Ella Fitzgerald - North Sea Jazz Concert Series..

180-gram white vinyl

From the North Sea Jazz Concert Series!

Limited edition of 1,800 copies

Includes insert with original liner notes from jazz journalist Jeroen De Valk

Original artwork from North Sea Jazz in-house designer Hans Pols

Bertus Distribution, in collaboration with NTR, AVROTROS and MOJO, presents a new vinyl series consisting of live recordings of legendary artists through the decades made at the renowned North Sea Jazz Festival. The North Sea Jazz Concert Series will include officially licensed releases that will be released as standard on 180-gram white vinyl in a sleeve of heavy paper printed on a reversed board. The records will be captured in mainly black-and-white artwork by Hans Pol in his signature style of the festival with inspiration from the covers of classic older jazz releases from the Blue Note label, for example.

The liner notes are written by journalist and jazz expert Jeroen de Valk. For the first release in this series, the honor is given to one of the most famous jazz singers ever, Ella Fitzgerald. On Friday, July 13, 1979, she gave a raucous and peerless performance at the festival — then still held in The Hague.

The "First Lady Of Song" worked her way with verve through standards such as "There Will Never Be Another You," "Satin Doll," "Round Midnight" and "Mr. Paganini." Her accompanists that night were Paul Smith on piano, Keter Betts on bass, and Mickey Roker on drums — a trio lineup with the power of a big band. Future releases will include NSJ recordings by such notables as Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Ray Charles, Dexter Gordon, and Jan Akkerman. It will be a long-running series with the aim of releasing the most extraordinary NSJ performances on vinyl. The first edition of the North Sea Jazz Festival took place in 1976 at The Hague's Nederlands Congresgebouw with some 9,000 visitors. In the first year, jazz legends such as Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and Stan Getz performed alongside a host of artists from the Dutch avant-garde.

The festival, officially NN North Sea Jazz since 2018, has now developed into a major international event that is also known beyond the Dutch borders as an event where jazz from the past, present, and future merges with other genres such as blues, soul, funk, hip-hop, pop and more. Over the years, it has grown to 15 venues, around 1,300 musicians, and an annual audience of between 85,000 to 90,000. Since 2006, the festival has been held in a new wider venue, namely Rotterdam Ahoy.

 

Side A

There Will Never Be Another You

Satin Doll

Make Me Rainbows

Almost Like Being In Love

After You've Gone

Dindi

'Round Midnight

Side B

You've Changed

Mr. Paganini

St. Louis Blues

I've Got A Crush On You

Roll 'em Pete

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