Porgy and Bess

Enregistrament: 22 i 29 de juliol i 4 i 18 d'agost de 1958

Publicació: 9 de març de 1959

01 Buzzard Song 02 Bess, You Is My Woman Now 03 Gone 04 Gone, Gone, Gone 05 Summertime 06 Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess 07 Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) 08 Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab 09 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 14 I Loves You, Porgy (take 1, Second version) 15 Gone (take 4)

Porgy and Bess és un àlbum d'estudi de Miles Davis, publicat el març de 1959 per Columbia Records. L'àlbum compta amb els arranjaments musicals de Gil Evans basats en l'òpera Porgy i Bess, de George Gershwin.

Es tracta de la segona col·laboració entre Davis i Evans, i és considerat per molts crítics com el major de les seves col·laboracions.

Músics a “Buzzard Song”

Flicorn: Miles Davis

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

tuba: Bill Barber

flauta: Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

baix: Paul Chambers

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

baix: Paul Chambers

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

flicorn i trompeta: Miles Davis

flauta: Phil Bodner i Romeo Penque

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “Gone”

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

baix: Paul Chambers

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

bateria: Philly Joe Jones

flicorn i trompeta: Miles Davis

flauta: Phil Bodner i Romeo Penque

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: Gil Evans

Músics a “Gone, Gone, Gone”

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

baix: Paul Chambers

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

bateria: Philly Joe Jones

flicorn i trompeta: Miles Davis

flauta: Phil Bodner i Romeo Penque

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “Summertime”

Flicorn: Miles Davis

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

tuba: Bill Barber

flauta: Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

baix: Paul Chambers

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess”

Flicorn: Miles Davis

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

tuba: Bill Barber

flauta: Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

baix: Paul Chambers

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)”

Flicorn: Miles Davis

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

tuba: Bill Barber

flauta: Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

baix: Paul Chambers

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab”

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

baix: Paul Chambers

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

trombó baix: Dick Hixson

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

flicorn i trompeta: Miles Davis

flauta: Phil Bodner i Romeo Penque

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “My Man's Gone Now”

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

baix: Paul Chambers

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

bateria: Philly Joe Jones

flicorn i trompeta: Miles Davis

flauta: Phil Bodner i Romeo Penque

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “It Ain't Necessarily So”

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

baix: Paul Chambers

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

trombó baix: Dick Hixson

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

flicorn i trompeta: Miles Davis

flauta: Phil Bodner i Romeo Penque

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “Here Come de Honey Man”

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

baix: Paul Chambers

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

trombó baix: Dick Hixson

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

flicorn i trompeta: Miles Davis

flauta: Phil Bodner i Romeo Penque

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “I Loves You, Porgy”

flauta alt i clarinet baix: Danny Bank

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

clarinet i flauta: Romeo Penque i Jerome Richardson

contrabaix: Paul Chambers

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak i Dick Hixson

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal i Miles Davis

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York”

Flicorn: Miles Davis

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

tuba: Bill Barber

flauta: Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

baix: Paul Chambers

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “I Loves You, Porgy (take 1, Second version)”

flauta alt i clarinet baix: Danny Bank

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

clarinet i flauta: Romeo Penque i Jerome Richardson

contrabaix: Paul Chambers

bateria: Jimmy Cobb

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak i Dick Hixson

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal i Miles Davis

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: George Gershwin

Músics a “Gone (take 4)”

saxòfon alt: Cannonball Adderley

baix: Paul Chambers

clarinet baix: Danny Bank

trombó: Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland i Frank Rehak, Dick Hixson

bateria: Philly Joe Jones

flicorn i trompeta: Miles Davis

flauta: Phil Bodner i Romeo Penque

trompa francesa: Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller i Julius Watkins

trompeta: Johnny Coles, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci i Ernie Royal

tuba: Bill Barber

director: Gil Evans

Compositor: Gil Evans