Never-Before-Released Ella Fitzgerald Live Concert Album 
Latest single Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) is out today and available to listen to here

Never-before-released album recorded at 1967 concert featuring members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra was recently unearthed in the private tape collection of Verve Records founder Norman Granz

The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum - Album Release Date: February 28th 2025

February 7, 2025 — Today, Verve Records is proud to release Ella Fitzgerald’s “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love),”the second singlefrom her never-before-released live concert album, The Moment of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum. “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)” offers a sinfully playful twist on the highly esteemed Cole Porter classic from the 1928 Broadway show Paris. Ella adds her own sprinkle of magic by not only extending the chorus of the track, but by switching up the original melody and mixing in pop culture references of the time. Listen to the new single here. Watch the visualizer here. 

The full live album, The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum was recorded at the Oakland Coliseum on June 30, 1967, and was recently unearthed in the private tape collection of Verve Records founder Norman Granz. The album spans nine tracks, most never heard before, and features Ella accompanied by members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra at its prime.  

Listen to the first single and title track “The Moment of Truth” here, watch the animated music video directed by Sharon Liu here, and pre-order the album here.

Ella’s band includes the rarely heard but hard-swinging trio of Jimmy Jones, Bob Cranshaw, and Sam Woodyard, while the Ellington band captured here at its peak, featured Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams, Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, and Russell Procope. Ella alongside her band was a sight to behold. There was never a moment when she was not doing her absolute best work. The first lady of song strikes again with a song that makes you want to move to the sweet rhythms and melodies she seamlessly weaves together. “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) is sure to be food for the soul and a treat for your ears. 

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: ELLA AT THE COLISEUM

1. The Moment Of Truth - 2:52

2. Don’t Be That Way - 4:33

3. You’ve Changed - 4:37

4. Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) - 4:43

5. Bye Bye Blackbird - 5:02

6. Alfie - 5:43

7. In A Mellow Tone - 4:41

8. Music To Watch Girls By - 3:56

9. Mack The Knife - 4:53 

Recorded at The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA on June 30, 1967.

BAND DETAILS:

Ella Fitzgerald – vocals

The trio:

Jimmy Jones – piano

Bob Cranshaw – bass

Sam Woodyard – drums

Members of Duke Ellington’s Orchestra:

Trumpets: Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams 

Trombones: Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper

Reeds: Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope

Thank you to Joe Baxter for sharing with us