Ella Fitzgerald – Ella In Berlin featuring Mack The Knife (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1973

Ella In Berlin featuring Mack The Knife is an LP by Ella Fitzgerald from 1973 released on the Metro Records label.

About this album

Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin is one of Ella Fitzgerald’s great live albums, capturing her at her most quick-witted and commanding. Recorded in 1960 at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, the set turned a concert performance into a jazz landmark, especially through her celebrated improvisation on “Mack the Knife”, where she recovered from a lyric slip with dazzling invention. Backed by a swinging band and drawing on standards such as “Misty” and “How High the Moon”, Fitzgerald combines technical precision with effortless charm. The album became a Grammy winner and helped cement her reputation as one of jazz’s greatest interpreters.