Twelve Nights in Hollywood

Disc 1
1	Introduction 0:48
2	Lover Come Back to Me 1:55
3	Too Close for Comfort 2:39
4	Little White Lies 3:01
5	On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:49
6	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive 2:53
7	Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 3:47
8	I Found a New Baby 2:28
9	On a Slow Boat to China 2:25
10	My Heart Belongs to Daddy 3:15
11	Perdido 6:52
12	I've Got a Crush on You 2:23
13	But Not for Me 2:10
14	You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me 3:03
15	Across the Alley from the Alamo 2:00
16	I'm Glad There Is You 3:15
17	'Round Midnight 3:37
18	Take the 'A' Train 6:45
19	Mr. Paganini Mono Version 4:10
Disc 2
1	Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:29
2	I Can't Get Started 3:31
3	Give Me the Simple Life 1:53
4	Caravan 2:05
5	One for My Baby 4:18
6	Lorelei 3:16
7	A-Tisket, A-Tasket 1:54
8	Witchcraft 3:04
9	Gone with the Wind 2:31
10	Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe 3:45
11	It's De-Lovely 2:15
12	The Lady Is a Tramp 2:41
13	That Old Black Magic 3:33
14	Lullaby of Birdland 2:08
15	Ella Introduces the Band 0:39
16	Imagination 2:41
17	Blue Moon 3:08
18	Joe Williams' Blues 7:21
Disc 3
1	The Lady's in Love with You 1:39
2	Love Is Here to Stay 3:34
3	Come Rain or Come Shine 3:36
4	Anything Goes 2:26
5	This Could Be the Start of Something Big 2:25
6	Candy 5:07
7	Little Girl Blue 3:49
8	You're Driving Me Crazy 3:30
9	It's All Right with Me 2:33
10	Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) 2:49
11	'S Wonderful 2:28
12	How High the Moon 6:20
13	Deep Purple 2:17
14	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 3:33
15	Mack the Knife 3:53
16	Exactly Like You 4:30
17	Rock It for Me Mono Version 3:35
18	Stompin' at the Savoy Mono Version 6:49
19	Love for Sale Mono Version 4:11
20	St. Louis Blues Mono Version 6:05
Disc 4
1	All of Me Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:15
2	Hard Hearted Hannah Bonus Track / Mono Version 2:38
3	Broadway Bonus Track / Mono Version 2:46
4	My Kind of Boy Bonus Track / Mono Version 2:42
5	It Had to Be You Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:56
6	C'est Magnifique Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:28
7	How Long Has This Been Going On? Bonus Track / Mono Version 2:49
8	When Your Lover Has Gone Bonus Track / Mono Version 2:10
9	Taking a Chance on Love Bonus Track / Mono Version 2:23
10	Good Morning Heartache Bonus Track / Mono Version 4:24
11	Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie! Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:23
12	Hallelujah I Love Him So Bonus Track / Mono Version 2:19
13	Angel Eyes Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:25
14	Ol' Man Mose Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:13
15	Teach Me Tonight Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:06
16	Medley: Too Darn Hot/Ella's Twist [Medley] Bonus Track / Mono Version 1:10
17	Too Darn Hot Bonus Track / Mono Version 2:41
18	Bewitched Bonus Track / Mono Version 5:19
19	Bill Bailey Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:41
20	Bill Bailey Reprise Bonus Track / Mono Version 3:32

All Music Guide

An appearance in Hollywood for a first-rate jazz vocalist was not necessarily an opportunity to broadcast your visage and pander to everyone from Tacoma to Tallahassee. It could also include a date at the Crescendo, the Sunset Strip's best chance to find premier jazz. Gene Norman's nightclub hosted dozens of jazz legends (and a comic or two), and produced more than its share of excellent LPs recorded on location. Better even than Mel Tormé's 1954 classic, the Ella Fitzgerald LP that resulted from her May 1961 appearances generated one of the best (and certainly most underrated) live records in her discography -- and almost 50 years later, it became a four-CD set compiling ten days' worth of performances. All of her hallmarks (technical wizardry, breakneck scatting, irrepressible humor and warmth) are on full display, with a small but expressive quartet backing her performance, including pianist Lou Levy, guitarist Herb Ellis, drummer Gus Johnson, and bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks. Although it's full of brilliance, the highlights are clear: a seven-minute scat masterpiece of "Take the 'A' Train," with chorus after chorus of variations, and the shorter but still excellent "Mr. Paganini." The balladry is masterful as well, with "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" high on the list. Verve label-head Norman Granz recorded each of Ella Fitzgerald's sets between May 11th and 21st, 1961, at the Crescendo, and Twelve Nights in Hollywood contains the fruits of that labor -- 75 songs with nary a repeat in the list (although the fourth disc actually consists of a 1962 date finding Fitzgerald back at the Crescendo). Although its comprehensiveness may be a hindrance, Twelve Nights in Hollywood is a classic glimpse of Ella at her on-stage best. John Bush

New York Times

These aren’t bootlegs; the CDs were mastered from the original tapes, which were produced by Norman Granz, Verve’s founder and Fitzgerald’s longtime manager.... They capture the singer in her peak years, and at top form: more relaxed, swinging and adventurous, across a wider span of rhythms and moods, than on the dozens of other albums that hit the bins in her lifetime.... The woman exuded joy in nearly every note she sang. Yet the level on these sessions soared higher and plumbed deeper. Fred Kaplan