Miles Davis "Porgy And Bess" LP

• Vinyl LP
• Jazz music

Porgy And Bess brings Miles Davis’s musical voice to vinyl. Davis makes space, tone and the placement of a phrase do extraordinary work. His trumpet can sound conversational one moment and quietly searching the next, drawing the ear toward the interplay between individual voices rather than a simple procession of solos.

The appeal lies in the conversation inside the ensemble: how a phrase is answered, where the rhythm tightens and when the musicians leave space. It is music that offers an immediate melodic foothold while leaving plenty of detail to discover on a closer listen. The program includes “The Buzzard Song”, “Bess, You is My Woman Now”, “Gone”.

Track listing

1. The Buzzard Song
2. Bess, You is My Woman Now
3. Gone
4. Gone, Gone, Gone
5. Summertime
6. Bess, Oh, Where S My Bess
7. Prayer (Oh, Doctor Jesus)
8. Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab
9. My Man S Gone Now
10. It Ain T Necessarily So
11. Here Come De Honey Man
12. I Loves You, Porgy
13. There S a Boat That S Leaving Soon for New York

Listen: Straight, No Chaser (Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI - July 1958) — artist listening sample

UPC: 8436563186936