Ella Fitzgerald Newport Jazz Festival Live At Carnegie Hall 10/6/15 Through a series of unfortunate

Through a series of unfortunate events

‘Outlook’ features Idris Muhammad on drums (which means a frenzy of funky JB-influenced over-the-top soul-jazz drumming)

a Balearic classic

Various Artists – Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae

Ella Fitzgerald Newport Jazz Festival Live At Carnegie Hall 10/6/15 Through a series of unfortunateThis is a wonderful live album. Recorded toward the end of Ellas career, by concerts end it is apparent that she has about lost her voice, but not the audiences adoration. The album showcases her in various settings: with the (obviously) reconstituted Chick Webb Orchestra, with Ellis Larkins, with Joe Pass and with Tommy Flanagan (of course); the album also has some nods to the Webb Orchestra, noteworthy for late career blowing by Lockjaw Davis.