Digital III at Montreux this album won her the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. Recorded July 12, 1979, in Montreux, Switzerland: Digital III at Montreux Digital III at Montreux is a 1979 live album featuring a compilation of performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown, recorded at the 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival. It was produced and has liner notes by Norman Granz, the cover photo is by Phil Stern. This is one of four albums featuring Fitzgerald at the Montreux Jazz Festival and is Fitzgerald's third Montreux appearance to be released on record.
Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Saskatchewan Jazz Festival The Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, branded as the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival for title sponsorship reasons, is an annual outdoor music festival held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is largely held at the gardens of the Delta Bessborough hotel, and features performers representing a large number of genres—but particularly blues, folk, jazz, and other genres. Second Avenue Grill, Saskatoon, and the Spadina Freehouse, Saskatoon are both hosting a series of jazz performances. 21st Street and Kiwanis Park south, Saskatoon as well as F.W. Hill Mall, Regina will host free performances. Free stages hosted by the jazz festival which began