by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong · Verve · CD · EAN 4011222327048
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«Porgy & Bess» is the jazz album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, released in 1959 by Verve, on CD.
Jazz version of George Gershwin's opera, with arrangements and direction by Russell Garcia. The recording combines orchestral passages and vocal dialogue between Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong; among its tracks are «Summertime», «I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'» and «Bess, You Is My Woman Now».
The original 1957 recordings were first released in 1959; this edition consists of a single disc.
The work is aimed at fans of vocal jazz and the American popular songbook.
