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.

Digital III at Montreux
Live album by
Ella Fitzgerald
Released1979
RecordedJuly 12, 1979
GenreJazz
Length42:47
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Fine and Mellow
(1979)		 Digital III at Montreux
(1979)		 A Classy Pair
(1979)
Joe Pass chronology
I Remember Charlie Parker
(1979)		 Digital III at Montreux
(1979)		 Night Child
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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. The remainder of Fitzgerald's Montreux performance of this year was released on the 1979 album A Perfect Match.

Ella's performance on this album won her the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.

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