Ella and Basie!

by Count Basie

Overview

Surprisingly enough this 1963 LP was the first time (other than a couple songs) that Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie recorded together. (The match-up was so logical that it would be repeated many times over the next 20 years.) Fitzgerald sounds fine and, even if Quincy Jones' arrangements did not give the Basie musicians as much space for solos -- although two songs do feature a bit of trumpeter Joe Newman, trombonist Urbie Green and Frank Foster on tenor -- this is an enjoyable effort. High points include "Honeysuckle Rose," "Them There Eyes" and "Shiny Stockings." ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	10/10/2025
Label:	Dol
UPC:	0889397060947

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist,Vocals
Count Basie   Primary Artist,Piano
Sonny Payne   Guest Artist,Drums
Freddie Green   Guest Artist,Guitar
Frank Foster   Guest Artist,Flute,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Quincy Jones   Guest Artist
Eric Dixon   Sax (Tenor),Flute
Flip Ricard   Trumpet,Trombone
Count Basie Orchestra   Orchestra
Charlie Fowlkes   Sax (Baritone)
Don Rader   Trumpet
Joe Newman   Trumpet
Urbie Green   Trombone
Marshall Royal   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Benny Powell   Trombone
Al Aarons   Trumpet
Count Basie & His Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Frank Wess   Flute,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Buddy Catlett   Bass
Grover Mitchell   Trombone
Henry Coker   Trombone
Sonny Cohn   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Norman Granz   Producer,Liner Notes
Charles Thompson   Composer
Haven A. Johnson   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
Fabian Andre   Composer
Fred Rose   Composer
Don George   Composer
Ella Fitzgerald   Performer
Doris Tauber   Composer
Doris Fisher   Composer
Wilbur Schwandt   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Walter Hirsch   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Quincy Jones   Arranger
Johnny Hodges   Composer
Harry Brooks   Composer
William Tracey   Composer
Allan Roberts   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Count Basie   Performer
Frank Foster   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Haven Johnson   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Sir Charles Thompson   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Illinois Jacquet   Composer
Irving Caesar   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Alan Roberts   Composer
Harry James   Composer