George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess

DISC 1:
Introduction - Russ Garcia Orchestra / Summertime - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Narration
Summertime - Betty Roche
Narration
Woman Is A Sometime Thing, A - Frank Rosolino
Narration / Here Comes De Honey Man... - Joe Derise
Narration 8. Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys... - Mel Torme
Narration
No, No, Brother, Porgy Ain's Soft On No Woman... - Mel Torme
Narration (Scene: Crap Game And Murder)
Narration
Gone, Gone, Gone - Chorus
Overflow, Overflow - Mel Torme/Chorus
Narration
I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out... - Mel Torme
Narration
My Man's Gone Now - Sallie Blair
Narration
Oh The Train Is At The Station... - Chorus
Narration
Oh I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks... - Frank Rosolino
Narration
I Got Plenty Of Nuttin' - Mel Torme/Pat Moran Quartet
Mornin', Lawyer, Looking For Somebody? - George Kirby/Mel Torme/Frances Faye/Pat Moran Quartet
Buzzard Song - Mel Torme

DISC 2
Narration
I Loves You Porgy - Frances Faye/Mel Torme
Narration (Scene: Storm)
Summertime - Betty Roche (reprise)
Narration
Oh, Dere's Sombody Knockin' At De Do' - Chorus
Narration
If God Want To Kill Me... - Johnny Hartman
Narration
Red-Headed Woman..., A - Johnny Hartman/Chorus
Narration
Oh, Doctor Jesus - Chorus (reprise)
Narration
Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted - Pat Moran Quartet

Russ Garcia (arranger, conductor); Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (alto saxophone); Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone); "Cat" Anderson, Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, Willie Cook (trumpet); John Sanders, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (trombone); Dick Healey (flute, clarinet); Herbie Mann, Sam Most (flute); Bill Holman (clarinet); Alvin Stoller (vibraphone, drums, percussion); Duke Ellington, Ralph Sharon (piano); Sal Salvador (guitar); Jimmy Woode, Max Bennett (bass); Sam Woodyard, Stan Levey (drums); The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Bethlehem Orchestra, The Australian Jazz Quintet, The Pat Moran Quartet, The Stan Levey Group.

Comments

PORGY AND BESS includes narration by Al "Jazzbo" Collins interspersed with the songs.

Cast includes: Mel Torme (Porgy); Francis Faye (Bess); Betty Roche (Clara); George Kirby (Sportin' Life); Johnny Hartman (Crown); Sallie Blair (Serena); Frank Rosolino (Jake); Loulie Jean Norman (Strawberry Woman); Joe Derise (Honey Man); Bob Dorough (Crab Man).

Guest(s) Duke Ellington; Johnny Hodges; Betty Roche; Johnny Hartman; Herbie Mann; Maynard Ferguson; Clark Terry; Sal Salvador

Producer: Red Clyde.

Reissue producers: Tom Moulton, Greg Vaughn.

Includes a 48-page booklet with liner notes by J.F. Quinn, Art Hilgart and Joseph F. Laredo. Digitally remastered from original session tapes by Tom Moulton and Greg Vaughn (Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, New York, New York).

Remastered
2 CD Set/Incl. Bonus Track

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