Oscar Peterson - Plays Porgy And Bess (1959/1993)

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Title: Plays Porgy And Bess
Year Of Release: 1959 / 1993
Label: Verve Records #519 807-2
Genre: Jazz
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Tracks+Cue+m3u, Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:40:27
Total Size: 223 / 117 Mb (Full Scans)
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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

Oscar Peterson and his trio (with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen) explore ten of the stronger themes from George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess. It is true that Peterson's version of "Summertime" will not make one forget the classic rendition by Miles Davis with Gil Evans but, as is true with all of these performances, Peterson makes the melodies sound like his own. "It Ain't Necessarily So" and "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin"' are among the more memorable selections.

~ Scott Yanow, All Music

Track List:

01. I Got Plenty o'Nuttin' [6:23]
02. I Wants to Stay Here (aka I Loves You Porgy) [6:19]
03. Summertime [3:47]
04. Oh Dey's So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman) [0:52]
05. Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way [2:33]
06. It Ain't Necessarily So [3:58]
07. There's a Boat dat's Leavin' Soon for New York [7:10]
08. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? [4:53]
09. Here Come de Honey Man [1:07]
10. Bess, You Is My Woman Now [3:29]

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