''Easy Living'' is a 1986 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by guitarist Joe Pass. Fitzgerald was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at the

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for her performance on this album. This was the fourth and final album in Fitzgerald's series of duets with Pass, the three earlier albums being ''

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'' (1973), '' Fitzgerald and Pass... Again'' (1976) and ''

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'' (1983).

Reception

In his AllMusic review, critic

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wrote that "her voice was visibly fading, although her charm and sense of swing were still very much present. But this CD is not one of her more significant recordings, other than being one of the final chapters."

Track listing

#" My Ship" (

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) – 4:26 #"Don't Be That Way" (

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, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) – 3:00 #"

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" (Maurice Yvain, Jacques Charles, Albert Willemetz, Channing Pollock) – 3:28 #" Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (

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, Ted Koehler) – 2:46 #" Days of Wine and Roses" ( Henry Mancini,

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) – 3:04 #" Easy Living" ( Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:14 #" I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" ( Victor Young,

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, Ned Washington) – 6:02 #" Love for Sale" (

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) – 4:38 #" Moonlight in Vermont" ( Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) – 4:20 #" On Green Dolphin Street" ( Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington) – 3:25 #" Why Don't You Do Right?" ( Kansas Joe McCoy) – 2:56 #" By Myself (1937 song)" ( Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 3:26 #"I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 2:46 #" I'm Making Believe" ( Mack Gordon, James V. Monaco) – 2:38 #" On a Slow Boat to China" ( Frank Loesser) – 5:05

Personnel

* Ella Fitzgerald - vocals * Joe Pass - guitar

References

{{Authority control 1986 albums Albums produced by Norman Granz Collaborative albums Ella Fitzgerald albums Joe Pass albums Pablo Records albums Vocal–instrumental duet albums