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Track Listings
| 1. Overture |
| 2. Summertime |
| 3. I Wants To Stay Here |
| 4. My Man's Gone Now |
| 5. I Got Plenty O'Nuttin' |
| 6. Buzzard Song |
| 7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now |
| 8. It Ain't Necessarily So |
| 9. What You Want Wild Bess? |
| 10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing |
| 11. Oh, Doctor Jesus |
| 12. Medley: Here Come De Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Deh's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman) |
| 13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York |
| 14. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess |
| 15. Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way |
Product Description
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Getting the two most personable voices in jazz to sing an hour's worth of George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess (Ella doing all the female parts, Satchmo all the male) was a good idea, but not quite as great as it sounded. Armstrong savours the down-and-dirty Charlestonisms that inspired the cadences of the music and lyrics and they fit his happy rasp like an old shoe; Fitzgerald, conversely, sounds almost prissy every time she has to sing the word "ain't", though her melodic genius gets Gershwin's bold, supple tunes over. The arrangements are full-throttle Broadway, with a few leaps into Dixieland (including some fine Armstrong trumpet solos), but the disc works best when the vocalists break character and let their jazz side out. --Douglas Wolk
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"Ella et Louis, le retour": volume 3 ! Après Ella And Louis en 1956 et l'année suivante, le producteur de Verve, Norman Granz, ne veut pas s'arrêter en si bon chemin. Il convoque un orchestre entier pour soutenir ses deux tourtereaux dans un programme ambitieux: rien de moins que le Porgy & Bess des frères Gershwin. Et le pari est remporté haut la main. Une orchestration somptueuse, Ella aux anges (quelle version de "Summertime" !) et Louis aux petits soins : rien n'est à écarter dans cette version d'anthologie. -- Eric Frank
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A masterpiece,
By Ekbart van der Klunk (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Porgy And Bess (Audio CD)
This is one of the 10 greatest jazz records made. As mentioned in the liner notes, for trumpet music of this style, Louis Armstrong had no peer. The contrast between the gravelly voice of Armstrong and the super sweet voice of Ella wears very well. The production was excellent, and frankly the famous opera stars on other records than often blast out Porgy and Bess don't do much for me. This is by far my favorite version of some really fantastic music by Gershwin, who is one of the greatest American composers.Young people will find this music as corny as Frank Sinatra, but it really is tremendous music and will stand the test of time.
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A Jazz Masterpiece!,
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This review is from: Porgy And Bess (Audio CD)
No matter what your musical taste, it's hard to imagine that you won't love this combination. Ella & Louis are, of course, the standards by which all other jazz vocalists learn and are judged; the music is Gershwin's great masterpiece (and one of the masterpieces of American music in general); ravishingly orchestrated, lovingly sung, and oh by the way, swingin' like Tiger Woods. Just the best in the biz, that's all. If you're a jazz aficionado or a Gershwin fan, you'll find a wealth to love and appreciate; if you're a casual listener, count on it!...This is music that'll just make you happy. Get it and enjoy it for the rest of your life.
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ELLA AND LOUIS,
By ALAIN ROBERT (ST-HUBERT,QUÉBEC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Porgy And Bess (Audio CD)
The chemistry between ELLA and LOUIS was great.It was not evident to do PORGY and BESS with them,but it works splendidly.There is a minor setback for me:ELLA can't do MY MAN's GONE NOW the way SARAH VAUGHAN used to sing it,but the rest of the disc is so enjoyable that one can easily pass that over.I am happy that NORMAN GRANZ the producer succeeded in convincing LOUIS to tackle that project.It is really moving to hear him sing and play his instrument on those tracks,especially I GOT PLENTY OF NOTHIN' and THERE'S A BOAT LEAVING SOON FOR NEW YORK.If you have to choose among the many recordings of PORGY and BESS available,you have to go for that one,even if of course,this is not the complete work.
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