A Classy Pair

This was Fitzgerald and Basie's second studio recording after Ella and Basie! (1963), and features re-recordings of two songs from that album, "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Ain't Misbehavin'". The pair 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 relationship that had been cemented in 1957.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Honeysuckle Rose"	Andy Razaf, Fats Waller	5:58
2.	"My Kind of Trouble Is You"	Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II	4:35
3.	"Teach Me Tonight"	Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul	3:15
4.	"Organ Grinder's Swing"	Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish	5:56
5.	"Don't Worry 'Bout Me"	Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler	3:30
6.	"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"	George Bassman, Ned Washington	2:52
7.	"Ain't Misbehavin'"	Harry Brooks, Razaf, Waller	4:00
8.	"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"	Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn	4:42
9.	"Sweet Lorraine"	Cliff Burwell, Parish	4:23

Personnel

Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
The Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie – piano
Ray Brown – trumpet
Sonny Cohn – trumpet
Pete Minger – trumpet
Nolan Andrew Smith – trumpet
Bill Hughes – trombone
Mel Wanzo – trombone
Dennis Wilson – trombone
Mitchell 'Booty' Wood – trombone
Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
Danny Turner – alto saxophone
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
Kenny Hing – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
John Clayton – double bass
Butch Miles – drums
Benny Carter – Arranger, Conductor

Credits

Produced by Norman Granz
Mastered by Eric Miller & Greg Fulginiti

References

1 2 3 "A Classy Pair". Allmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

Ella Fitzgerald

Studio albums	Ella Sings Gershwin Songs in a Mellow Mood Lullabies of Birdland For Sentimental Reasons Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax Sweet and Hot Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book Ella and Louis Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book Ella and Louis Again Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Like Someone in Love Porgy and Bess Ella Swings Lightly Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book Get Happy! Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas Hello, Love Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! Rhythm Is My Business Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Ella Swings Gently with Nelson Ella Sings Broadway Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book Ella and Basie! These Are the Blues Hello, Dolly! Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book Ella at Duke's Place Whisper Not Brighten the Corner Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas 30 by Ella Misty Blue Ella Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) Ella Loves Cole Take Love Easy Fine and Mellow Ella and Oscar Fitzgerald and Pass... Again Lady Time Dream Dancing A Classy Pair Ella Abraça Jobim The Best Is Yet to Come Speak Love Nice Work If You Can Get It Easy Living All That Jazz

Live albums	At the Opera House Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife Ella in Hollywood Ella Returns to Berlin Twelve Nights in Hollywood Ella at Juan-Les-Pins Ella in Hamburg Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur Sunshine of Your Love Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella in Budapest Ella à Nice Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 Ella in London Montreux '75 Montreux '77 Digital III at Montreux A Perfect Match Sophisticated Lady

Other albums	Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues One O'Clock Jump Back on the Block The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books Pure Ella The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 Gold

Tribute albums	Dear Ella To Ella We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song

Filmography	Ride 'Em Cowboy Pete Kelly's Blues St. Louis Blues

Related topics	Discography Awards Louis Armstrong collaborations A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim

Book Category

Count Basie Orchestra

Count Basie

Members	John Duke (Bass) Sal Nistico (Tenor Sax) Frank Wess (Alto Sax/Flute) Joe Williams (Vocals) Earle Warren (Alto Sax/Occasional Singer) Preston Love (Alto Sax) Danny House (Alto Sax) Sonny Cohn (trumpet} Reunald Jones (Trumpet) Neal Hefti, (Trumpet) Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet) Joe Newman (Trumpet) Lester Young (Tenor Sax) Herschel Evans (Tenor Sax) Jo Jones (Drums) Walter Page (Bass) Bill Hughes (trombone) Dennis Wilson (lead trombone} Grover Mitchell (trombone) Freddie Green (Guitar) Billie Holiday (Vocals) Buck Clayton (Trumpet) Jimmy Rushing (Vocals) Marshal Royal (Alto Sax) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Tenor Sax) Thad Jones (Trumpet) Al Grey (Trombone) John Clayton (Bass) Cleveland Eaton (Bass) Gregg Field (drums) Dennis Rowland (Vocals) Chris Murrell (vocals) Dave Gibson (Drums) Rich Thompson (Drums) Jack Washington (Baritone Sax) John Williams (Baritone Sax) Butch Miles (Drums) Sonny Payne (Drums) Frank Foster (Tenor Sax) George Caldwell (Piano) Charlton Johnson (Guitar) Tony Suggs (Piano) Scotty Barnhart (Trumpet) James Leary (Bass) Brian Gryce (Drums) Will Matthews (guitar)

1951–1960	Dance Session (1952–54, Clef) Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (with Joe Williams) (1955, Clef) April in Paris (1955–56, Verve) The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards (with Joe Williams) (1956, Verve) Basie in London (live) (1956, Verve) One O'Clock Jump (with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald) (1957, Verve) Count Basie at Newport (live) (1957, Verve) E = MC² (1958, Roulette) Basie Plays Hefti (1958, Roulette) No Count Sarah (with Sarah Vaughan) (1958, EmArcy) Chairman of the Board (1958, Roulette) Welcome to the Club (Uncredited) (Nat King Cole) (1959, Capitol) Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (with Billy Eckstine) (1959, Roulette) Strike Up the Band (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Roulette) In Person! (with Tony Bennett) (1959, Columbia) Everyday I Have the Blues (with Joe Williams) (1959, Roulette) The Count Basie Story (1960, Roulette) I Gotta Right to Swing (Uncredited) (Sammy Davis Jr.) (1960, Decca)

1961–1970	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) The Legend (1961, Roulette) Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) On My Way & Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1963) Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) This Time by Basie! (1963, Verve) Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) Basie Land (1964, Verve) It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis Jr.) (1965, Verve) Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) Broadway Basie's...Way (1966, Command) Basie Meets Bond (1966, Capitol) Hollywood...Basie's Way (1966, Command) Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) The Board of Directors (with the Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) The Board of Directors Annual Report (with the Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)

1971–1980	Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (Daybreak, 1972) Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) Fun Time (1975, Pablo) I Told You So (1976, Pablo) Prime Time (1977, Pablo) Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) On the Road (1979, Pablo) Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo)

1981–1990	Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) Me and You (1983, Pablo) Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon)

1991–2000	The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)

2001–present	Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006, Concord) Basie is Back (2007, MAMA) Midnight in Manhattan (2007, Aspirion) A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band) (with Tony Bennett) (2008, Columbia) A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas! (2015)

Small-group sessions	Basie Jam (1973, Pablo) For the First Time (1974, Pablo) Basie & Zoot (with Zoot Sims) (1975, Pablo) For the Second Time (1975, Pablo) Basie Jam 2 (1976, Pablo) Basie Jam 3 (1976, Pablo) Kansas City 5 (1977, Pablo) The Gifted Ones (with Dizzy Gillespie) (1977, Pablo) Basie Jam: Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) Satch and Josh...Again (with Oscar Peterson) (1977, Pablo) Night Rider (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Yessir, That's My Baby (with Oscar Peterson) (1978, Pablo) Kansas City 7 (1980, Pablo) Kansas City 6 (1981, Pablo) Mostly Blues...and Some Others (1983, Pablo)

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