The moment of truth Ella at the Coliseum

CD 2025

Ella 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

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1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in
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Notes:

Compact disc
Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; with accompanying musicians: Jimmy Jones, piano ; Bob Cranshaw, bass ; Sam Woodyard, drums; members of the Duke Ellington orchestra: Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams, trumpets ; Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper, trombones ; Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, reeds
Recorded live 1967 June 30 the Coliseum, Oakland

Contents:

The moment of truth
Don't be that way
You've changed
Let's do it (let's fall in love)
Bye bye blackbird
Alfie
In a mellow tone
Music to watch girls by
Mack the Knife

LCCN:

1491304593

Control Number:

3399323

UPC:

602475664192

Other Authors:

Anderson, Cat, instrumentalist
Brown, Lawrence, 1907-1988, instrumentalist
Carney, Harry, instrumentalist
Connors, Chuck, 1930- instrumentalist
Cooper, Buster, instrumentalist
Cranshaw, Bob, instrumentalist
Ellington, Mercer, instrumentalist
Gonsalves, Paul, 1920-1974, instrumentalist
Hamilton, Jimmy, 1917-1994, instrumentalist
Hodges, Johnny, instrumentalist
Jones, Herbie, 1923-2001, instrumentalist
Jones, Jimmy, 1918-1982, instrumentalist
Procope, Russell, 1908-1981, instrumentalist
Williams, Cootie, instrumentalist
Woodyard, Sam, 1925-1988, instrumentalist

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