Porgy & Bess
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This 1959 collaboration between Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong captures Gershwin's operatic masterpiece through the lens of jazz royalty, transforming the Catfish Row story into something intimate and swinging. Armstrong's gravelly warmth and Fitzgerald's crystalline purity trade verses across beloved standards like "Summertime" and "Bess, You Is My Woman Now," creating a dialogue that feels both playful and deeply human. Rather than theatrical grandeur, they brought the music into the jazz idiom—relaxed tempos, conversational phrasing, and the kind of interpretive freedom that only artists of their stature could claim. This reissue on vinyl lets you hear the analog richness of their voices and the subtle interplay with the orchestral arrangements, a reminder that the most enduring jazz recordings are often those that honor the song's architecture while making it entirely their own.
Item Details+
| Genre | Jazz, Pop, Stage and Screen |
| Style | Swing, Ballad, Vocal |
| Media | Mint (M) |
| Sleeve | Mint (M) |
| Description | Sealed. Carefully packed and shipped with love from Vienna. Order more, save on shipping! |
| Label | Verve Records |
| Year | 2013 |
| Country | Germany, Austria, and Switzerland |
| Format | LP |
Tracklist+
A1. Overture 10:52
A2. Summertime 4:58
A3. I Wants To Stay Here 4:38
B1. My Man's Gone Now 4:02
B2. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 3:52
B3. Buzzard Song 2:58
B4. Bess, You Is My Woman Now 5:28
C1. It Ain't Necessarily So 6:34
C2. What You Want Wid Bess 1:59
C3. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing 4:47
C4. Oh, Doctor Jesus 2:00
D1. Medley: Here Come De Honey Man - Crab Man - Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine 3:29
D2. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York 4:51
D3. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? 2:36
D4. Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way! 2:57
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