Jazz Classic. Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess RARE Six-Eye PROMOTIONAL PRESSING LP

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A1 The Buzzard Song Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* A2 Bess, You Is My Woman Now Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* A3 Gone Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* A4 Gone, Gone, Gone Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* A5 Summertime Written-By – Heyward*, G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, G. Gershwin* A6 Bess, Oh Where's My Bess Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* B1 Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* B2 Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* B3 My Man's Gone Now Written-By – Heyward*, G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, G. Gershwin* B4 It Ain't Necessarily So Written-By – I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* B5 Here Come De Honey Man Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – Heyward*, I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* B6 I Loves You, Porgy Written-By – G. Gershwin* Written-By – G. Gershwin* B7 There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York Written-By – I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin* Written-By – I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin*

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio

Credits

• Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
• Composed By – George Gershwin
• Conductor – Gil Evans
• Drums – Philly Joe Jones* (tracks: A1, A3 to A6, B1, B3, B6, B7), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: A2, B2, B4, B5)
• Engineer – Ray Moore
• Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: A1, A6, B1), Phil Bodner (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B7), Romeo Penque
• French Horn – Gunther Schuller, Julius B. Watkins*, Willie Ruff
• Liner Notes – Charles Edward Smith
• Producer – Cal Lampley, Teo Macero
• Saxophone – Julian Adderly*, Danny Banks*
• Trombone – Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joseph Bennett, Dick Hixon*
• Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, John Coles*, Louis Mucci*
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Miles Davis
• Tuba – John ("Bill") Barber*

Notes

Porgy and Bess Review

by Lindsay Planer

Tomes are available annotating the importance of this recording. The musical and social impact of Miles Davis, his collaborative efforts with Gil Evans, and in particular their reinvention of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess are indeed profound. However, the most efficient method of extricating the rhetoric and opining is to experience the recording. Few other musical teams would have had the ability to remain true to the undiluted spirit and multifaceted nuance of this epic work. However, no other musical teams were Miles Davis and Gil Evans. It was Evans' intimate knowledge of the composition as well as the performer that allowed him to so definitively capture the essence of both. The four dates needed to complete work on Porgy and Bess include contributions from several members of his most recent musical aggregate: Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto sax), Paul Chambers (bass), and Jimmy Cobb (drums). Although the focus and emphasis is squarely on Davis throughout, the contributions of the quartet on "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)," "I Loves You, Porgy," and "There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York" are immeasurable. They provide a delicate balance in style and, under the direction of Evans, incorporate much of the same energy and intonation here as they did to their post-bop recordings. There is infinitely more happening on Porgy and Bess, however, with much of the evidence existing in the subtle significance of the hauntingly lyrical passages from Danny Banks' (alto flute) solos, which commence on "Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab." Or the emotive bass and tuba duet that runs throughout "Buzzard Song." The impeccable digital remastering and subsequent reissue -- which likewise applies to the Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings box set -- only magnifies the refulgence of Porgy and Bess. Likewise, two previously unissued performances have been appended to the original baker's dozen. No observation or collection of American jazz can be deemed complete without this recording.