Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess
Cat. no: 772299
Format: LP2
Barcode: 8436559468497
Release Date: 22 Apr 2022
Genre: Jazz
Limited edition 180g premium vinyl for super fdelity, presented in a deluxe gatefold sleeve
'Porgy & Bess' was the third and fnal album collaboration between Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and producer Norman Granz. Featuring songs from the George & Ira Gershwins opera, which was inspired by the DuBose Heyward play 'Porgy', it received both critical acclaim and commercial success internationally.
"As the tracks progress, you think she is cutting Armstrong - only to turn around and believe that Armstrong is cutting her. The truth, of course, is that they are outdoing themselves. This is a Porgy performance you would be ill- advised to miss." - Gene Lees, DownBeat
Tracks: Overture / Summertime / I Wants To Stay Here / My Man’s Gone Now / I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ / Buzzard Song / Bess, You Is My Woman Now / It Ain’t Necessarily So / What You Want Wid Bess? / A Woman Is A Sometime Thing / Oh, Doctor Jesus / Medley: Here Come De Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman) / There's A Boat Dat’s Leavin' Soon For New York / Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? / Oh, Lawd, I’m On My Way / You Won’t Be Satisfed / Undecided
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