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Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess

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Artist: Miles Davis
Title: Porgy and Bess
Released: 1958
Label: Columbia Records
Time: 58:18
Producer(s): Cal Lampley
Appears with:
Category: Jazz
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2000.11.11
Price in €: 1,00
Web address: www.milesdavis.com

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[1] Buzzard Song (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 4:07
[2] Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 5:10
[3] Gone (Evans) - 3:37
[4] Gone, Gone, Gone (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 2:03
[5] Summertime (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 3:17
[6] Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 4:28
[7] Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 4:39
[8] Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 4:06
[9] My Man's Gone Now (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 6:14
[10] It Ain't Necessarily So (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 4:23
[11] Here Come de Honey Man (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 1:18
[12] I Loves You, Porgy (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 3:39
[13] There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New... (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 3:23

Bonus tracks (not on the origunal LP):
[14] I Loves You, Porgy (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) - 4:14
[15] Gone (Evans) - 3:40 
 

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Miles Davis - Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Gil Evans - Arranger, Conductor, Orchestra
Cannonball Adderley - Alto Saxophone
Phil Bodner - Clarinet, Flute, Alto Flute
Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
Johnny Coles - Trumpet
Philly Joe Jones - Drums
Jerome Richardson - Clarinet, Flute, Alto Flute
Julius Watkins - French Horn
Frank Rehak - Trombone
Ernie Royal - Trumpet
Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones - Trombone
Jimmy Cobb - Drums
Willie Ruff - French Horn
John Bennet - Trombone
Danny Bank - Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute, Baritone Saxophone
Danny Banks - Saxophone
Billy Barber - Tuba
John Barber - Tuba
Joseph Bennett - Trombone
Paul Chambers - Bass
Dick Hixon - Trombone
Bernie Glow - Trumpet
Louis Mucci - Trumpet
Romeo Penque - Clarinet, Alto Flute
Gunther Schuller - Horn, French Horn
Phil Boduet - Horn, French Horn

Bill Kirchner - Liner Notes
Frank Laico - Engineer
Phil Schaap - Liner Notes, Reissue Producer, Editing, Remastering, Restoration
Mark Wilder - Editing, Remastering, Restoration, Preparation
Charles Edward Smith - Liner Notes
Tom "Curly" Ruff - Engineer
Don Hunstein - Photography
Seth Rothstein - Project Director
Cozbi Sanchez-Cabrera - Art Direction
Teresa Alfieri - Design
Randall Martin - Reissue Design
Rene Arsenault - Production Assistant
Roy De Carava - Photography

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The second of the three great Miles Davis-Gil Evans collaborations features the trumpeter backed by Evans's 18-piece orchestra on 13 selections from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. This version of "Summertime" (with Evans's countermelody) is definitive and the entire suite should be savored in one sitting. Other highlights include "Bess, You Is My Woman Now," "My Man's Gone Now" and "I Loves You Porgy." In 1997 this classic was reissued on CD and augmented by alternate versions of "I Loves You, Porgy" and "Gone." A more expanded documentation is currently available on Columbia's complete Miles Davis/Gil Evans box.

Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide



Take George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess, add Miles Davis and arranger Gil Evans, and what do you get? A classic jazz album that--despite the fact that the material has been rendered almost overly familiar due to countless interpretations--still sounds remarkably fresh four decades after its initial release. Miles' soft yet piercing trumpet style is perfectly suited to Gershwin's melancholy melodies, Evans' musical direction of his 18-piece orchestra is impeccable, and their version of "Summertime" may well be the finest ever waxed. Davis and Evans teamed up for several recordings after this one (including the landmark Sketches of Spain ), but Porgy & Bess still stands as one of their most successful collaborations.

Dan Epstein, Amazon.com



...PORGY AND BESS is possibly the best of the collaborations between Miles and Gil Evans....Evans is justly regarded as the master of modern orchestration and PORGY AND BESS shows him at his best. There are two alternates to savor here, `I Loves You, Porgy,' and `More'...

Jazz Times (8/97)



Man nehme George Gershwins Porgy & Bess, füge Miles Davis und den Arrangeur Gil Evans hinzu und was erhält man? Einen Jazz-Klassiker, der -- trotz der Tatsache, dass das Material aufgrund zahlloser Interpretationen fast schon übermäßig vertraut ist -- vierzig Jahre nach seiner Erstveröffentlichung immer noch erstaunlich frisch klingt. Miles' sanfte, doch stechende Trompete passt perfekt zu Gershwins melancholischen Melodien. Evans führt das 18 Mann starke Orchester makellos, ihre Version von "Summertime" könnte sehr wohl die schönste sein, die je auf Platte aufgenommen wurde. Davis und Evans arbeiteten später bei verschiedenen Aufnahmen nochmals als Team zusammen (darunter bei ihrem Meilenstein-Album Sketches of Spain), Porgy & Bess jedoch ragt noch immer als ihre erfolgreichste Zusammenarbeit heraus.

Dan Epsteiná Amazon.de



Ein Klassiker, der in jede Jazz-Sammlung gehört. Gil Evans arrangierte für den Trompeter die Hits aus George Gershwins Oper "Porgy And Bess" zu coolen Klanggemälden.

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