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.
Penang island jazz festival Penang island jazz festival The Penang Island Jazz Festival which began in 2004 is an independent festival organized by The Capricorn Connection started out as a two (2) day event with 12 groups from 6 countries has expanded into four (4) days and has featured over 100 groups from over 25 countries to date. Besides the outdoor main “Jazz By The Beach” stage featuring local and international performers, the festival, which is held annually on the first weekend of December on the island of Penang Malaysia has a number of other supporting musical activities such as workshops, forum, exhibitions, drum