Porgy & Bess (Mundell Lowe album)

Porgy & Bess is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his All Stars featuring their interpretations of the George Gershwin folk opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1958 for the RCA Camden label.[1]

Porgy & Bess
Studio album by
Mundell Lowe and his All Stars
Released1958
RecordedJuly 16 & 17 and October 3, 1958
New York City
GenreJazz
Length32:49
LabelRCA Camden
CAL-490
Mundell Lowe chronology
A Grand Night for Swinging
(1957)
Porgy & Bess
(1958)
TV Action Jazz!
(1959)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Lowe's arrangements are colorful and swinging, doing justice to the music while turning the familiar themes into jazz".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by George Gershwin

  1. "Summertime" - 4:46
  2. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 3:05
  3. "I Loves You, Porgy" - 4:57
  4. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" - 2:50
  5. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" - 2:18
  6. "Red Headed Woman" - 2:22
  7. "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:24
  8. "It Takes a Long Pull to Get There" - 2:46
  9. "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 3:11
  10. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" - 3:10

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Mundell Lowe discography accessed August 22, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 22, 2012