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A Classy Pair
Studio album by
Ella Fitzgerald
Released1979
RecordedFebruary 15, 1979 (1979-02-15)
Genre Jazz
Length39:11
Label Pablo Today
Producer Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Digital III at Montreux
(1979) 		A Classy Pair
(1979) 		A Perfect Match
(1979)

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 the earlier album, " Honeysuckle Rose" and " Ain't Misbehavin' ". The two musicians 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 connection that had begun in 1957.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow 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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Honeysuckle Rose" Andy Razaf, Fats Waller5:58
2."My Kind of Trouble Is You" Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II4:35
3." Teach Me Tonight" Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul3:15
4." Organ Grinder's Swing"Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish5:56
5." Don't Worry 'Bout Me" Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler3:30
6." I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" George Bassman, Ned Washington2:52
7." Ain't Misbehavin'" Harry Brooks, Razaf, Waller4:00
8." Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn4:42
9." Sweet Lorraine" Cliff Burwell, Parish4:23

CD Edition

Some CD editions not only altered the order of the tracklist, also included two tracks without credited them: 5 and 11. Times listed on booklets and backcovers are also usually wrong.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." Organ Grinder's Swing"Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish5:58
2." Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn4:48
3."My Kind of Trouble Is You" Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II4:42
4." Ain't Misbehavin'" Harry Brooks, Razaf, Waller4:06
5." Some Other Spring" Irene Kitchings, Arthur Herzog, Jr.3:50
6." Teach Me Tonight" Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul3:22
7." I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" George Bassman, Ned Washington2:58
8." Don't Worry 'Bout Me" Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler3:36
9." Honeysuckle Rose" Andy Razaf, Fats Waller6:14
10." Sweet Lorraine" Cliff Burwell, Parish4:29
11." Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" Sam H. Stept, Bee Palmer, Sidney Clare2:26

Personnel

Credits

References

  1. ^ a b c "A Classy Pair". AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 493. ISBN  978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 246.
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