This week: Geoff plays selections from the album that Ella recorded live with Count Basie and his orchestra at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1979. Not only was this Ella's last great concert, but it was the first album ever to be recorded digitally. Tracks include live performances of Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Some Other Spring, Make Me Rainbows, After You've Gone, 'Round Midnight, Honeysuckle Rose, and St. Louis Blues, plus I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You and Flying Home. This edition of GPE was produced by Ed Robertson.

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