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Porgy And Bess. Opera In 3 Acts (extract)

1958

Louis Armstrong (Soloist) (vocals, trumpet)

* 4.8.1901, New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), United States

† 6.7.1971, New York City, New York (NY), United States

* 12.4.1916, Oakland, California (CA), United States

† 20.11.2011, Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand

Ella Fitzgerald (Soloist) (vocals)

* 25.4.1917, Newport News, Virginia (VA), United States

† 15.6.1996, Beverly Hills, California (CA), United States

* 26.9.1898, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 11.7.1937, Hollywood, California (CA), United States

DuBose Heyward (Text author)

* 31.8.1885, Charleston, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 16.6.1940, Tryon, North Carolina (NC), United States

Ira Gershwin (Text author)

* 6.12.1896, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 17.8.1983, Beverly Hills, California (CA), United States

* 12.4.1916, Oakland, California (CA), United States

† 20.11.2011, Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand

1987

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Tracks

George Gershwin
Porgy And Bess. Opera In 3 Acts (extract)
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
8. It ain't necessarily so
9. What you want wid Bess?
10. A woman is a sometime thing
11. Oh, Doctor Jesus
12. Medley: Here come de honey man - Crab man - Oh, dey's so fresh and fine (Strawberry woman)
13. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
14. Bess, oh where's my Bess?
15. Oh lawd, I'm on my way