An Almost 60-Year-Old Ella Fitzgerald Live Album Will Soon Be Released

A live album from the late Ella Fitzgerald has been unearthed — and it will soon be released.

The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum is scheduled to release on February 28 via Verve Records. According to a press release, the album is centered around a concert Fitzgerald did with members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra on June 30, 1967, at the Oakland Coliseum, and “was recently unearthed in the private tape collection of Verve Records founder Norman Granz.”

It consists of nine tracks, including the title track, which was released as a single on Friday.

“The recordings were mixed and mastered in stunning clarity from the original analog multitrack tapes, resulting in pristine high-fidelity audio typically unheard of for a live concert recording of that era,” the press release states, adding, “The resulting recordings underscore Fitzgerald’s reputation as a renowned live performer.”

The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum is available to pre-order here.

Among other late legendary jazz artists who’ve had unreleased music shared recently is Miles Davis. Toward the end of last year, a bunch of never-heard music from him was released.

In November, Columbia and Legacy Records released Miles in France – Miles Davis Quintet 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8. The release, the eight in the Bootleg Series devoted to the iconic trumpeter that began in 2011, was set around Davis’ performances with his Second Great Quintet — George Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams (and Wayne Shorter later on) — at the Festival Mondial Du Jazz in Antibes/Juan-Les-Pins, France, in July 1963, as well as at the Paris Jazz Festival in October 1964.