Ella Fitzgerald - Live At Falconer Theatre, Copenhagen 6th February 1966 - Vinyl LP

2026

Wondrously uninhibited, and liberated from the added pressure of either a studio or a planned live recording, there is true magic, sparkling energy, and no lowering of intensity in this never-before-released unearthed gem.

The night before Ella Fitzgerald walked into Konserthuset in Stockholm and recorded what became The Stockholm Concert, 1966, the Pablo Records live album now considered among the essential documents of her late career, she played two concerts at Falkoner Theatre in Copenhagen.

Like many other Black American jazz musicians of her era, Denmark felt like home to Ella. It was a country where Black American jazz musicians found a degree of respect that the United States too often denied them.

Ella's ease in her adopted home was palpable when she walked onto the Falkoner Theatre stage that Sunday. And, now the results are released on record for the first time, and with the full blessing of Ella’s estate, we are treated to an irrepressible, unexpectedly vital addition to her canon.

Track two has been attributed on the CD and LP per the tape box and the Danish radio printer Borge Roger Henrichsen’s introduction at the time, who erroneously announced the track as Hey Little Girl (Otis Blackwell, Booby Stevenson). In fact is is Wives and Lovers (Burt Bacharach, Hal David). We decided to keep the reference as a historical record of the original recording though subsequent issues will be corrected. 

Side A

1. Satin Doll (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) 02:57

2. Wives & Lovers (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) 02:22

3. Something To Live For (Billy Strayhorn) 04:25

4. Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love (Cole Porter) 04:52

5. Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) 03:13

Side B

1. How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) 08:07

2. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) (Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, James Sherman) 05:11

3. Só Danço Samba (Jazz 'n' Samba) (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius Moraes, Norman Gimbel) 03:19

4. I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So (Duke Ellington, Mack David) 03:16

5. Mack The Knife (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein) 03:09

Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
Backed by:
Duke Ellington Orchestra featuring Jimmy Jones Trio (Tracks 1-5 Side A, Tracks 1-2 Side B)
Jimmy Jones - piano, director, arranger
William "Cat" Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams - trumpet
Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone
Chuck Connors - bass trombone
Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Joe Comfort - double bass
Gus Johnson - drums
Jimmy Jones Trio (Tracks 3-5 Side B)
Jimmy Jones - piano
Joe Comfort - double bass
Gus Johnson - drums
Joined by: 
Cootie Williams - trumpet
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet
Recorded at Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, 6th February 1966
Originally organised by Per Møller Hansen and Børge Roger Henrichsen for Danmarks Radio.
Mastered by Caspar Sutton-Jones at Gearbox Productions
Front cover photograph (c) Jan Persson/CTSIMAGES