A Classy Pair

by Ella Fitzgerald

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	10/11/1991
Label:	Pablo
UPC:	0025218013222
Rank:	109539

Tracks

1. Honeysuckle Rose
2. My Kind of Trouble Is You
3. Teach Me Tonight
4. Organ Grinder's Swing
5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
6. I'm Getting Sentimental over You
7. Ain't Misbehavin'
8. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
9. Sweet Lorraine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist,Vocals
Count Basie   Primary Artist,Piano
Ray Brown   Trumpet,Bass
Mel Wanzo   Trombone
Danny Turner   Saxophone
Bobby Plater   Saxophone
Sonny Cohn   Trumpet
Nolan Andrew Smith   Trumpet
Kenny Hing   Saxophone
Dennis Wilson   Trombone
Eric Dixon   Saxophone
Butch Miles   Drums
Bill Hughes   Trombone
Booty Wood   Trombone
Freddie Green   Guitar
Charlie Fowlkes   Saxophone
John Clayton   Bass
Pete Minger   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Norman Granz   Design,Artwork,Producer
Harry Brooks   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Will Hudson   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Benny Carter   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Tad Hershorn   Photography
Paul Vandervoort II   Composer
Sheldon Marks   Design,Artwork
Andy Razaf   Composer
Gene DePaul   Composer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Count Basie   Performer
Clifford R. Burwell   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
George Bassman   Composer
Rube Bloom   Composer
Ella Fitzgerald   Performer
Leonard Feather   Liner Notes
Joe Tarantino   Remixing
Lee Gaines   Composer
Val Valentin   Engineer
Ned Washington   Composer