Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)

Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Released	1970
Recorded	May 26–30, 1969
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:06
Label	Reprise
Producer	Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Ella (1969) Things Ain't What They Used to Be (1970) Ella in Budapest, Hungary (1999)

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

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.

Track listing

For the 1970 LP on Reprise Records; RS 6432; Re-issued by Reprise-Warner Bros. in 1989 on CD; Reprise 9 26023-2

Side One:

1. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 5:18
2. "Mas Que Nada" (Jorge Ben Jor) – 3:49
3. "A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme)" (Pierre Barouh, Francis Lai, Jerry Keller) – 3:17
4. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:22
5. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:28
6. "Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson) – 3:17

Side Two:

1. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 3:44
2. "Don't Dream of Anybody But Me" (Neal Hefti, Bart Howard) – 4:06
3. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:11
4. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:40
5. "Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 2:30
6. "Just When We're Falling in Love (aka "Robbins Nest")" (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 2:29

Personnel

Recorded May 26–30, 1969, in Hollywood, Los Angeles:

• Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
• Gerald Wilson - Arranger, Conductor.
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Joe Sample - electric piano, organ
• Louis Bellson - drums
• Modesto Duran - congas
• Francisco DeSouza - congas
• Victor Feldman - vibes, percussion
• Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
• Herb Ellis - guitar
• Dennis Budimir - guitar
• Ray Brown - bass, electric bass
• Bobby Bryant - trumpet
• Larry McGuire - trumpet
• Alex Rodriquez - trumpet
• Paul Hubinon - trumpet
• Harry Edison - trumpet
• J. J. Johnson- trombone
• James Cleveland- trombone
• Mike Wimberly- trombone
• Britt Woodman- trombone
• William Tole- trombone
• Thurman Green- trombone
• Arthur Maebe - French horn, tuba
• Henry DeVega - alto
• Harold Land - tenor
• Ray Bojorquez - tenor
• Richard Aplanalp - baritone
• Marshal Royal - woodwinds
• Anthony Ortega - woodwinds
• Ernie Watts - woodwinds
• Bill Green - woodwinds

References

1. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 78. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.