Porgy & Bess CD

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Porgy & Bess Product Description

Porgy & Bess by Mel Torme was released Sep 14, 1999 on the Avenue Jazz label. PORGY AND BESS includes narration by Al "Jazzbo" Collins interspersed with the songs. Porgy & Bess Includes a 48-page booklet with liner notes by J.F. Quinn, Art Hilgart and Joseph F. Porgy & Bess Laredo. Porgy & Bess Digitally remastered from original session tapes by Tom Moulton and Greg Vaughn (Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, New York, New York). This three-LP box set is an unusual concept that almost succeeds. Porgy & Bess is a 2-disc set with 68 songs. ...See Full Description

Porgy & Bess Album Track Listing

	Trk	Song	Time	Price	Buy MP3
	1	Introduction / Summertime Mel Torme
	2	Narration Mel Torme
	3	Summertime with Reprise
	4	Narration Mel Torme
	5	woman is a sometime thing Mel Torme
	6	Narration / Here Comes De Honey Man... Mel Torme
	7	Narration Mel Torme
	8	Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys... Mel Torme
	9	Narration Mel Torme
	10	No, No, Brother, Porgy Ain's Soft on No Woman... Mel Torme
	11	Narration (Scene: Crap Game and Murder) Mel Torme
	12	Narration Mel Torme
	13	Gone, Gone, Gone Mel Torme
	14	Overflow, Overflow Mel Torme
	15	Narration Mel Torme
	16	I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out... Mel Torme
	17	Narration Mel Torme
	18	My Man's Gone Now Mel Torme
	19	Narration Mel Torme
	20	Oh the Train Is at the Station... Mel Torme
	21	Narration Mel Torme
	22	Oh I'm Agoin' out to the Blackfish Banks... with Reprise
	23	Narration Mel Torme
	24	I Got Plenty Of Nuttin' See All 3 Mel Torme	3:14	$0.99	(Available)
	25	Mornin', Lawyer, Looking For Somebody? Mel Torme
	26	Buzzard Song Mel Torme
	27	Narration Mel Torme
	28	Bess, You Is My Woman Now Mel Torme
	29	Oh, I Can't Sit Down (Picnic Music) Mel Torme
	30	Porgy, I Hates to Go... Mel Torme
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Mel & co. capture the spirit of Catfish Row
Wonderful. A great ensemble performance. Heartfelt but fun, always with a folk/jazz feel, which to my mind is truer to the spirit of the story than some of the overblown operatic versions that have been performed. The narration is coooooool.
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Porgy & Bess Product Details

CD Universe Part number	1118984
Label	Avenue Jazz
Orig Year	1956
Catalog number	75828
Discs	2
Release Date	Sep 14, 1999
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Engineer	Val Valentin; Frank Abbey
Personnel	Max Bennett - bass Harry Carney - baritone saxophone Alvin Stoller - vibraphone, drums, percussion Stan Levey - drums Paul Gonsalves Jimmy Hamilton - tenor saxophone Bill Holman - clarinet Sam Woodyard Russell Procope - alto saxophone Britt Woodman - trombone List all 33 contributors

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