Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie (1961) 24-Bit/96-kHz Vinyl Rip

Although not reaching the heights of her live performances, this is an excellent (and somewhat underrated) set.
( Scott Yanow - AllMusic Guide )

This early '60s studio session captures Ella Fitzgerald moving toward the smaller, more pointedly jazz-inflected ensembles that would shape her career in her final decades. After the lush orchestrations of her classic series of composer songbooks, which found her collaborating with the best arrangers, the intimate scale and easy interplay of a crack band provide a wonderful platform for the spirited performances here. That Ella herself savored the opportunity is reflected in a program that includes Thelonious Monk's "After Midnight" and a breezy, potent ride through the Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie anthem, "Night In Tunisia." With a mix of bona fide standards and revived swing classics, this is a rediscovered gem, cause enough to clap hands.
( Sam Sutherland - Amazon.com )


Track Listing:

A1. A Night in Tunisia
A2. You're My Thrill
A3. My Reverie
A4. Stella by Starlight
A5. 'Round Midnight
A6. Jersey Bounce
A7. Signing Off
B1. Cry Me a River
B2. This Year's Kisses
B3. Good Morning Heartache
B4. (I Was) Born to Be Blue
B5. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie
B6. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
B7. The Music Goes 'Round and Around