Ella and Basie!
Ella Fitzgerald with the Basie band and Quincy Jones arrangements.
Count Basie & His Orchestra, 1963
- Released
- 1963
- Label
- Verve
Ella Fitzgerald had recorded with the Basie band once before, on One O'Clock Jump in 1957. For this 1963 album Quincy Jones wrote the arrangements, and Val Valentin engineered. It was later reissued with different cover art as On the Sunny Side of the Street. Pitchfork rated it the 175th best album of the 1960s.
Track listing
- Honeysuckle Rose2:42
- 'Deed I Do2:40
- Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall3:20
- Them There Eyes5:04
- Dream a Little Dream of Me4:04
- Tea for Two3:10
- Satin Doll3:13
- I'm Beginning to See the Light3:57
- Shiny Stockings3:30
- This Is My Last Affair3:11
- Ain't Misbehavin'3:06
- On the Sunny Side of the Street3:00
Personnel
- Ella Fitzgerald vocals
- Count Basie piano, organ
- Quincy Jones arranger
- Freddie Green guitar
- Sonny Payne drums
- Val Valentin recording engineer
More from Count Basie & His Orchestra
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955), The Atomic Mr. Basie (1958), Basie Plays Hefti (1958), Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
Sources
- Ella and Basie!, Wikipedia