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Porgy And Bess | 
| Artist: Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong
Label: Universal Classics
Category: Music
List Price: £9.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 26540
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 66
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 827475
UPC: 042282747525
EAN: 0042282747525
ASIN: B0000046Z5
Release Date: July 7, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | Porgy And Bess: Overture - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia | | • | Summertime - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia, Ella Fitzgerald | | • | I Wants To Stay Here - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia | | • | My Man's Gone Now - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia | | • | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia | | • | Buzzard Song - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia | | • | Bess You Is My Woman Now - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia | | • | It Ain't Necessarily So - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia | | • | What You Want Wid Bess? - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia | | • | A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia | | • | Oh, Doctor Jesus - Ella Fitzgerald, Russell Garcia | | • | Porgy And Bess: Medley: Here Come De Honey Man / Crab Man / Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia | | • | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - Ella Fitzgerald | | • | Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia | | • | Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way - Louis Armstrong, Russell Garcia |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
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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| Customer Reviews:
A brilliant soundtrack full of classic music. May 6, 2001
20 out of 25 found this review helpful
The music of the Porgy and Bess soundtrack virtually transports you back to the deep south. With "modern day lullabies" such as summertime this is a perfect album to sit back and relax to. Allowing the classic and original vocal tones of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to lull you away to a warm and romantic place.
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