This recording features performances by
Ella Fitgerald with
Count Basie's Orchestra and the duo of guitarist
Joe Pass and bassist Niels Pedersen, all recorded at the same concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Norman Granz had already released two albums from the same night but wanted to make this music available too. It was a good decision because, despite the album's generic name,
Fitzgerald is in good form on her four selections (climaxed by a scat-filled "Flying Home") and the
Pass-Pedersen duo is typically miraculous during their renditions of four standards. ~ Scott Yanow