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Title information

Party Blues

Joe Williams & Ella Fitzgerald

Date of recording

25.6.1956, New York City

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Performers

Joe Williams (Soloist) (vocals)

* 12.12.1918, Cordele, Georgia (GA), United States

† 29.3.1999, Las Vegas, Nevada (NV), United States

Count Basie Octet (Orchestra / Ensemble)

Thad Jones (trumpet)

* 28.3.1923, Pontiac, Michigan (MI), United States

† 21.8.1986, Kopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark

Joe Newman (trumpet)

* 7.9.1922, New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), United States

† 4.7.1992, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Henry Coker (Trombone)

* 24.12.1919, Dallas, Texas (TX), United States

† 23.11.1979, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Frank Wess (tenor sax)

* 4.1.1922, Kansas City, Missouri (MO), United States

† 30.10.2013, Manhattan, New York (NY), United States

Count Basie (piano)

* 21.8.1904, Red Bank, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 26.4.1984, Hollywood, Florida (FL), United States

Freddie Green (guitar)

* 31.3.1911, Charleston, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 1.3.1987, Las Vegas, Nevada (NV), United States

Eddie Jones (bass)

* 1.3.1929, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 31.5.1997, West Hartford, Connecticut (CT), United States

Sonny Payne (drums)

* 4.5.1926, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 29.1.1979, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Ella Fitzgerald (vocals)

* 25.4.1917, Newport News, Virginia (VA), United States

† 15.6.1996, Beverly Hills, California (CA), United States

Authors

Count Basie

* 21.8.1904, Red Bank, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 26.4.1984, Hollywood, Florida (FL), United States

Ella Fitzgerald

* 25.4.1917, Newport News, Virginia (VA), United States

† 15.6.1996, Beverly Hills, California (CA), United States

Joe Williams

* 12.12.1918, Cordele, Georgia (GA), United States

† 29.3.1999, Las Vegas, Nevada (NV), United States

Album information

The Definitive Joe Williams

Joe Williams & Ella Fitzgerald

Year of production

2002

Record Label

Verve

Tracks

1. Every Day I Have the Blues
2. All Right, Okay, You Win
3. Please Send Me Someone to Love
4. Teach Me Tonight
5. Our Love Is Here to Stay
6. Singin' In The Rain
7. Party Blues
8. Roll 'Em Pete
9. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry
10. Goin' to Chicago
11. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
12. I Was Telling Her About You
13. Alone Together
14. Until I Met You
15. Come Sunday
16. Who She Do
17. Ev'ry Day (I'll Fall In Love)
18. Sometimes I'm Happy
19. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?