Released 1965 The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
(1964-65) Jazz Dialogue
(1965) Artist Modern Jazz Quartet Producer Nesuhi Ertegun Genre Jazz | Length 32:51 The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
(1964-65) Jazz 'n' Samba
(1964) Release date 1965 Label Atlantic Records | |
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Recorded July 23 & 26, 1964 and April 26, 1965
RCA Webster Hall, New York City Similar Modern Jazz Quartet albums, Jazz albums | ||
The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet performing the score to George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1964-65 and released on the Atlantic label.
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Reception
The Allmusic review stated "The Modern Jazz Quartet is alive and well in this effort, thoroughly brewing with overbearing optimism. Lavish in orchestration, shining with dexterity, it is no wonder that it is rare to find such a group that can emulate George Gershwin's work with such spontaneity and prowess".
Track listing
All compositions by George Gershwin
- "Summertime" - 5:38
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 5:37
- "My Man's Gone Now" - 7:20
- "I Loves You, Porgy" - 3:21
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 6:23
- "Oh Bess, O Where's My Bess" - 4:14
- "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" - 4:18
Personnel
Songs
1Summertime5:58
2Bess - You Is My Woman Now5:38
3My Man's Gone Now7:21
References
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