Customer Reviews

Concert Years

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The reason people go to concerts is because they want to see the artist perform their songs and interact with the audience in ways that a (then) vinyl record could never do. This CD set was like sitting next to the stage at a tiny table in a small, smokey, jazz club in Harlem, listening to the closest thing to the voice of God. I literally got goosebumps at times listening to Ella use her diving gift of song. This CD set has songs you've heard before and loved and it makes you find a new appreciation and love for her live renditions. Moreover, the songs never end. Each CD has so many songs, you'll find yourself saying, "Oh the next one will have to be mediocre," but, the next one is just as brilliant, if not more so than the previous one. This CD is a bargain at TWICE the cost.

Ella Fitzgerald, lived on the stage singing in various parts of the world.

This CD box was a perfect idea!

It is a must!

***1/2 My brother gave me a Jazz calendar and the cover for The Concert Years was on Jan's, so I thought I'd get each one as the year progresses.

If you like Ella (you probably know by now), and you like Ella's jazz - then you will certainly like this collection. Most of the songs on this compilation are pretty good. One or two though come across slightly lame - not unlike Frank Sinatra coming across as groovy in the early 1970's.
Spans many years, all live of course. Class act.

I might add: Wadibi-dee-doo-bop-bop-bop-bop-bop. Skiddly-daz.