Mack the Knife (live, 1966-07-28: Jazz à Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France)

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
5.12Mack the Knife5:01Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His OrchestraCôte d’Azur Concerts on VerveDuke Ellington & Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Live
  • US1998-09-22
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314539033-2

Relationships

alto saxophone:Johnny Hodges (on 1966-07-28)
bass trombone:Chuck Connors (trombonist) (on 1966-07-28)
double bass:John Lamb (bass) (on 1966-07-28)
drums (drum set):Sam Woodyard (on 1966-07-28)
piano:Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1966-07-28)
reeds:Harry Carney (on 1966-07-28)
Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1966-07-28)
Russell Procope (on 1966-07-28)
tenor saxophone:Paul Gonsalves (on 1966-07-28)
trombone:Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1966-07-28)
Buster Cooper (on 1966-07-28)
trumpet:William “Cat” Anderson (on 1966-07-28)
Mercer Ellington (on 1966-07-28)
Herbie Jones (on 1966-07-28)
Cootie Williams (on 1966-07-28)
vocals:Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1966-07-28)
recording of:Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (on 1966-07-28: cover, live)

Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)

lyricist:Bertolt Brecht
composer:Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
later translated parody versions:Mondsüchtig
translated version of:Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer