A Classy Pair
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A Classy Pair
- Artist: Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie
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- Release Date: February 15, 1979
- Total Time: 39:11
- Genre: Vocal Music
Review
This studio album matches together Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orchestra 16 years after they first recorded together. Basie's sidemen are unfortunately restricted in the Benny Carter arrangements to backup work but Basie has a few piano solos and Fitzgerald is in good voice and in typically swinging form. Highlights include "Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'," "Teach Me Tonight" and "Honeysuckle Rose." ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi| A Classy Mess (2007 Album by The Bad Scene) | |
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A Classy Pair
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| Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | February 15, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 39:11 | |||
| Label | Pablo | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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A Classy Pair is a 1979 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, with arrangements by Benny Carter. [1]
This was Fitzgerald and Basie's second studio recording after Ella and Basie! (1963), and features re-recordings of two songs from that album, "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Ain't Misbehavin'". The pair worked together much more frequently during her Pablo years than they had during her years on the Verve label, and this album marked the end of a relationship that had been cemented in 1957.
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Reception
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and said that "Basie's sidemen are unfortunately restricted in the Benny Carter arrangements to backup work but Basie has a few piano solos and Fitzgerald is in good voice and in typically swinging form" [1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Honeysuckle Rose" | Andy Razaf, Fats Waller | 5:58 |
| 2. | "My Kind of Trouble Is You" | Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II | 4:35 |
| 3. | "Teach Me Tonight" | Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Organ Grinder's Swing" | Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish | 5:56 |
| 5. | "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" | Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler | 3:30 |
| 6. | "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" | George Bassman, Ned Washington | 2:52 |
| 7. | "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Harry Brooks, Razaf, Waller | 4:00 |
| 8. | "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" | Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn | 4:42 |
| 9. | "Sweet Lorraine" | Cliff Burwell, Parish | 4:23 |
Personnel
- Count Basie– piano
- Ray Brown– trumpet
- Paul Cohen
- Sonny Cohn
- Pete Minger
- Nolan Andrew Smith
- Bill Hughes– trombone
- Mel Wanzo
- Dennis Wilson
- Mitchell 'Booty' Wood
- Bobby Plater– alto saxophone
- Danny Turner
- Eric Dixon– tenor saxophone
- Kenny Hing
- Charlie Fowlkes– baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green– guitar
- John Clayton – double bass
- Butch Miles– drums
- Benny Carter– Arranger, Conductor
Credits
- Produced by Norman Granz
- Mastered by Eric Miller & Greg Fulginiti
References
- ^ a b c "A Classy Pair". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r138692. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
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