The Complete Porgy and Bess

Original Release Date:  1956

Track Listing

• 1. Introduction/Summertime
• 2. Narration
• 3. Summertime
• 4. Narration
• 5. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
• 6. Narration: Here Come Da Honey Man...
• 7. Narration
• 8. Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys...
• 9. Narration
• 10. No, No, Brother, Porgy Ain't Soft on No Woman...
• 11. Narration
• 12. Narration
• 13. Gone, Gone, Gone
• 14. Overflow, Overflow
• 15. Narration
• 16. My Man's Gone Now
• 17. Narration
• 18. My Man's Gone Now
• 19. Narration
• 20. Oh, The Train Is at the Station...
• 21. Narration
• 22. Oh I'm Agoin' out to the Blackfish Banks...
• 23. Narration
• 24. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
• 25. Mornin', Lawyer, Looking for Somebody?
• 26. Buzzard Song
• 27. Narration
• 28. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
• 29. Oh, I Can't Sit Down (Picnic Music)
• 30. Porgy, I Hates to Go...
• 31. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (Reprise)
• 32. It Ain't Necessarily So [Instrumental]
• 33. Narration
• 34. It Ain't Necessarily So
• 35. Narration
• 36. What You Want Wid Bess?
• 37. Narration
• 38. Oh, I'm Agoin' out to the Blackfish Banks... (Reprise)
• 39. Narration
• 40. Oh, Doctor Jesus...
• 41. Here Come de Honey Man.../Oh Dey's So Fresh and Fine.../I'm ...
• 42. Narration
• 43. I Want to Stay Here/I Love You, Porgy
• 44. Narration
• 45. Summertime (Reprise)
• 46. Narration
• 47. Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' at Da Do'...
• 48. Narration
• 49. If God Want to Kill Me...
• 50. Narration
• 51. A Red-Headed Woman...
• 52. Narration
• 53. Oh, Doctor Jesus (Reprise)
• 54. Narration
• 55. Clara, , Don't You Be Downhearted
• 56. Narration
• 57. Summertime (Reprise)
• 58. Narration
• 59. Oh, Lawd, What I Goin' Do?...
• 60. Narration
• 61. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
• 62. Narration
• 63. Narration
• 64. How Are You Dis Mornin'?...
• 65. Narration
• 66. Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess...
• 67. Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way
• 68. California Suite: Mountain Desert Theme
• 69. California Suite: The Golden West
• 70. California Suite: We Think the West Coast Is the Best Coast in the ...
• 71. California Suite: Coney Island
• 72. California Suite: The Miami Waltz
• 73. California Suite: They Go to San Diego
• 74. California Suite: Sunday Night in San Fernando
• 75. California Suite: Got the Gate on the Golden Gate
• 76. California Suite: Prelude to "Poor Little 'Extra' Girl"
• 77. California Suite: Poor Little "Extra" Girl
• 78. California Suite: We Think the West Coast Is the Best Coast in the ...

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Peggy Lee: Vocals
• Les Baxter: Vocals
• Cat Anderson: Trumpet
• Jack Brokensha: Chimes, Vibraphone
• Buddy Childers: Trumpet
• Bob Dorough: Performer
• Maynard Ferguson: Trumpet
• Paul Gonsalves: Sax (Tenor)
• Herbie Harper: Trombone
• Johnny Hodges: Sax (Alto)
• Bill Holman: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Herbie Mann: Flute, Trombone
• Billy May: Arranger
• Sam Most: Flute
• Ray Nance: Trumpet
• Betty Roché: Performer
• Sal Salvador: Guitar
• Mel Tormé: Vocals, Performer
• Willie Cook: Trumpet
• Bob Enevoldsen: Trombone
• Russell Garcia: Conductor
• Neal Hefti: Arranger
• Stan Levey: Drums
• Ray Linn: Trumpet
• Ralph Sharon: Piano
• Claude Williamson: Piano
• Sallie Blair: Performer
• Joe Derise: Performer
• Frances Faye: Performer
• Hal Mooney: Conductor
• Howard McGhee: Trumpet
• Felix Slatkin: Violin
• Jim Gannon: Bass
• Russell Procope: Sax (Alto)
• Ralph Carmichael: Performer
• Quentin Jackson: Trombone
• Britt Woodman: Trombone
• James Joyce: Performer
• Israel Baker: Violin
• Frank Beach: Trumpet
• Max Bennett: Bass
• Harry Carney: Sax (Baritone)
• John Cave: French Horn
• Clark Terry: Trumpet
• Conrad Gozzo: Trumpet
• Irving Cottler: Drums
• Alvin Dinkin: Viola
• Duke Ellington: Piano
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Jimmy Hamilton: Sax (Tenor)
• Johnny Hartman: Performer
• Dick Healey: Clarinet, Flute
• Jules Jacobs: Piano
• Dick Jones: Arranger
• Jules Kinsler: Piano
• Eddie Kusby: Trombone
• Marvin Limonick: Violin
• Bob Neal: Piano
• Erno Neufeld: Violin
• Irma Neumann: Violin
• Ernest Ernie Newton: Performer
• Loulie Jean Norman: Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Performer
• Bernie Parke: Vocals
• Albert Pollan: Tuba
• Uan Rasey: Trumpet
• Allan Reuss: Guitar
• Paul Robyn: Viola
• Bryce Rohde: Piano
• Frank Rosolino: Trombone, Performer
• Nathan Ross: Violin
• Paul Shure: Violin
• Marshall Sosson: Violin
• Nick Stabulas: Drums
• Phil Stephens: Bass
• Tony Stevens: Performer
• Alvin Stoller: Chimes, Drums, Tympani [Timpani], Vibraphone
• Joe Triscari: Trumpet
• Lloyd Ulyate: Trombone
• Paul Villepigue: Arranger
• Gerald Vinci: Violin
• Sam Woodyard: Drums
• Vincent DeRosa: French Horn
• Eleanor Slatkin: Cello
• Arthur Herfurt: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Eudice Shapiro: Violin
• Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Choir, Chorus
• The Pat Moran Quartet: Choir, Chorus, Performer
• Betty Joyce: Performer
• John Whited: Performer
• DuBose Heyward: Composer
• George Seaburg: Trumpet
• John Flanagan: Liner Notes, Editing, Preparation
• Abnes Dubose: Composer
• Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires: Vocals
• John Doling: Performer