Jazz Articles about Othella Dallas

Othella Dallas: I Live The Life I Love

by Michael P. Gladstone
May 19, 2008

Othella Dallas has lived a rather picturesque life in show business, and tells her musical tale in I Live The Life I Love. Between the book-ending opener by Phil Moore, “Lil' Gal From Memphis," and Muddy Waters' closing “I Love the Life I Live," Dallas makes several musical side trips.

The CD booklet has the look of a nonfiction biography, featuring glossy photos of Dallas' life beginning with her career as a dancer with Katherine Dunham and career ...