Porgy and Bess (Miles Davis album)

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Porgy and Bess
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	1958
Recorded	30th Street Studio (NYC) July & August 1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:18
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Cal Lampley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (5/5) link AllAboutJazz.com (Favourable) link
Miles Davis chronology
Milestones (1958)	Porgy and Bess (1958)	Kind of Blue (1959)

Porgy and Bess is a 1958 album by jazz musician Miles Davis which he and Gil Evans arranged from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.

The album was recorded in four sessions on July 22, July 29, August 4 and August 18, 1958.

[edit] Personnel

• Miles Davis - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles and Louis Mucci - trumpet
• Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland and Joe Bennett - trombone
• Willie Ruff, Julius Watkins and Gunther Schuller - horn
• Bill Barber - tuba
• Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson and Romeo Penque - flute, alto flute & clarinet
• Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
• Danny Bank - alto flute & bass clarinet
• Paul Chambers - bass
• Jimmy Cobb - drums (not tracks 3,4 9 & 15)
• Philly Joe Jones - drums (tracks 3,4 9 & 15)
• Gil Evans - arranger & conductor
• Cal Lampley - producer
• Frank Laico - recording engineer

[edit] Track listing

All compositions by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, except otherwise noted.

1. "The Buzzard Song" – 4:07
2. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" – 5:10
3. "Gone" (G. Evans) – 3:37
4. "Gone, Gone, Gone" – 2:03
5. "Summertime" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, D. Heyward, D. Heyward) – 3:17
6. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" – 4:18
7. "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)" – 4:39
8. "Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab" – 4:06
9. "My Man's Gone Now" – 6:14
10. "It Ain't Necessarily So" – 4:23
11. "Here Come De Honey Man" – 1:18
12. "I Loves You, Porgy" – 3:39
13. "There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York" – 3:23
14. "I Loves You, Porgy (take 1, second version)" – 4:14 (not on original LP)
15. "Gone (take 4)" (G. Evans) – 3:40 (not on original LP)

The World of Porgy and Bess

Book and play - Opera Creators: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin - DuBose Heyward - Dorothy Heyward Media: Discography - Film adaptation Songs and adaptations: "Summertime" - "Catfish Row"