks (1970)
Tristeza on Piano (1970)
Walking the Line (1970)
Great Connection (1971)
In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited , 1971)
Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
In Tokyo (1972)
Solo (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
The trio (Pablo , 1973)
In Russia (1974)
The Giants (1974)
The Good Life (1974)
Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass , 1975)
The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1977)
Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
The London Concert (1978)
The Paris Concert (1978)
Digital at Montreux (1979)
Night Child (1979)
Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli , 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings
Roy Eldridge (1974)
Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
Jousts (1974)
Harry Edison (1974)
Clark Terry (1975)
Jon Faddis (1975)
At Montreux '75 (Eldridge, Gillespie & Terry, 1975)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)
The Alternate Blues (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)
1980–2004
WithCount Basie or alumni
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
Basie Jazz (Count Basie , 1952)
Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison , 1955)
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz , Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
WithBenny Carter
Alone Together (1952)
Cosmopolite (1952–54)
Plays Pretty (1954)
New Jazz Sounds (with Bill Harris & Dizzy Gillespie , 1954)
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
WithRoy Eldridge WithElla Fitzgerald
At the Opera House (1957)
Ella and Louis (and Louis Armstrong , 1956)
Ella and Louis Again (and Louis Armstrong, 1957)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958)
Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
Ella and Oscar (1975)
Coleman Hawkins and/or Ben Webster
Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (with Roy Eldridge & Webster, 1957)
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
Soulville (with Webster, 1957)
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (with Webster, 1959)
WithBuddy Rich
The Drum Battle (and Gene Krupa , 1952)
Sing and Swing (1955)
The Wailing Buddy Rich (1955)
Krupa and Rich (1955)
With others
The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire , 1952)
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis , 1955–56)
Toni (Toni Harper , 1955–56)
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day , 1957)
Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt , 1957)
Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown , 1958)
Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
Bill Henderson with (1963)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan , 1978)
Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
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