| Porgy and Bess | ||||
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| Released | March 9, 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 22 & 29 and August 4 & 18, 1958 | |||
| Studio | Columbia 30th Street (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 50:53 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Cal Lampley | |||
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Porgy and Bess (CL 1274) is a studio album by the jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 1959 on Columbia Records.[4] The album features arrangements by Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin's 1935 opera of the same name. The album was recorded in four sessions on July 22, July 29, August 4, and August 18, 1958, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. It is the second collaboration between Davis and Evans and has garnered much critical acclaim since its release, being acknowledged by some music critics as the best of their collaborations.[5] Jazz critics have regarded the album as historically important.[6][7]
- ^ Miles Davis.com
- ^ Kanzler, George (November 7, 2009). "Miles Revisited: Sketches of Spain (50th Anniversary Edition) & Miles Ahead Live". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (January 2, 2005). Africana: Arts and Letters: An A-to-Z Reference of Writers, Musicians, and Artists of the African American Experience. Running Press. p. 163. ISBN 0762420421.
- ^ "Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis". Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ Album/Product notes and reviews[dead link]
- ^ "Porgy and Bess Presentation Zankel Hall, NYC
- ^ Larkin, Colin. "Review: Porgy and Bess", Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music: March 1, 2002.