Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson album)

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Porgy & Bess
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1997
GenreJazz
Length53:46
LabelVerve Records
ProducerRichard Seidel, Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson chronology
Big Band
(1997)
Porgy & Bess
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[2]

Porgy & Bess is a 1997 album by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, released on Verve Records. It contains Henderson's arrangements of music from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.

Track listing[]

  1. "Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues" – 0:56
  2. "Summertime" – 7:16
  3. "Here Come de Honey Man/They Pass by Singin'" – 2:04
  4. "My Man's Gone Now" – 6:58
  5. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" – 6:52
  6. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" – 5:15
  7. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 6:27
  8. "I Loves You, Porgy" – 4:18
  9. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" – 6:42
  10. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" – 6:58

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Stanley, Leo. "Porgy and Bess - Joe Henderson | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 689. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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