This is the great Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song, as loose and as brilliant as you have ever heard. On stage, Ella Fitzgerald was recorded prolifically, from Hollywood to Newport, from Chicago to Berlin. What's amazing is that across all four discs is material that had never been released anywhere before: wonderfully intimate and swinging performances from the Crescendo nightclub on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, CA, where Ella and her band were relaxed and seriously tuned into each other. From wherever you start to however you finish, TWELVE NIGHTS OF HOLLYWOOD is a delight. VOLUME'S 3 & 4 feature songs such as "Come Rain or Shine," "Candy," "Rock It for Me," "Mack the Knife," "Hard Hearted Woman," "My Kind of Boy" and more.
