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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Mel Tormé (Porgy), Frances Faye (Bess), Betty Roche (Clara), George Kirby (Sportin' Life), Johnny Hartman (Crown), Sallie Blair (Serena), Frank Rosolino (Jake)

Pat Moran Quartet, Australian Jazz Quintet, Stan Levey Group, Bethlehem Orchestra, The, Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra, Russell Garcia

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Mel Tormé (Porgy), Frances Faye (Bess), Betty Roche (Clara), George Kirby (Sportin' Life), Johnny Hartman (Crown), Sallie Blair (Serena), Frank Rosolino (Jake)

Pat Moran Quartet, Australian Jazz Quintet, Stan Levey Group, Bethlehem Orchestra, The, Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra, Russell Garcia

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  • Release date: 27th Aug 2013
  • Label: Bethlehem Records
  • Catalogue number: BCP6040
  • Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Work length1:46:23
  • Mel Torme (vocals), Frances Faye (vocals), Betty Roche (vocals), Frank Rosolino (vocals), Sallie Blair (vocals), Johnny Hartman (vocals), George Kirby (vocals), Loolie Jane Norman (soprano), Bob Dorough (vocals)
  • Stan Levey Group, Bethlehem Orchestra, The, Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra, Australian Jazz Quintet, Pat Moran Quartet
  • Russell Garcia
  • Recorded: 1956
Introduction - Summertime
Track length1:29
Narration No. 1
Track length1:25
Summertime
Track length3:48
Narration No. 2
Track length0:12
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
Track length2:40
Here Comes de Honey Man
Track length1:20
Narration No. 3
Track length0:24
Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys
Track length0:43
Narration No. 4
Track length0:11
No, No, Brother, Porgy Ain't Soft On No Woman
Track length1:32
Act I: Narration 6 (Porgy, Bess) (Scene: Crap game and murder)
Track length4:36
Act I: Narration 7 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:47
Act I: Gone, gone, gone
Track length2:25
Act I: Overflow, overflow (Porgy)
Track length2:09
Act I: Narration 8 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:28
Act I: I can't puzzle this thing out (Porgy)
Track length1:18
Act I: Narration 9 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:11
Act I: My man's gone now (Serena)
Track length3:50
Act I: Narration 10 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:35
Act I: Oh, the train is at the station (Bess)
Track length2:47
Act I: Narration 11 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:38
Act I: Oh I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks (Jake)
Track length2:17
Act I: Narration 12 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:34
Act I: Oh, I got plenty of nuttin' (Quartet)
Track length3:14
Act I: Mornin', Lawyer, lookin' for somebody? (Sportin' Life)
Track length4:12
Act II: Buzzard keep on flyin' over (Porgy)
Track length2:42
Act II: Narration 13 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:28
Act II: Bess, you is my woman now (Bess)
Track length4:57
Act II: Oh, I can't sit down (Bess, Porgy)
Track length1:46
Act II: Porgy, I hates to go (Bess)
Track length1:10
Act II: Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' (Jake, Clara, Porgy, Serena) (reprise)
Track length0:37
Act II: It Ain't Necessarily So
Track length1:52
Act II: Narration 14 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:35
Act II: It ain't necessarily so (Sportin' Life)
Track length4:27
Act II: Narration 15 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:53
Act II: What You Want Wid' Bess (Crown)
Track length2:12
Act II: Narration 16 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:33
Act II: Oh, I'm agoin' out to the Blackfish banks (Jake) (reprise)
Track length1:27
Act II: Narration 17 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:30
Act II: Oh, doctor Jesus (Porgy, Clara, Serena, Sporting Life)
Track length2:01
Act II: Here come de honey man - Oh dey's so fresh an' fine - I'm talkinn about devil's crab (Strawberry Woman, Crab Man, Porgy)
Track length3:31
Act II: Narration 18 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:38
Act II: I Loves You, Porgy (Bess)
Track length3:16
Act II: Narration 19 (Porgy, Bess) (Scene: Storm)
Track length2:29
Act II: Summertime (Clara) (reprise)
Track length1:22
Act II: Narration 20 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:10
Act II: Oh, dere's somebody knockin' at de do'
Track length1:04
Act II: Narration 21 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length1:20
Act II: If God want to kill me (Crown)
Track length2:05
Act II: Narration 22 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:06
Act II: A red-headed woman make a choo-choo jump (Crown, Clara, Bess)
Track length1:48
Act II: Narration 23 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:59
Act II: Oh, Doctor Jesus (Porgy, Clara, Serena, Sporting Life) (reprise)
Track length0:38
Act III: Narration 24 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:56
Act III: Clara, Clara, don't you be downhearted (Serena, Bess, Sporting Life)
Track length1:36
Act III: Narration 25 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:09
Act III: Summertime (Bess, Porgy) (reprise)
Track length1:14
Act III: Narration 26 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length1:50
Act III: Oh, Lawd, what I goin' do? (Porgy, Bess, Sporting Life)
Track length1:21
Act III: Narration 27 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:09
Act III: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York (Sporting Life, Bess)
Track length1:29
Act III: Narration 28 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length1:18
Act III: Narration 29 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:24
Act III: How are you dis mornin'?
Track length1:41
Act III: Narration 30 (Porgy, Bess)
Track length0:39
Act III: Oh, Bess, oh, where is my Bess? (Porgy)
Track length2:19
Act III: Finale: Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (Porgy)
Track length1:57
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