Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim

Styles: Vocal Jazz, Brazilian Jazz

Year: 1981
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:01
Size: 181,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:56)  1. Somewhere In The Hills
(3:50)  2. The Girl From Ipanema
(6:37)  3. Dindi
(3:41)  4. Off Key
(2:44)  5. Water To Drink
(4:55)  6. Dreamer
(5:40)  7. Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
(2:50)  8. Bonita
(3:51)  9. One Note Samba
(4:07) 10. Triste
(3:00) 11. How Insensitive
(5:14) 12. He's A Carioca
(5:17) 13. This Love That I've Found
(2:19) 14. A Felicidade
(5:22) 15. Wave
(3:40) 16. Song Of The Jet
(3:49) 17. Photograph
(7:59) 18. Useless Landscape

For years, "The Girl fom Ipanema" was a staple in Ella Fitzgerald's songbook, so it's something of a wonder that it was not until 1981 that Ella Abraça Jobim, Fitzgerald's double-album immersion in Antonio Carlos Jobim's back catalog, appeared. Ella's first single-composer release since 1964's tribute to Jerome Kern, Ella Abraça Jobim is, more than anything, final proof of the unassuming Brazilian's place in jazz history alongside the great composers. Sadly Jobim's mellow bossa nova, drenched in the Brazilian concept of saudade, or agreeable melancholy, doesn't necessarily gel with Fitzgerald's swing-based and energetic vocal style. Fitzgerald and her small group take songs like "Agua de Beber (Water to Drink)" at just slightly too speedy a tempo, rushing a bit where they should be gamboling. Fitzgerald is in very good voice compared to some other recordings from her later years, though, sadly, she's clearly not at her peak. Norman Granz's production is typically excellent, however, and the arrangements are refreshingly free of the typical late-'70s/early-'80s post-fusion clichés. Neither Fitzgerald nor Jobim's finest, then, but not without merit.~Stewart Mason http://www.allmusic.com/album/ella-abra%C3%A7a-jobim-sings-the-antonio-carlos-jobim-songbook-mw0000195476

Personnel:  Ella Fitzgerald – Vocals;  Clark Terry – Trumpet;  Zoot Sims - Tenor Saxophone;  Toots Thielemans – Harmonica;  Henry Trotter – Keyboard;  Mike Lang – Keyboards;  Clarence McDonald – Keyboards;  Joe Pass - Electric guitar (soloist);  Oscar Castro-Neves - Acoustic guitar (soloist);  Paul Jackson, Jr. - Rhythm guitar;  Mitch Holder - Rhythm guitar;  Ronald Bautiste - Rhythm guitar;  Abraham Laboriel - Double Bass;  Alex Acuña – Drums;  Paulinho da Costa - Percussion

Ella Abraça Jobim

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