| Description |
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Jazz orchestra arrangements of opera excerpts. |
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Program notes by Charles Edward Smith, Bill Kirchner and Phil Schaap (18 pages : ill.) inserted in container. |
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Originally released on LP as Columbia CL 1274 in 1959; with bonus alternative takes (tracks 14-15). |
| Performer |
Miles Davis, trumpet ; Gil Evans, arranger-conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded July 22 and 29, Aug. 4 and 18, 1958, 30th Street Studio, New York City. |
| Contents |
Buzzard song (4:07) -- Bess, you is my woman now (5:10) -- Gone (3:37) -- Gone, gone, gone (2:03) -- Summertime (3:17) -- Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess (4:28) -- Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (4:39) -- Fisherman, Strawberry, and Devil Crab (4:06) -- My man's gone now (6:14) -- It ain't necessarily so (4:23) -- Here comes de honey man (1:18) -- I loves you, Porgy (3:39) -- There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York (3:23) -- Bonus tracks: I loves you, Porgy (take 1, 2nd version) (4:14) -- Gone (take 4) (3:40). |
| Credits |
Reissue produced by Phil Schaap ; original recordings produced by Cal Lampley. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- Sound recordings.
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged -- Sound recordings.
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Trumpet with jazz ensemble -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Miles, performer.
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Evans, Gil, 1912-1988, arranger, conductor.
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| Note |
Title on container: George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess |
| Standard No. |
074646514122 |
| Music No. |
CK 65141 Columbia/Legacy |
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CL 1274 Columbia |
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