Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess

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Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's "Porgy And Bess"
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Studio album by
Released2016 January 4
Recorded2015 June 20, 21, New York, Avatar Studio
GenreJazz
LabelStudio Songs
Toshiko Akiyoshi chronology
Jazz Conversations
(2015)
Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's "Porgy And Bess"
(2016)
My Long Yellow Road
(2017)

Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" is a 2016 recording by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi.

Track listing[]

  1. "Summertime"
  2. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
  3. "I Loves You, Porgy"
  4. "My Man's Gone Now"
  5. "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing"
  6. "It Ain't Necessarily So"
  7. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
  8. "Bess, O Where's My Bess"
  9. "A Red-Haired Woman"

all music composed by George Gershwin

Personnel[]

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Paul Gill – bass (tracks 2, 8, 9)
  • Yasushi Nakamura (中村 恭士) – bass (tracks 5, 6, 7)
  • George Mraz – bass (tracks 3, 4)
  • Mark Taylor – drums (tracks 4~8)
  • Rodney Green – drums (tracks 2, 9)

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