The Bill Potts Big Band - The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess - 1959

The Bill Potts Big Band - The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess

Жанр: Swing, Big Band
Носитель: CD
Страна-производитель диска (релиза): Япония
Год издания: 1959 (2011)
Издатель (лейбл): Liberty/EMI
Номер по каталогу: TOCJ-50177
Страна исполнителя (группы): США
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 00:47:43
Источник: другой
: да
Треклист:

01. Summertime (3:10)

02. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (2:24)

03. My Man's Gone Now (4:11)

04. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There (2:46)

05. I Get Plenty o' Nuttin' (3:28)

06. Bess, You Is My Woman (5:18)

07. It Ain't Necessarily So (3:18)

08. Medley: Minor Themes/Prayer/Strawberries/Honey Man/Crab Man (5:16)

09. I Loves You Porgy (3:05)

10. Clara, Clara (3:16)

11. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York (3:27)

12. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (4:42)

13. Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way (3:22)

Review by Jack Sohmer
Perhaps best known among collectors for his 1956 live quartet recordings with Lester Young in Washington, D.C., pianist/arranger Bill Potts also had a subsequent career, which, among other things, involved the production of this swinging 1959 big band jazz version of Porgy And Bess highlights. Diametrically opposed in conception to the justifiably more famous 1958 Miles Davis/Gil Evans collaboration on Columbia, Potts’ approach here was largely to showcase the straight-ahead blowing abilities of his star-studded cast of New York regulars: Art Farmer, Harry Edison, Charlie Shavers, Marky Markowitz, Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Cleveland, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Sol Schlinger, Bill Evans, and more. Needless to say, he achieved his end, as each of the many featured soloists contributed immeasurably to the success of his respectfully constructed charts. Interestingly, a few months before this date, Rex Stewart had directed a similar session for a Warner Brothers LP that included, among others, Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, Hilton Jefferson and Pinky Williams in key positions. Would that that obscurity also find a new life on CD.

Состав
Art Farmer, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Bernie Glow, Marky Markowitz, Charlie Shavers - trumpet
Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone
Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Earl Swope, Rod Levitt - trombone
Gene Quill, Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Zoot Sims, Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
Sol Schlinger - baritone saxophone
Bill Evans - piano
Herbie Powell - guitar
George Duvivier - bass
Charlie Persip - drums
Bill Potts - arranger, conductor
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York on January 13-15, 1959.