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Porgy and Bess |
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| Styles: |
Adult Contemporary - Female Vocalists - Easy Listening - Vocal - Jazz - Early Jazz - Trumpet - Instruments - Labels - Verve - Vocalists - Female - Male - Pop |
| Media: |
Audio CD |
| Release Date: |
February 1993 |
| Label: |
Verve |
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| UPC Catalogue No: |
042282747525 |
| Amazon Sales Ranking: |
8468 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Description |
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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 |
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Tracks |
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| 1 |
Overture |
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Summertime |
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I Wants to Stay Here |
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My Man's Gone Now |
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I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' |
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Buzzard Song |
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now |
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It Ain't Necessarily So |
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What You Want Wid Bess? |
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Woman Is a Sometime Thing |
| 11 |
Oh, Doctor Jesus |
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Medley: Here Come de Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine |
| 13 |
There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York |
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Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? |
| 15 |
Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way! |
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Customer Reviews |
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A brilliant soundtrack full of classic music. |
Rating: 5.0 |
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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