Ella In Berlin (live album) by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella In Berlin by Ella Fitzgerald
(Live album)
Year: 1960
Overall rank: 5,405th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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75/100 (from 79 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1960 (14th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (430th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,405th)
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Ella Fitzgerald bestography

Ella In Berlin is ranked 5th best out of 66 albums by Ella Fitzgerald on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ella Fitzgerald is Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book which is ranked number 1552 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,107.

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75/100 (from 79 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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From 12/08/2020 17:35
Fitzgerald, from a poor and troubled background, achieved success, despite her tough manner and dishevelled appearance, singing with big bands in the swing era during the 30s, and then as solo vocalist with bepop jazz bands in the 40s when she developed her scat style. In 1956 she began an eight year period of annually releasing an album focusing on songs and composers from the Great American Songbook. Though these albums are highly popular and highly regarded, the live In Berlin is more significant - it is an awesome recording and really shows her at her best. Her ad-libbing and scatting is creative and of a very high order, and her voice is superb, relaxed, confident, and very at ease with the songs she is doing. She is regarded as the "First Lady of Song", and the "Queen of Jazz", and this album really shows why.
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Best tracks: Summertime, Mack the Knife
Worst tracks: The Lady Is a Tramp, Too Darn Hot, Lorelei
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From 05/24/2019 03:28
A phenomenal live recording by one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. A personal favorite is "Mack the Knife".
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From 03/15/2016 00:15
The woman was a treasure. She had one of the best voices of her generation and was a class act all the way. This record although not one of her greatest is still pretty darn good.
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From 02/18/2016 13:49
Any artist should learn from this master on how to improvise if you forget lines. Listen to How High the Moon, but more so Mack the Knife - she never fails to make me smile with this track.
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Best Albums of 1960
1. Giant Steps by John Coltrane
2. Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis
3. At Last! by Etta James
4. Blues & Roots by Charles Mingus
5. Elvis Is Back! by Elvis Presley
6. Joan Baez by Joan Baez
7. We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite by Max Roach
8. Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
9. The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery by Wes Montgomery
10. Soul Station by Hank Mobley
11. Portrait In Jazz by Bill Evans Trio
12. A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers
13. Miriam Makeba by Miriam Makeba
14. Ella In Berlin by Ella Fitzgerald
15. Presents Charles Mingus by Charles Mingus
16. Drums Of Passion by Olatunji
17. Walk Don't Run by The Ventures
18. The Big Beat by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
19. Rockin' At The Hops by Chuck Berry
20. Open Sesame by Freddie Hubbard
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