- The Buzzard Song
- Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- Gone
- Gone, Gone, Gone
- Summertime
- Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
- Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
- Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab
- My Man's Gone Now
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Here Come de Honey Man
- I Loves You, Porgy
- There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York
- I Loves You, Porgy
- Gone

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With a handful of brilliant collaborations and one full-length masterpiece, Miles Ahead, under their belts, trumpeter Miles Davis and arranger Gil Evans were ready to see if lightning would strike twice. It did. Their 1957 adaptation of selections from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess is a masterwork that exhibits the best of both musical partners. Gorgeous songs like "Summertime," "Bess You Is My Woman Now," and "My Man's Gone Now " bring out all the unmatched lyrical qualities that had already made Davis a living legend. Up-tempo versions of ''Here Come De Honey Man," and "There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York" also find the trumpeter blowing radiant, beautifully constructed improvisations. Evans was also in peak form, his trademark writing for a brass-heavy, pianoless ensemble featuring arresting tonal colors that made judicious use of tuba and woodwinds. Evans was just as effective thinking big, as in his dramatic climax to "My Man's Gone Now," or scaling down, best exemplified in his brilliant seven-note motif that circles around "Summertime." And Davis and Evans were smart enough to know that it wouldn't be jazz without a cooking rhythm section: "Gone, Gone, Gone" becomes a mini-feature for drummer Philly Joe Jones, whose inspiring playing takes an already glorious project a few notches skyward.
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Release Date: | 03/25/1997 |
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Label: | Sony |
UPC: | 0074646514122 |
catalogNumber: | 65141 |
Rank: | 22122 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Miles Davis Primary Artist,Trumpet,Flugelhorn,Track PerformerCannonball Adderley Saxophone,Alto Saxophone
Phil Bodner Clarinet,Flute,Alto Flute
Jimmy Cleveland Trombone
Johnny Coles Trumpet
Philly Joe Jones Drums
Jerome Richardson Clarinet,Flute,Alto Flute
Julius Watkins French Horn
Frank Rehak Trombone
Ernie Royal Trumpet
Jimmy Cobb Drums
Willie Ruff French Horn
Danny Bank Bass Clarinet,Alto Flute,Baritone Saxophone
Danny Banks Saxophone
Billy Barber Tuba
John Barber Tuba
Joseph Bennett Trombone
Paul Chambers Bass
Gil Evans Conductor,Performing Ensemble
Bernie Glow Trumpet
Louis Mucci Trumpet
Romeo Penque Clarinet,Flute,Alto Flute
Gunther Schuller Horn,French Horn
Dick Hixon Trombone
Technical Credits
George Gershwin ComposerBill Kirchner Liner Notes
Gil Evans Arranger
Ira Gershwin Composer
Frank Laico Engineer
Cal Lampley Producer
Phil Schaap Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Phil Boduet Contributor
Charles Edward Smith Liner Notes
Tom "Curly" Ruff Engineer
Cozbi Sanchez-Cabrera Art Direction
Randall Martin Reissue Design
DuBose Heyward Composer
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