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Reviews of Ella Fitzgerald, My Morning Jacket, and Toria Wooff
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Ella Fitzgerald
The Moment Of Truth: Ella At The Coliseum
(Verve)
★★★★
HERE’s an unexpected, very special present for Ella Fitzgerald fans.
Discovered in the private collection of Verve Records founder Norman Granz, this never previously released set is taken from a 1967 concert the jazz singing legend performed at the Oakland Coliseum with members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra.
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