Nice Work If You Can Get It (album)

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Nice Work If You Can Get It
Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and André Previn
Released	1983
Recorded	May 23, 1983
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:44
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Ella Fitzgerald chronology
Speak Love (1983) Nice Work If You Can Get It (1983) Easy Living (1986)
André Previn chronology
It's a Breeze (1981) Nice Work If You Can Get It (1983) After Hours (1989)

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Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Nice Work If You Can Get It is a 1983

It was Fitzgerald's only album recorded with Previn, and represented her first album of single composer material since her 1981 album Ella Abraça Jobim.

Nice Work If You Can Get It was the last in a long line of collaborations that Fitzgerald made with predominantly jazz piano accompaniment. Her earlier albums in a similar vein were

The album cover is a caricature of Fitzgerald, Previn, and the Gershwin brothers by the American cartoonist Al Hirschfeld. The album notes were written by Benny Green.

Track listing

1. "A Foggy Day" – 6:10
2. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" – 5:14
3. "But Not for Me" – 3:54
4. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" – 2:46
5. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" – 5:01
6. "
   Who Cares?
   " – 4:30
7. Medley: "I've Got a Crush on You"/"Someone to Watch Over Me"/"Embraceable You" – 4:56
8. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" – 3:27

All songs composed by George Gershwin, with all lyrics written by Ira Gershwin.

Personnel

• Ella Fitzgerald - vocals
• André Previn - piano
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double bass

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