Track Listing
1. Get Ready
2. Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
3. Yellow Man
4. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
5. Got To Get You Into My Life
6. I Wonder Why
7. Ooo Baby Baby
8. Savoy Truffle
9. Open Your Window
10. Knock On Wood
11. Sunny
12. Mas Que Nada
13. Man And A Woman
14. Days Of Wine And Roses
15. Black Coffee
16. Tuxedo Junction
17. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
18. Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me
19. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Belie ve I
20. Willow Weep For Me
21. Manteca
22. Just When We're Falling In Love
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Norman Granz, Richard Perry | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Cinram Logistics | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Full title: Ella/Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It).2 LPs on 1 CD: ELLA and THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE (AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Henry De Vega (alto saxophone); Harold Land, Ray Bojorquez (tenor saxophone); Richard Aplenalp (baritone saxophone); Ernest Watts, Anthony Ortega, William Green (flute, piccolo); Marshall Royal (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone); Bobby Bryant, Larry McGuire, Alex Rodriguez, Paul Hubinon, Harry Edison (trumpet); J.J Johnson, James Cleveland, Mike Wimberly, Britt Woodman, William Tole, Alexander Thomas, Thurman Green (trombone); Arthur Maebe (French horn, tubing); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Joe Sample (electric piano, organ); Vic Feldman, Bobby Hutcherson (vibes); Herb Ellis, Dennis Budmamir (guitar); Ray Brown (bass); Louis Bellson (drums); Modesto Duran, Francisco DeSouza (bongos, congas).Recorded live at Olympic Sound Studios, London, May 26, 28, 29, 30, 1969.Made up of two late-'60s LPs, this 22-track disc is a wonderful oddity in Ella Fitzgerald's career. Recorded in 1969, live in London's Olympic Sound Studio with pop wunderkind Richard Perry producing, ELLA was Fitzgerald's attempt at a rock & roll album. (Remember, jazz-rock fusion was very big at the time.) The results are more Blood Sweat and Tears than BITCHES BREW, but that's no bad thing. The songs are mostly quite strong, and unlike most jazz singers who tackle rock, Fitzgerald never condescends to her material. As a result, her versions of Motown standards "Get Ready," "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game," and "Ooo Baby Baby"; Beatles tunes "Savoy Truffle" and "Got to Get You Into My Life"; and most bizarrely, Randy Newman's "Yellow Man," are surprisingly durable. The more jazz-oriented second album still focuses on pop tunes, with more variable but often exceptional results.
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