| On the Sunny Side of the Street |  | Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
Buy Used: $6.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 1197272
Media: Audio Cassette
Discs: 1
UPC: 042282157645
EAN: 0042282157645
ASIN: B0000046SP
Release Date: October 17, 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Honeysuckle Rose - Ella Fitzgerald, Razaf, Andy | | • | 'Deed I Do - Ella Fitzgerald, Hirsch, Walter | | • | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald, Fisher, Doris | | • | Them There Eyes - Ella Fitzgerald, Pinkard, Maceo | | • | Dream a Little Dream of Me - Ella Fitzgerald, Andre, Fabian | | • | Tea for Two - Ella Fitzgerald, Caesar, Irving | | • | Satin Doll - Ella Fitzgerald, Ellington, Duke | | • | I'm Beginning to See the Light - Ella Fitzgerald, Ellington, Duke | | • | Shiny Stockings - Ella Fitzgerald, Foster, Frank | | • | My Last Affair - Ella Fitzgerald, Johnson, Haven | | • | Ain't Misbehavin' - Ella Fitzgerald, Brooks, Harry | | • | On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ella Fitzgerald, Fields, Dorothy | | • | My Last Affair - Ella Fitzgerald, Johnson, Haven | | • | My Last Affair - Ella Fitzgerald, Johnson, Haven | | • | Robbins Nest (Breakdown) - Ella Fitzgerald, Jacquet, Illinois | | • | Robbins Nest - Ella Fitzgerald, Jacquet, Illinois | | • | Robbins Nest - Ella Fitzgerald, Jacquet, Illinois | | • | Robbins Nest - Ella Fitzgerald, Jacquet, Illinois |
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Amazon.com essential recording
This 1963 session is a fine meeting of two great performers with a single-minded devotion to swing, a high point for both in the decade. The tunes are all familiar standards, many with roots in jazz, while the arrangements by Quincy Jones seem ideal. They're perfectly matched to Count Basie's idiom while providing a fine complement to Ella Fitzgerald's vocal leads. They may possibly be the best settings ever constructed for her scat singing. Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose" swings infectiously and has Fitzgerald scatting ebulliently, while his "Ain't Misbehavin'" becomes a gentle ballad. The same depth of feeling colors "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall," while "Satin Doll" insinuates and "Them There Eyes" bounces infectiously from the first beat. --Stuart Broomer
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what more could you sak for? February 14, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I haven't heard this album in a couple of years and I can still hear every note in my head. A classic.
For Lovers of Swing July 11, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Absolultely priceless. Ella was always impressive when she had someone to impress, as her collaborations with Satch, Duke, and Louis Jordan prove. This 1963 studio date is certainly a winner. The scat exchange on "Honeysuckle Rose" shows that Ella is in a playful mood. Her phrasing throughout the album is inventive and she eloquently re-melodicizes classic standards like "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street". "Tea for Two" is a lesson in sweet sincerity. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" makes Mama Cass actually seem mediocre and once you hear Ella and Basie do "Deed I Do" it is likely no other version will ever satisfy. Basically (or Basie-cally) the entire album is like a big advertisement for the glory days of swing. God Bless Norman Granz.
One of the best combinations ever conceived! July 28, 2002
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I wore out the LP, and probably the 7" open reel tape at the Rochester (NY) Public Library when I was a kid. Now that I'm a touch over 40, I still think that this was one of the finest jazz records ever made. Mr. Granz (up in heaven with all the greats), thank you very, very much for this wonderful aggregation of musical delights.
I love this album!!!! August 24, 2001
This album is pure magic. Ella is in great, great form, she swings more than ever with her clear, impeccable voice. Basie's accompaniment is solid and swinging as usual. Your feet or fingers will be tapping along unwittingly to the rythm all the way and you'll be smiling all the while. A class act.
Rare Summit Meeting August 8, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ella plus Basie plus Quincy spells sheer excellence. Moreover, this recording captures all 3 in their prime. Ella is especially commanding on the 2 Ellington tunes--"Satin Doll" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light"-- as well as on that Basie trademark--"Shiny Stockings." For some fans I know, this is the definitive Ella Fitzgerald recording. Yet the album has become difficult to obtain. Originally released on Verve as "On the Sunny Side of the Street," it's been retitled, repackaged, repriced, as well as "re-nationalized." I'd pay the price rather than risk seeing this American treasure disappear from our midst.
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