Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong ‎– Porgy & Bess

5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

This release contains the complete classic version of Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess by Ella and Louis, one of the true gems of jazz history, plus two rarely heard live duets by the same performers recorded at the Hollywood bowl in 1956.

PERSONNEL:

ELLA FITZGERALD (voc),
LOUIS ARMSTRONG (tp, voc)
Orchestra conducted by Russel Garcia.
Los Angeles, August 18 & October 14, 1957

[16-17] Bonus tracks:
Ella Fitzgerald (voc), Louis Armstrong (tp, voc), Trummy Young (tb),
Edmond Hall (cl), Billy Kyle (p), Dale Jones (b), Barrett Deems (d).
Live at the Hollywood Bowl, August 15, 1956.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

Tracks:

01. Overture
02 Summertime
03.I Wants To Stay Here
04. My Man’s Gone Now
05 I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’
06. Buzzard
07 Bess, You Is My Woman Now
08 It Ain T Necessarily
09 1 Want Wid Bess?
10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
11 Oh, Doctor
12 Medley:
– Here Come De Honey Man
– Crab Man
– Oh, Dey’s So Presh And Fine (Strawberry Woman);
13 There’s A Boat Dats Leavin1 Soon For New York
14 Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess?
15 Oh, Lawd, I’m On My Way
16. You Won`t Be Satisfied
17. Undecided

TOTAL TIME: 74:09