MILES DAVIS "PORGY & BESS" - 1977 COLUMBIA STEREO REISSUE ***NM 9/10***

MILES DAVIS "PORGY & BESS"

1977 COLUMBIA STEREO REISSUE

***NM 9/10***

Tomes are available annotating the importance of this recording. The musical and social impact of Miles Davis, his collaborative efforts with Gil Evans, and in particular their reinvention of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess are indeed profound. However, the most efficient method of extricating the rhetoric and opining is to experience the recording. Few other musical teams would have had the ability to remain true to the undiluted spirit and multifaceted nuance of this epic work. However, no other musical teams were Miles Davis and Gil Evans. It was Evans' intimate knowledge of the composition as well as the performer that allowed him to so definitively capture the essence of both. The four dates needed to complete work on Porgy and Bess include contributions from several members of his most recent musical aggregate: Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto sax), Paul Chambers (bass), and Jimmy Cobb (drums). Although the focus and emphasis is squarely on Davis throughout, the contributions of the quartet on "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)," "I Loves You, Porgy," and "There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York" are immeasurable. They provide a delicate balance in style and, under the direction of Evans, incorporate much of the same energy and intonation here as they did to their post-bop recordings. There is infinitely more happening on Porgy and Bess, however, with much of the evidence existing in the subtle significance of the hauntingly lyrical passages from Danny Banks' (alto flute) solos, which commence on "Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab." Or the emotive bass and tuba duet that runs throughout "Buzzard Song." The impeccable digital remastering and subsequent reissue -- which likewise applies to the Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings box set -- only magnifies the refulgence of Porgy and Bess. Likewise, two previously unissued performances have been appended to the original baker's dozen. No observation or collection of American jazz can be deemed complete without this recording. (AMG)

Miles Davis ‎– Porgy And Bess
Label: Columbia ‎– PC 8085
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
Country: US Released: 1977

Track List:
A1 The Buzzard Song
A2 Bess, You Is My Woman Now
A3 Gone
A4 Gone, Gone, Gone
A5 Summertime
A6 Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
B1 Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
B2 Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab
B3 My Man's Gone Now
B4 It Ain't Necessarily So
B5 Here Come De Honey Man
B6 I Loves You, Porgy
B7 There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York

Credits:
Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
Conductor – Gil Evans
Drums – Philly Joe Jones* (tracks: A1, A3 to A6, B1, B3, B6, B7), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: A2, B2, B4, B5)
Engineer – Ray Moore
Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: A1, A6, B1), Phil Bodner (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, B2 to B7), Romeo Penque
French Horn – Gunther Schuller, Julius B. Watkins*, Willie Ruff
Liner Notes – Charles Edward Smith
Photography By – Roy De Carava*
Producer – Cal Lampley, Teo Macero
Saxophone – Julian Adderly*, Daniel B. Banks*
Trombone – Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joseph Bennett, Dick Hixon*
Trumpet – Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, John Coles*, Louis Mucci*
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Miles Davis
Tuba – John ("Bill") Barber*

Notes:
Recorded 7/22/1958 (tracks A3, A4, B3), 7/29/1958 (tracks A6, B2, B4, B5), 8/04/1958 (tracks A1, A6, B1), and 8/18/1958 (A5, B6, B7) at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City.

Reissue Of Columbia Records Release CS 8085.
Original LP released in 1958

Matrix:
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Matrix): XSM 44663-3F G1
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Matrix): XSM 44664-3E G1

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