Porgy and Bess ( Russian Porgy and Bess ) is the thirteenth studio album of American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and trumpeter Louis Armstrong , released in 1957 via Verve Records under studio number MGV 4011-2. The album includes arranged arias from George Gershwin βs opera Porgy and Bess .
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| Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Studio Album | ||||
| Date of issue | 1957 | |||
| Recorded by | August 18 - October 14, 1957 | |||
| Genres | jazz | |||
| Duration | 61:10 | |||
| Producers | Norman Granz | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Language of songs | English | |||
| Labels | Verve records | |||
| Professional reviews | ||||
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| Timeline of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | ||||
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In 1990, PolyGram studio re-released the CD in CD format under the studio number Verve-PolyGram 827 475-2. In 2001, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame [2] .
List of Songs
All texts were written by Ira Gershwin and Duboz Hayward, all music was written by George Gershwin .
| Side 1 | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
| one. | "Overture" | 10:52 | |||||||
| 2. | "Summertime" | 4:58 | |||||||
| 3. | "I Wants to Stay Here" | 4:38 | |||||||
| four. | "My Man's Gone Now" | 4:02 | |||||||
| five. | βI Got Plenty O 'Nuttin'β | 3:52 | |||||||
| 6. | "Buzzard Song" | 2:58 | |||||||
| 7. | "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" | 5:28 | |||||||
| 36:48 | |||||||||
| Side 2 | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Duration | |||||||
| eight. | "It Ain't Necessarily So" | 6:34 | |||||||
| 9. | "What You Want Wid Bess?" | 1:59 | |||||||
| ten. | "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" | 4:47 | |||||||
| eleven. | "Oh, Doctor Jesus" | 2 a.m. | |||||||
| 12. | βHere Come de Honey Man / Crab Man / Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fineβ | 3:29 | |||||||
| 13. | "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" | 2:36 | |||||||
| 14. | "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way!" | 2:57 | |||||||
| 24:22 | |||||||||
Record Members
- Ella Fitzgerald - vocals.
- Louis Armstrong - trumpet , vocals.
- Paul Smith - Piano .
- Alvin Stoller - Drums .
- Russell Garcia - arrangement.
Notes
- β Porgy and Bess on the AllMusic website
- β Grammy Hall of Fame . Grammy.org. Archived December 28, 2012.