Oscar Peterson - Plays Porgy & Bess [Hi-Res Remastering] (2015)

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Artist: Oscar Peterson
Title Of Album: Plays Porgy & Bess
Year Of Release: 2015 [1959]
Label: The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Country: Canada
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 / FLAC (tracks)
Bitrate: 320kbps / Lossless [44.1kHz/16bit / 96kHz/24bit / 192kHz/24bit]
Time: 40:57 min
Full Size: 104 mb / 234 mb / 943 mb / 1.86 gb

George Gershwin's folk opera has been a source of inspiration for countless jazz musicians. This 1959 recording with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen (who had replaced guitarist Herb Ellis the previous year) features some of Peterson's most impassioned and bluesy playing. With the addition of a drummer, he was liberated from rhythm duties to become the trio's dominant solo voice. Producer Norman Granz, who frequently featured Peterson in his Jazz at the Philharmonic all-star tours of the 1950s, had the musicians work out the arrangements in the studio with a minimum of rehearsal. That freshness of conception can still be sensed today. --Rick Mitchell

TRACKLIST:

1. I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' - 6:26
2. I Wants to Stay Here (Aka I Loves You Porgy) - 6:22
3. Summertime - 3:50
4. Oh Dey's So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman) - 0:55
5. Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way - 2:35
6. It Ain't Necessarily So - 4:01
7. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York - 7:13
8. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? - 4:56
9. Here Come de Honey Man - 1:11
10. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - 3:28

Oscar Peterson - piano
Ray Brown - double bass
Ed Thigpen - drums

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