Porgy & Bess Revisited

Porgy & Bess Revisited
Studio album by Stewart-Williams & Co.
Released	1959
Recorded	late 1958
Studio	Webster Hall, New York City, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:21
Label	Warner Bros. W/WS 1260
Producer	George T. Simon
Rex Stewart chronology
Henderson Homecoming (1959) Porgy & Bess Revisited (1959) Chatter Jazz (1959)
Cootie Williams chronology
Cootie Williams in Hi-Fi (1958) Porgy & Bess Revisited (1959) The Solid Trumpet of Cootie Williams (1962)

Porgy & Bess Revisited, subtitled Played by a Very Unusual Cast, is an album of jazz interpretations of songs from the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess performed by cornetist Rex Stewart and trumpeter Cootie Williams, with saxophonists Hilton Jefferson and Pinky Williams and trombonist Lawrence Brown, that was recorded in late 1958 and released on the Warner Bros. label.^[1]

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "The two lead characters are played instrumentally by swing all-stars. Cornetist Rex Stewart portrays Sportin' Life, trumpeter Cootie Williams (who emerges as the main star) is Porgy, altoist Hilton Jefferson is Bess and trombonist Lawrence Brown is both Serena and Clara. Somehow it all works. Jim Timmens' arrangements for the big band keeps the momentum going, making this a surprisingly successful effort".^[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by George Gershwin

1. "It Ain't Necessarily So" - 3:58
2. "Bess, You Is My Woman" - 4:33
3. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" - 2:23
4. "My Man's Gone Now" - 3:09
5. "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin 'Soon for New York" - 3:24
6. "Summertime" - 4:05
7. "A Red-Headed Woman" - 3:03
8. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" - 3:27
9. "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" - 3:49
10. "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way" - 3:58

Personnel[]

• Rex Stewart – cornet, trumpet (soloist: tracks 1 & 5)
• Cootie Williams – trumpet (soloist: tracks 2, 3, 7, 8 & 10)
• Hilton Jefferson – alto saxophone (soloist: track 2)
• Pinky Williams – baritone saxophone (soloist: track 9)
• Lawrence Brown – trombone (soloist: tracks 4 & 6)
• Al DeRisi, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder - trumpet
• Eddie Bert, Urbie Green. Sonny Russo – trombone
• Abraham 'Boomie' Richman, Al Klink – tenor saxophone
• Sid Cooper, Walt Levinsky – alto saxophone
• Buddy Weed – piano
• Barry Galbraith – guitar
• Milt Hinton – double bass
• Don Lamond – drums
• Joe Venuto – percussion
• Jim Timmens - conductor, arranger
• Unidentified musicians – French horn, wind instruments, string section

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