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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 ...
Montreux '75 is a 1975 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a trio led by the pianist Tommy Flanagan.. It is one of four albums that Ella recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and it was Ella's first appearance at Montreux to be released on record.
"Teach Me Tonight" is a popular song that has become a jazz standard. The music was written by Gene De Paul, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. [1] The song was published in 1953.
"He's My Guy" w & m Raye & de Paul, introduced in the 1943 film of the same name, and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and also Dinah Shore (included on the CD The War Years: Songs That Won The War, released 2001). 1953 "Teach Me Tonight" with lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction , phrasing, timing, intonation , absolute pitch , and a "horn-like" improvisational ability ...
Twelve Nights in Hollywood is a 2009 live album by the American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, recorded at the Crescendo Club in Hollywood, Los Angeles over ten nights in May 1961, and a subsequent pair of performances in June 1962. [2] In 1961 Fitzgerald released an album of her live performances at the Crescendo, Ella in Hollywood.
AllMusic awarded the album 5 stars stating "Joe Williams' debut as the featured vocalist in Count Basie's band was one of those landmark moments that even savvy observers don't fully appreciate when it occurs, then realize years later how momentous an event they witnessed.
"Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul) – 3:06 "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 3:43 "When Your Lover Has Gone ...