1970 Ella Fitzgerald – Robbin’s Nest (Aka Just When We’re Falling In Love)
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald – the final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork in 1989. It was released together on one CD with Ella’s first album recorded for Reprise label, Ella.
Tracks
1 Sunny (Bobby Hebb) 5:18
2 Mas Que Nada (Jorge Ben Jor) 3:50
3 A Man And A Woman (Pierre Barouh, Francis Lai, Jerry Keller) 3:17
4 Days Of Wine And Roses (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) 2:21
5 Black Coffee (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) 4:27
6 Tuxedo Junction (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson) 3:15
7 I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) 3:44
8 Li’L Darlin’ (Aka Don’T Dream Of Anybody But Me) (Neal Hefti, Bart Howard) 4:06
9 Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) 3:11
10 Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) 4:39
11 Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) 2:29
12 Robbin’s Nest (Aka Just When We’Re Falling In Love) (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Charles Thompson) 2:30
Media
Musicians
Bass | Ray Brown |
Drums | Louis Bellson |
Guitar | Herb Ellis |
Organ | Joe Sample |
Piano | Tommy Flanagan |
Piano | Joe Sample |
Clarinet | Marshall Royal |
Flute | Marshall Royal |
Flute | Ernie Watts |
Horn | Arthur Maebe |
Piccolo | Ernie Watts |
Sax | Henry De Vega |
Sax | Richard Aplanalp |
Sax | Marshall Royal |
Sax | Harold Land |
Sax | Ray Bojorquez |
Trombone | Alexander Thomas |
Trombone | Bill Tole |
Trombone | Britt Woodman |
Trombone | JJ Johnson |
Trombone | Jimmy Cleveland |
Trombone | Mike Wimberly |
Trombone | Thurman Green |
Trumpet | Alex Rodriguez |
Trumpet | Bobby Bryant |
Trumpet | Harry Edison |
Trumpet | Larry McGuire |
Trumpet | Paul Hubinon |
Vibes | Bobby Hutcherson |
Vibes | Victor Feldman |
Percussion | Francisco Desouza |
Percussion | Modesto Duran |
Liner Notes
Producer – Norman Granz
Arranged By, Conductor – Gerald Wilson
Photography By – Ed Thrasher
Distributed By – Kinney Record Group Ltd.
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.