The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum

The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The ColiseumElla Fitzgerald virtually invented the live album. The reason is simple: her performances were so consistently great that almost any live show was special enough to release as a record. In a sense, for Ella Fitzgerald, every night was The Moment of Truth. But this previously unknown concert stands out from the pack. In the summer of 1967 Ella Fitzgerald was in a particularly interesting place. She was in the middle of an especially rewarding three

This Strange Engine Jams & Early Versions

before going their separate ways

000 words of extensive track-by-track notes and an essay by Pete Paphides

A1 The World Is Cold Without You 3:42

B5 Memories (Can't Wait) 3:58

Highway 61 Revisited peaked at No

a griot as she would come to learn

TICKLE TOE

Just Went Black

quasi-ironic hammer-ons of Corey’s axe provide some of Lick’s most entertaining moments—like the unaccountably-translated-into-Italian paen to 70s detective Ironside

The River Runs Five Ways

One of the landmark performances in pop music