Porgy & Bess (Buddy Collette album)
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| Studio album by Buddy Collette and the Poll Winners | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | July 1957 Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Interlude MO 505 | |||
| Producer | Robert Scherman | |||
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Porgy & Bess (subtitled Modern Interpretations) is an album by multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette featuring jazz versions of music from the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess recorded at sessions in 1957 and released on the Interlude label in 1959.[1][2]
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating "other than the unusual colors, little all that surprising happens during the obscure cool jazz effort".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by George Gershwin
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" - 2:57
- "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:24
- "Summertime" - 4:13
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 3:28
- "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" - 2:38
- "There's a Boat That's Leavin' for New York" - 3:20
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 3:26
- "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" - 4:42
Personnel
- Buddy Collette - flute, bass clarinet
- Pete Jolly - accordion
- Gerald Wiggins - organ
- Jim Hall - guitar
- Red Callender - bass
- Louie Bellson - drums
References
- ^ Discogs album entry accessed November 18, 2016
- ^ Jim Hall discography Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 18, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Porgy & Bess – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2016.