The Best Is Yet to Come
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The Best is Yet to Come is a 1982 (see 1982 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.
It is notable as the last of Ella's six studio collaborations with Riddle, their work together on the Verve label more than a decade earlier is considered some of Ella's finest, both musically and critically.
Ella's performance on this album won her the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.
Track listing
- “Don't Be That Way” (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) 4:03
- “God Bless the Child” (Arthur Herzog Jnr, 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” 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, Mitchell Parish) 4:04
- “Somewhere in the Night” (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) 3:07
Personnel
Recorded February 4, 5, 1982, Hollywood, Los Angeles:
- Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
- Christine Ermacoff - Cello
- Barbara Hunter
- Dennis Karmazyn
- Jerome Kessler
- Robert L. Martin
- Judith Perett
- Frederick Seykora
- Nancy Stein
- Bill Green - Flute
- Ronnie Lang
- Ronald Langinger
- Hubert Laws
- Wilbur Schwartz
- David Duke - French horn
- Joe Meyer
- Gale Robinson
- Marshall Royal - Alto Saxophone
- Al Aarons - Trumpet
- Bob Cooper - Tenor Saxophone
- Bill Watrous - Trombone
- Tommy Tedesco - Guitar
- Joe Pass
- Richard Klein - Guitar, French horn
- Art Hillery - Organ
- Jim Hughart - Double Bass
- Shelly Manne - Drums
- Jimmy Rowles - Piano
- Nelson Riddle - Arranger, Conductor
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