Porgy & Bess (Buddy Collette album) explained

Porgy & Bess
Type:	Album
Artist:	Buddy Collette and the Poll Winners
Cover:	Porgy & Bess (Buddy Collette album).jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	July 1957 Los Angeles, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Interlude MO 505
Producer:	Robert Scherman
Chronology:	Buddy Collette
Prev Title:	Everybody's Buddy
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Flute Fraternity
Next Year:	1957

Porgy & Bess (subtitled Modern Interpretations) is an album by multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette featuring jazz versions of music from the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess recorded at sessions in 1957 and released on the Interlude label in 1959.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2  stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating "other than the unusual colors, little all that surprising happens during the obscure cool jazz effort".

Track listing

All compositions by George Gershwin

1. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" - 2:57
2. "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:24
3. "Summertime" - 4:13
4. "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 3:28
5. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" - 2:38
6. "There's a Boat That's Leavin' for New York" - 3:20
7. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" - 3:26
8. "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" - 4:42

Personnel

• Buddy Collette - flute, bass clarinet
• Pete Jolly - accordion
• Gerald Wiggins - organ
• Jim Hall - guitar
• Red Callender - bass
• Louie Bellson - drums

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Buddy-Collette-And-The-Poll-Winners-Porgy-And-Bess/release/3573703 Discogs album entry
2. http://www.stevencberry.net/jimhall.html#1956 Jim Hall discography