A Classy Pair

A Classy Pair
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released 1979
Recorded February 15, 1979 (1979-02-15)
Genre Vocal jazz
Length 39:11
Label Pablo
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 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.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
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
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

The Count Basie Orchestra

Credits

References

  1. ^ a b c "A Classy Pair". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r138692. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 
Ella Fitzgerald
Studio 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 Songbook · Ella and Louis · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook · Ella and Louis Again · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook · Like Someone in Love · Porgy and Bess · Ella Swings Lightly · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook · Get Happy! · Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers · Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook · 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 Songbook · 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 Songbook · 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
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Members

Sammy Nestico (Tenor Sax) · Joe Williams (Vocals) · Earle Warren (Alto Sax/Occasional Singer) · Preston Love (Alto Sax) · Reunald Jones (Trumpet) · Neal Hefti, (Trumpet) · Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet) · Joe Newman (Trumpet) · Lester Young (Tenor Sax) · Herschel Evans (Tenor Sax) · Jo Jones (Drums) · Walter Page (Bass) · Freddie Green (Guitar) · Billie Holiday (Vocals) · Buck Clayton (Trumpet) · Jimmy Rushing (Vocals) · Marshall Royal (Alto Sax) · Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor Sax) · Thad Jones (Trumpet) · Al Grey (Trombone) · John Clayton (Bass) · Cleveland Eaton (Bass) · Greg Fields (drums)  · Dennis Rowland (Vocals) · Chris Murrell (vocals) Dave Gibson (Drums) Rich Thompson (Drums) · Jack Washington (Baritone Sax) · Butch Miles (Drums) · Sonny Payne (Drums) · Frank Foster (Tenor Sax) · George Caldwell (Piano) • Charlton Johnson (Guitar) • Tony Suggs (Piano) • Scotty Barnhart (Trumpet) • James Leary (Bass) • Brian Gryce (Drums) • Will Matthews (guitar)
1951–1960

Dance Session (1952–54, Clef) · Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams|) (1955, Clef) · April in Paris (1955–56, Verve) · The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve) · Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve) · One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve) · Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve) · E = MC² (1958, Roulette) · Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette) · No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy) · Chairman of the Board (1958, Roulette) · Welcome to the Club (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol) · Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette) · Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette) · In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia) · Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette) · The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette)
1961–1970

First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) · The Legend (1961, Roulette) · Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) · Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) · On My Way and Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1963) · Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) · Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) · This Time by Basie: Hits of the '50s and '60s (1963, Verve) · Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) · Basie Land (1964, Verve) · It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) · Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) · Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) (1965, Verve) · Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) · Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) · Basie Meets Bond (1966, Capitol) · Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) · Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) · Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) · The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) · Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) · Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) · Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
1971–1980

Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (Daybreak, 1972) · Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) · The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) · Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) · Fun Time (1975, Pablo) · I Told You So (1976, Pablo) · Prime Time (1977, Pablo)  · Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) · On the Road (1979, Pablo) · Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) · A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) · A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo) ·
1981–1990

Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) · Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) · Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) · 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) · Me and You (1983, Pablo) · Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) · Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) · Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) · The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon) ·
1991–2000

The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) · The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) · Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) · Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) · At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) · Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
2001–present

Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006, Concord) · Basie is Back (2007, MAMA) · Midnight in Manhattan (2007, Aspirion) A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) (with Tony Bennett) (2008, Columbia)
Small group sessions

Basie Jam (1973, Pablo) · For the First Time (1974, Pablo) · Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo) · For the Second Time (1975, Pablo) · Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo) · Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo) · Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo) · The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo) · Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) · Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo) · Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) · Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo) · Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo) · Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo) ·