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Miles Davis – Porgy And Bess / George Gershwin's orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans / Sony Records Int'l Audio CD 2009 Stereo / SICP 20076
UPC 4547366044621
Porgy and Bess (CL 1274) is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 1959 on Columbia Records. The album features arrangements by Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin's 1935 opera of the same name. The album was recorded in four sessions on July 22, July 29, August 4, and August 18, 1958, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. It is the second collaboration between Davis and Evans and has garnered much critical acclaim since its release, being acknowledged by some music critics as the best of their collaborations. Jazz critics have regarded the album as historically important.
| Label: | Sony Records Int'l – SICP 20076 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Japan |
| Released: |
Mar 25, 2009 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Big Band, Modal |
Tracklist:
| 1 | The Buzzard Song | |
| 2 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | |
| 3 | Gone | |
| 4 | Gone, Gone, Gone | |
| 5 | Summertime | |
| 6 | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess | |
| 7 | Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) | |
| 8 | Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab | |
| 9 | My Man's Gone Now | |
| 10 | It Ain't Necessarily So | |
| 11 | Here Come De Honey Man | |
| 12 | I Loves You, Porgy | |
| 13 | There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York |
- Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
- Composed By – George Gershwin
- Conductor – Gil Evans
- Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3, B6, B7), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: A2, B2, B4, B5)
- Engineer – Ray Moore
- Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: A1, A6, B1), Phil Bodner (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B7), Romeo Penque
- French Horn – Gunther Schuller, Julius Watkins, Willie Ruff
- Liner Notes – Charles Edward Smith
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Roy De Carava
- Producer – Cal Lampley, Teo Macero
- Saxophone – Cannonball Adderly, Daniel B. Banks
- Trombone – Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joseph Bennett, Dick Hixon
- Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Johnny Coles, Louis R. Mucci
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Miles Davis
- Tuba – Bill Barber
