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.
Contents
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:
"Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 5:18
"Mas que Nada" (Jorge Ben Jor, English Lyrics by Loryn Deane) – 3:49
"A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme)" (Pierre Barouh, Francis Lai, Jerry Keller) – 3:17
"Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:22
"Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:28
"Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson) – 3:17
Side Two:
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 3:44
"Don't Dream of Anybody But Me" (AKA "Li'l Darlin'") (Neal Hefti, Bart Howard) – 4:06
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:11
"Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:40
"Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 2:30
"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