Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Porgy & Bess 2LP

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Porgy & Bess

ELLA FITZGERALD, vocals & LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet & vocals

Orchestra conducted by RUSSELL GARCIA
The Judd Conlon Singers added on D4.
Recorded in Los Angeles, California, August 18 (tracks A2, B2, B4 & C1), August 19 (tracks C3, D2 & D4),
August 28 (tracks A3, B1, B3, C2 & D1 [“Here Come de Honey Man” & “Oh, Dey’s So Fresh
and Fine (Strawberry Woman)”] and October 14 (tracks A1, C4, D1 [“Crab Man”] & D3), 1957.

*Bonus tracks (D5-D6):
Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Louis Armstrong (tp, vcl), Trummy Young (tb),
Edmond Hall (cl), Billy Kyle (p), Dale Jones (b), Barrett Deems (d).
Recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, California, August 15, 1956.

On all tracks except otherwise indicated:
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin

Tracklist:
SIDE A
1 OVERTURE 10:53
2 SUMMERTIME 5:01
3 I WANTS TO STAY HERE 4:38

SIDE B:
1 MY MAN’S GONE NOW 4:03
2 I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’ 3:54
3 BUZZARD SONG 3:00
4 BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW 5:30

SIDE C:
1 IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO 6:36
2 WHAT YOU WANT WID BESS? 2:02
3 A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING 4:50
4 OH, DOCTOR JESUS 2:01

SIDE D:
1 MEDLEY: HERE COME DE HONEY MAN / CRAB MAN / OH, DEY’S SO FRESH AND FINE (STRAWBERRY WOMAN) 3:31
2 THERE’S A BOAT DAT’S LEAVIN’ SOON FOR NEW YORK 4:56
3 BESS, OH WHERE’S MY BESS? 2:37
4 OH, LAWD, I’M ON MY WAY 2:56
5 YOU WON’T BE SATISFIED (Freddy James-Larry Stock)* 3:53
6 UNDECIDED (Charlie Shavers-Sid Robin)* 3:39

Label: Vinyl Lovers
Released: 1959/2012