Ella and Basie!
Ella and Basie! | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie | ||||
Released | September 1963 | |||
Recorded | July 15–16, 1963[1][2] | |||
Studio | A & R (New York) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:57 | |||
Label | Verve V-4061 | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Ella and Basie! is a 1963 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Count Basie and his orchestra, with arrangements by Quincy Jones and Benny Carter. It was later reissued with slightly different cover art as On the Sunny Side of the Street.[3]
Overview
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Fitzgerald and the Basie band had recorded together once before, on the 1957 album One O'Clock Jump.
This album is revered alongside Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (1961), Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960), Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), and Ella in Hollywood (1961) as one of Ella's greatest recordings. The album was rated the 175th best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.[5]
Track listing
For the 1963 Verve LP album, Verve V6-4061
Side One:
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:42
- "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:40
- "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) – 3:20
- "Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) – 5:04
- "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Fabian Andre, Gus Kahn, Wilbur Schwandt) – 4:04
- "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 3:10
Side Two:
- "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:13
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 3:57
- "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster, Ella Fitzgerald) – 3:30
- "This Is My Last Affair" (Haven Johnson) – 3:11
- "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Razaf, Waller) – 3:06
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:00
Bonus Tracks; Issued on the 1997 Verve CD Reissue, Verve 539 059-2
- "My Last Affair" (Alternative take) – 3:26
- "My Last Affair" (Alternative take) – 3:39
- "Robbins Nest" (Breakdown) (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 1:22
- "Robbins Nest" (Previously unreleased) – 3:40
- "Robbins Nest" (Alternative take) – 3:09
- "Robbins Nest" (Alternative take) – 2:55
Personnel
- Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
- The Count Basie Orchestra:
- Count Basie – piano, organ
- Sonny Cohn, Al Aarons, Joe Newman, Don Rader – trumpet
- Eric Dixon – flute, tenor saxophone
- Frank Foster, Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green – guitar
- Benny Powell, Urbie Green, Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell – trombone
- Flip Ricard – trombone, trumpet
- Marshal Royal – clarinet, alto saxophone
- Buddy Catlett – double bass
- Sonny Payne – drums
- Quincy Jones and Benny Carter – Arrangements
- Val Valentin – recording engineer
- Jay Thompson – cover photo
References
- ^ Ella and Basie! liner notes, Verve 314 539 059 2. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
- ^ "Ella* and Basie* - Ella and Basie at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ a b Ella and Basie! at AllMusic
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 491. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
External links
- Ella and Basie! at Discogs (list of releases)
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albums
- Ella Sings Gershwin
- Songs in a Mellow Mood
- Lullabies of Birdland
- For Sentimental Reasons
- Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax
- Sweet and Hot
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
- Ella and Louis
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book
- Ella and Louis Again
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Like Someone in Love
- Ella Swings Lightly
- Porgy and Bess
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
- Get Happy!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
- Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
- Hello, Love
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
- Rhythm Is My Business
- Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
- Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
- Ella Sings Broadway
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
- Ella and Basie!
- These Are the Blues
- Hello, Dolly!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
- Ella at Duke's Place
- Whisper Not
- Brighten the Corner
- Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
- 30 by Ella
- Misty Blue
- Ella
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
- Ella Loves Cole
- Take Love Easy
- Fine and Mellow
- Ella and Oscar
- Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
- Lady Time
- Dream Dancing
- A Classy Pair
- Ella Abraça Jobim
- The Best Is Yet to Come
- Speak Love
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Easy Living
- All That Jazz
albums
- At the Opera House
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
- Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's
- Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
- Ella in Hollywood
- Ella Returns to Berlin
- Twelve Nights in Hollywood
- Ella at Juan-Les-Pins
- Ella in Hamburg
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall
- The Stockholm Concert, 1966
- Ella in Budapest
- Ella à Nice
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
- Ella in London
- Montreux '75
- Montreux '77
- Digital III at Montreux
- A Perfect Match
- Sophisticated Lady
albums
- Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues
- One O'Clock Jump
- Back on the Block
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
- Pure Ella
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
- Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
- Gold
albums
- Ride 'Em Cowboy
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- Ray Brown (second husband)
- Ray Brown Jr. (son)
- Louis Armstrong collaborations
- A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
- Marilyn and Ella (2008 play)
- Category