Released 1958 Release date 1958 Genre Jazz | Length 32:49 Label Sound and Vision | |
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Recorded July 16 & 17 and October 3, 1958New York City Similar TV Action Jazz!, A Grand Night for Swinging, New Music of Alec Wilder, The Mundell Lowe Qu, Guitar Moods | ||
Porgy & Bess is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his All Stars featuring their interpretations of the George Gershwin folk opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1958 for the RCA Camden label.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Lowe's arrangements are colorful and swinging, doing justice to the music while turning the familiar themes into jazz".
Track listing
All compositions by George Gershwin
- "Summertime" - 4:46
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 3:05
- "I Loves You, Porgy" - 4:57
- "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" - 2:50
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" - 2:18
- "Red Headed Woman" - 2:22
- "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:24
- "It Takes a Long Pull to Get There" - 2:46
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 3:11
- "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" - 3:10
Personnel
Songs
1Summertime4:47
2Bless - You Is My Woman3:06
3I Love You - Porgy4:57
References
Porgy & Bess (Mundell Lowe album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA