Porgy & Bess

Porgy & Bess marks the third and final album collaboration between Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. It was produced by Norman Granz for his Verve label. After recording a series of duets in the late 1940s for the Decca label, they were summoned by Granz in 1956 to make a series of sessions that would result in the wonderful LPs Ella and Louis and Ella and Louis Again. Their final album together consists of a selection of tunes from George & Ira Gershwin's songs for DuBose Heyward's play Porgy. Like its predecessors, Porgy & Bess received a five-star review in Down Beat, with Gene Lees stating that, "As the tracks progress, you think she is cutting Armstrong -only to turn around and believe that Armstrong is cutting her. The truth, of course, is that they are outdoing themselves. This is a Porgy performance you would be ill- adviced to miss." On this album, Ella and Louis were backed by a full orchestra conducted and arranged by Russell Garcia.

Disc 1
1: Overture
2: Summertime
3: I Wants to Stay Here
4: My Man's Gone Now
5: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
6: Buzzard Song
7: Bess, You Is My Woman Now

Disc 2
1: It Ain't Necessarily So
2: What You Want Wid Bess?
3: A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
4: Oh, Doctor Jesus
5: Here Come De Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman)
6: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
7: Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
8: Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way
9: You Won't Be Satisfied
10: Undecided

Number of Discs: 2

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