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Digital III at Montreux 
Live album by Ella Fitzgerald Released 1979 Recorded July 12, 1979 Genre Jazz, Vocal jazz Length 42:47 Label Pablo Producer Norman Granz Professional reviews Ella Fitzgerald chronology Dream Dancing
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(1979)Digital III at Montreux is a 1979 (see 1979 in music) live album featuring a compilation of performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown, recorded at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival. It was produced and has liner notes by Norman Granz, the cover photo is by Phil Stern.
This is one of four albums featuring Fitzgerald at the Montreux Jazz Festival and is Fitzgerald's third Montreux appearance to be released on record. The remainder of Fitzgerald's Montreux performance of this year was released on the 1979 album A Perfect Match.
Ella's performance on this album won her the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.
Track listing
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:47
- "Good Mileage" (Dennis Wilson) – 7:17
- "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:16
- "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin) – 8:05
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:49
- "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) – 4:41
- "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 7:01
- "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:51
Personnel
Recorded July 12, 1979, in Montreux, Switzerland:
- Tracks 1-2
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- Count Basie - piano
- Mitchell 'booty' Wood - trombone
- Bill Hughes
- Mel Wanzo
- Dennis Wilson
- Pete Minger - trumpet
- Sonny Cohn
- Paul Cohen
- Charlie Fowlkes - saxophone
- Eric Dixon
- Bobby Plater
- Danny Turner
- Kenny Hing
- John Clayton - double bass
- Butch Miles - drums
- Tracks 3-4
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
- Paul Smith - piano
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Keter Betts - double bass
- Micky Roker - drums
- Tracks 7-8
- Joe Pass - guitar
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double bass
Members Sammy Nestico (Tenor Sax) · Joe Williams (Vocals) · Earle Warren (Alto Sax/Occasional Singer) · Preston Love (Alto Sax) · Reunald Jones (Trumpet) · Neal Hefti, (Trumpet) · Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet) · Joe Newman (Trumpet) · Lester Young (Tenor Sax) · Herschel Evans (Tenor Sax) · Jo Jones (Drums) · Walter Page (Bass) · Freddie Green (Guitar) · Billie Holiday (Vocals) · Buck Clayton (Trumpet) · Jimmy Rushing (Vocals) · Marshall Royal (Alto Sax) · Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor Sax) · Thad Jones (Trumpet) · Al Grey (Trombone) · John Clayton (Bass) · Cleveland Eaton (Bass) · Dennis Rowland (Vocals) · Chris Murrell (vocals) Dave Gibson (Drums) Rich Thompson (Drums) · Jack Washington (Baritone Sax) · Butch Miles (Drums) · Sonny Payne (Drums) · Frank Foster (Tenor Sax) · George Caldwell (Piano) • Charlton Johnson (Guitar) • Tony Suggs (Piano) • Scotty Barnhart (Trumpet) • James Leary (Bass) • Brian Gryce (Drums) • Will Matthews (guitar)
1951–1960 Dance Session (1952–54, Clef) · Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams|) (1955, Clef) · April in Paris (1955–56, Verve) · The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve) · Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve) · One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve) · Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve) · E = MC² (1958, Roulette) · Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette) · No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy) · Chairman of the Board (1958, Roulette) · Welcome to the Club (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol) · Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette) · Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette) · In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia) · Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette) · The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
1961–1970 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) · The Legend (1961, Roulette) · Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) · Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) · On My Way and Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1963) · Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) · Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) · This Time by Basie: Hits of the '50s and '60s (1963, Verve) · Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) · Basie Land (1964, Verve) · It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) · Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) · Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) (1965, Verve) · Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) · Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) · Basie Meets Bond (1966, Capitol) · Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) · Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) · Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) · The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) · Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) · Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
1971–1980 Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (Daybreak, 1972) · Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) · The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) · Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) · Fun Time (1975, Pablo) · I Told You So (1976, Pablo) · Prime Time (1977, Pablo) · Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) · On the Road (1979, Pablo) · Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) · A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) · A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo) ·
1981–1990 Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) · Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) · Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) · 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) · Me and You (1983, Pablo) · Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) · Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) · Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) · The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon) ·
1991–2000 The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) · The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) · Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) · Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) · At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) · Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
2001–present Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006, Concord) · Basie is Back (2007, MAMA) · Midnight in Manhattan (2007, Aspirion) A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) (with Tony Bennett) (2008, Columbia)
Small group sessions Basie Jam (1973, Pablo) · For the First Time (1974, Pablo) · Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo) · For the Second Time (1975, Pablo) · Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo) · Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo) · Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo) · The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo) · Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo) · Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo) · Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo) · Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo) ·
Categories:- Count Basie Orchestra live albums
- Ella Fitzgerald live albums
- Joe Pass live albums
- Albums produced by Norman Granz
- Albums recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival
- 1979 live albums
- Pablo Records live albums
- English-language live albums
- Collaborative albums
- Grammy Award winners
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