Donald Byrd - Live: Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux ETJS-59 This expanded release of Ella

This expanded release of Ella Fitzgerald’s legendary 1960 concert at Berlin’s Deuthschlandhallen features the First Lady of Song backed by the tightly swinging Paul Smith Trio as she powers through classic tracks including “The Lady Is A Tramp

pianist Herbie Hancock arrived fully formed at the helm of an impressive quintet with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard

he continued picking tracks and laying out the albums

Don't Explain - Billie Holiday

Donald Byrd - Live: Cookin' With Blue Note At Montreux ETJS-59 This expanded release of EllaBlue Note, 2022 In July 1973, Blue Note Records headed to Montreux, Switzerland to showcase several of the labels stars at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Produced by Blue Note President George Butler, live albums all titled Live: Cookin with Blue Note at Montreux followed from vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, organist Ronnie Foster, flutist Bobbi Humphrey, and vocalist Marlena Shaw, but one of the performances by trumpeter Donald Byrd remained unreleased