Released 1982 Length 40:11 Artist Ella Fitzgerald Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | Recorded February 4, 5, 1982 The Best is Yet to Come
(1982) Speak Love
(1983) Release date 1982 Label Pablo Records | |
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Ella fitzgerald the best is yet to come
The Best Is Yet to Come is a 1982 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
Contents
- Ella fitzgerald the best is yet to come
- Nancy wilson ft gerald wilson his orchestra the best is yet to come capitol records 1963
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The last of Fitzgerald's six collaborations with Riddle, their work together on the Verve label more than fifteen years earlier is considered some of Fitzgerald's finest, both musically and critically.
Fitzgerald's performance on this album won her the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female, one of three Grammies she won for her work with Riddle.
Nancy wilson ft gerald wilson his orchestra the best is yet to come capitol records 1963
Reception
In his biography of Riddle, September In the Rain, Peter J. Levinson wrote that the album "...simply wasn't the best. In fact it was a near disaster. The raggedy tone of Ella's voice couldn't be disguised".
Track listing
- "Don't Be That Way" (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) – 4:03
- "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 4:42
- "(I Wonder) Where Our Love Has Gone" (Buddy Johnson) – 3:48
- "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 3:27
- "Any Old Time" (Artie Shaw) – 4:19
- "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:58
- "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 3:24
- "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 5:19
- "Deep Purple" (Peter DeRose, Parish) – 4:04
- "Somewhere in the Night" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 3:07
Personnel
Songs
1I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone3:48
2Don't Be That Way3:58
3God Bless the Child4:42