A Perfect Match is a 1979 (see 1979 in music) live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, and featuring Count Basie himself on the last track.
It is the last of four albums Fitzgerald recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival to be released.
Ella's performance on the album won her the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.
Two further tracks from this concert, "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" and "Flying Home" appeared on the 1979 album Digital III at Montreux.
Contents
Track listing
"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 2:02
"Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 3:07
"Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 4:22
"Make Me Rainbows" (Alan Bergman, John Williams) – 3:24
"After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 3:45
"'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 4:43
"Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday) – 2:42
"You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 3:15
"Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:23
"St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 5:18
"Basella" (Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald) – 10:21
Personnel
Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
Paul Smith – piano
The Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie – piano (on "Basella" only)
Ray Brown, Paul Cohen, Sonny Cohn, Pete Minger – trumpet
Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Dennis Wilson, Mitchell "Booty" Wood – trombone
Danny Turner, Bobby Plater – alto saxophone
Eric Dixon, Kenny Hing – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Freddie Green – guitar
Keter Betts – double bass
Mickey Roker – drums
Credits
Produced by Norman Granz
Mastered by Eric Miller & Greg Fulginiti