Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
Things Ain't What They Used to Be | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1970 | |||
Recorded | May 26–30, 1969 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:06 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Ella Fitzgerald chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Things Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald - the final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork in 1989. It was released together on one CD with Ella's first album recorded for Reprise label, Ella.
Track listing[]
For the 1970 LP on Reprise Records; RS 6432; Re-issued by Reprise-Warner Bros. in 1989 on CD; Reprise 9 26023-2
Side One:
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 5:18
- "Mas Que Nada" (Jorge Ben Jor) – 3:49
- "A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme)" (Pierre Barouh, Francis Lai, Jerry Keller) – 3:17
- "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:22
- "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:28
- "Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson) – 3:17
Side Two:
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 3:44
- "Don't Dream of Anybody But Me" (AKA "Li'l Darlin'") (Neal Hefti, Bart Howard) – 4:06
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:11
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:40
- "Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 2:30
- "Just When We're Falling in Love" (AKA "Robbins Nest") (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 2:29
Personnel[]
Recorded May 26–30, 1969, in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Gerald Wilson - Arranger, Conductor.
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- Joe Sample - electric piano, organ
- Louis Bellson - drums
- - congas
- - congas
- Victor Feldman - vibes, percussion
- Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
- Herb Ellis - guitar
- Dennis Budimir - guitar
- Ray Brown - bass, electric bass
- Bobby Bryant - trumpet
- - trumpet
- - trumpet
- - trumpet
- Harry Edison - trumpet
- J. J. Johnson- trombone
- James Cleveland- trombone
- - trombone
- Britt Woodman- trombone
- - trombone
- Thurman Green- trombone
- Arthur Maebe - French horn, tuba
- - alto
- Harold Land - tenor
- - tenor
- - baritone
- Marshal Royal - woodwinds
- Anthony Ortega - woodwinds
- Ernie Watts - woodwinds
- Bill Green - woodwinds
References[]
- ^ "Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 78. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
Categories:
- 1970 albums
- Ella Fitzgerald albums
- Albums produced by Norman Granz
- Reprise Records albums
- Albums arranged by Gerald Wilson
- Albums conducted by Gerald Wilson