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This recording could be considered a near-sibling to April in Paris, since several of its tracks date from sessions recorded the same month. Others overlap with material cut for The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards, and aren't as compelling, either as Joe Williams vehicles or Basie showcases. As either of those, though, it does have its moments, most notably the original finale, arranger Ernie Wilkins' "From Coast to Coast," an eight-and-a-half-minute blow-out, the Ella Fitzgerald-Joe Williams duet on "Too Close for Comfort," and the title track, rearranged by Wilkins but close to the classic rendering, which features lively solos by Frank Wess, Benny Powell, Frank Foster, and (especially) Joe Newman and Henry Coker. Williams is the dominant presence on the album, singing on seven of the original ten tracks, and his presence is a bit of a drag on some of the proceedings, especially "Only Forever." His work with Basie from this era is better represented on Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings, although he and the band acquit themselves very well here on "Stop, Pretty Baby, Stop," where all hands are firing on all cylinders at once.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Bock, ComposerLyricist - Larry Holofcenter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Charles Calhoun, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jeanne Burns, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Joe Williams, MainArtist - James V. Monaco, Composer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Koehler, ComposerLyricist - Count Basie, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rube Bloom, ComposerLyricist - Joe Williams, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Williams, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Red Sanders, ComposerLyricist - Milotn Lovett, ComposerLyricist - Leo Washington, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Ernie Wilkins, ComposerLyricist - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Randazzo, ComposerLyricist - Ella Fitzgerald, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Count Basie, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Williams, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cirino Colacrai, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Cirino Colocrai, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist - Ernie Wilkins, ComposerLyricist - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Bock, ComposerLyricist - Larry Holofcenter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald, MainArtist - Count Basie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joe Williams, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This recording could be considered a near-sibling to April in Paris, since several of its tracks date from sessions recorded the same month. Others overlap with material cut for The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards, and aren't as compelling, either as Joe Williams vehicles or Basie showcases. As either of those, though, it does have its moments, most notably the original finale, arranger Ernie Wilkins' "From Coast to Coast," an eight-and-a-half-minute blow-out, the Ella Fitzgerald-Joe Williams duet on "Too Close for Comfort," and the title track, rearranged by Wilkins but close to the classic rendering, which features lively solos by Frank Wess, Benny Powell, Frank Foster, and (especially) Joe Newman and Henry Coker. Williams is the dominant presence on the album, singing on seven of the original ten tracks, and his presence is a bit of a drag on some of the proceedings, especially "Only Forever." His work with Basie from this era is better represented on Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings, although he and the band acquit themselves very well here on "Stop, Pretty Baby, Stop," where all hands are firing on all cylinders at once.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:15
- Main artists: Count Basie Ella Fitzgerald Joe Williams
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1999 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1999 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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