The Modern Jazz Quartet – The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (VG+/VG+) – LP, US
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The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess is an LP by The Modern Jazz Quartet released on the Atlantic label.
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The Modern Jazz Quartet’s Porgy & Bess is a finely crafted example of how jazz can reimagine American song with restraint and elegance. Recorded in the early 1960s and issued in 1965, it brings the quartet’s cool-jazz poise, contrapuntal interplay and classical discipline to George Gershwin’s opera score. Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath and Connie Kay transform familiar pieces such as Summertime and It Ain’t Necessarily So into concise, harmonically rich performances rather than showy vehicles for improvisation. The album stands as one of the group’s most admired concept recordings, reinforcing their reputation for turning popular material into chamber-like jazz with lasting depth.
Genre: Jazz
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Artist: The Modern Jazz QuartetLabel: Atlantic – SD-1440Format: LP, Album, Reissue, StereoUnits: 1Country: USGenre: JazzStyle: Bop, Cool Jazz, Modal
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A1 Summertime
A2 Bess, You Is My Woman
A3 My Man'S Gone Now
B1 I Love You Porgy
B2 It Ain'T Necessarily So
B3 Oh Bess, O Where'S My Bess
B4 There'S A Boat Dat'S Leavin' Soon For New York
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- Description
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The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess is an LP by The Modern Jazz Quartet released on the Atlantic label.
About this album
The Modern Jazz Quartet’s Porgy & Bess is a finely crafted example of how jazz can reimagine American song with restraint and elegance. Recorded in the early 1960s and issued in 1965, it brings the quartet’s cool-jazz poise, contrapuntal interplay and classical discipline to George Gershwin’s opera score. Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath and Connie Kay transform familiar pieces such as Summertime and It Ain’t Necessarily So into concise, harmonically rich performances rather than showy vehicles for improvisation. The album stands as one of the group’s most admired concept recordings, reinforcing their reputation for turning popular material into chamber-like jazz with lasting depth.
Genre: Jazz
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Artist: The Modern Jazz QuartetLabel: Atlantic – SD-1440Format: LP, Album, Reissue, StereoUnits: 1Country: USGenre: JazzStyle: Bop, Cool Jazz, Modal
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A1 Summertime
A2 Bess, You Is My Woman
A3 My Man'S Gone Now
B1 I Love You Porgy
B2 It Ain'T Necessarily So
B3 Oh Bess, O Where'S My Bess
B4 There'S A Boat Dat'S Leavin' Soon For New York
