| A Perfect Match | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | July 12, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:09 | |||
| Label | Pablo Today | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
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.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. A Perfect Match at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.