ELLA FITZGERALD - ELLA AT ZARDI'S

1 It All Depends On You    
2 Tenderly    
3 Why Don’t You Do Right    
4 Cry Me A River    
5 In A Mellow Tone    
6 Joe Williams’s Blues    
7 A Fine Romance    
8 How High The Moon    
9 Gone With The Wind    
10 Bernie’s Tune    
11 ‘S Wonderful    
12 Glad To Be Unhappy    
13 Lullaby Of Birdland    
14 The Tender Trap    
15 And The Angels Sing    
16 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love   
17 Little Boy (a.k.a Little Girl)
18 A-Tisket, A-Tasket  
19 My Heart Belongs To Daddy    
20 Airmail Special  
21 I’ve Got A Crush On You   

Recorded on February 2, 1956 at Zardi’s Jazzland in Hollywood, Ella At Zardi’s features the entirety of the evening’s two-set, 21-song performance, which captures an inspired Fitzgerald, backed by a stellar trio comprised of pianist Don Abney, bassist Vernon Alley and drummer Frank Capp, singing and swinging in front of an animated, adoring crowd, just days before she’d go on to record the album that would catapult her to stardom. Ella Fitzgerald is often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.