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A Classy Pair

A Classy Pair
Studio album by
Ella Fitzgerald
Released1979
RecordedFebruary 15, 1979 (1979-02-15)
GenreJazz
Length39:11
LabelPablo Today
ProducerNorman 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

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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

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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

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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

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Credits

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References

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  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.