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.
Gent Jazz Festival Gent Jazz Festival The Gent Jazz Festival is an international jazz festival held annually in Ghent, Belgium in mid July. It lasts two weeks and the programmation is divided in two parts: the first week, called "All That Jazz.", unites some of the best jazz performers in the world while the second week, named "All That Jazz?", gathers groups playing music related to jazz, e.g. soul music and electronic music. Headlines: Dave Holland Big Band, John Scofield Trio, McCoy Tyner All Stars, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Philip Catherine and Charlie Haden featuring Gonzalo Rubalcaba for the first week. Vaya Con Dios,