Porgy And Bess

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Product Details

Artist : Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0042282747525
Label : Universal Classics
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1993-07-07
Running Time : 66minutes
UPC : 042282747525

ASIN : B0000046Z5

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Porgy And Bess: Overture - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia
2. Summertime - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia, Ella Fitzgerald
3. I Wants To Stay Here - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia
4. My Man's Gone Now - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia
5. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia
6. Buzzard Song - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia
7. Bess You Is My Woman Now - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia
8. It Ain't Necessarily So - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia
9. What You Want Wid Bess? - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia
10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia
11. Oh, Doctor Jesus - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia
12. Porgy And Bess: Medley: Here Come De Honey Man / Crab Man / Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia
13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - Ella Fitzgerald
14. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia
15. Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

Getting the two most personable voices in jazz to sing an hour's worth of George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess (Ella doing all the female parts, Satchmo all the male) was a good idea, but not quite as great as it sounded. Armstrong savours the down-and-dirty Charlestonisms that inspired the cadences of the music and lyrics and they fit his happy rasp like an old shoe; Fitzgerald, conversely, sounds almost prissy every time she has to sing the word "ain't", though her melodic genius gets Gershwin's bold, supple tunes over. The arrangements are full-throttle Broadway, with a few leaps into Dixieland (including some fine Armstrong trumpet solos), but the disc works best when the vocalists break character and let their jazz side out. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews

A brilliant soundtrack full of classic music. (2001-05-06)

The music of the Porgy and Bess soundtrack virtually transports you back to the deep south. With "modern day lullabies" such as summertime this is a perfect album to sit back and relax to. Allowing the classic and original vocal tones of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to lull you away to a warm and romantic place.

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