VA - George Gershwin: The Complete Porgy and Bess (1956) МР3

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
The Complete Porgy and Bess CD1:
01. Summertime (Instrumental) (1:31)
02. Narration 1 (1:25)
03. Summertime (Clara) (3:50)
04. Narration 2 (0:12)
05. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (Jake) (2:41)
06. Here Come de Honeyman (Honeyman) (1:21)
07. Narration 3 (0:24)
08. Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys (Porgy) (0:44)
09. Narration 4 (0:10)
10. Porgy Ain't No Sof'On No Woman (Porgy) (1:35)
11. Turmoil (4:35)
12. Narration 5 (0:52)
13. Gone, Gone, Gone (Chorus) (2:22)
14. Overflow (Porgy+Chorus) (2:10)
15. Narration 6 (0:29)
16. I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out (Porgy) (1:19)
17. Narration 7 (0:11)
18. My Man's Gone (Serena) (3:51)
19. Narration 8 (0:36)
20. The Train Is at the Station (Chorus) (2:46)
21. Narration 9 (0:39)
22. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There (Jake) (2:18)
23. Narration 10 (0:34)
24. I've Got Plenty of Nuthin' (Porgy) (3:15)
25. The Divorce Scene (4:14)
26. The Buzzard Song (Porgy) (2:44)
27. Narration 11 (0:29)
28. Bess, You Is My Woman (Porgy+Bess) (4:59)
29. Picnic Parade (1:56)
30. I Hates to Go an' Leave You All Alone (Bess+Porgy) (1:01)
31. I've Got Plenty of Nuthin' (Porgy) (0:38)

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
The Complete Porgy and Bess CD2
01. Kittiwah Picnic (Instrumental) (1:54)
02. Narration 12 (0:34)
03. It Ain't Necessarily So (Sportin' Life) (4:30)
04. Narration 13 (0:54)
05. Why Do You Want Bess (Bess+Crown) (2:13)
06. Narration 14 (0:34)
07. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There (Jake) (1:28)
08. Narration 15 (0:31)
09. Doctor Jesus (Serena) (2:03)
10. Strawberry Woman, Honey Man, Crab Man (3:33)
11. Narration 16 (0:40)
12. I Want to Stay Here (I Love You, Porgy) (Bess+Porgy) (3:17)
13. Stome (2:30)
14. Summertime (Clara) (1:22)
15. Narration 17 (0:11)
16. Somebody's Knockin' (Chorus) (1:04)
17. Narration 18 (1:21)
18. If God Want to Kill Me (Crown) (2:06)
19. Narration 19 (0:07)
20. A Red Headed Woman (Crown) (1:49)
21. Narration 20 (1:00)
22. Doctor Jesus (Chorus) (0:39)
23. Narration 21 (0:59)
24. Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted (Chorus) (1:36)
25. Narration 22 (0:13)
26. Summertime (Clara) (1:10)
27. Crown's Death (1:54)
28. Lawd, Lawd (Porgy+Bess+Sportin' Life) (1:19)
29. Narration 23 (0:09)
30. There's a Boat That's a Leavin' (Sportin' Life) (1:29)
31. Narration 24 (1:19)
32. Narration 25 (0:25)
33. Good Mornin' (Chorus) (1:42)
34. Narration 26 (0:39)
35. Oh, Where's My Bess (Porgy) (2:21)
36. Lawd, I'm on My Way (Porgy) (1:58)

Cast:
Mel Torme (Porgy)
Frances Faye (Bess)
Betty Roche (Clara)
George Kirby (Sportin' Life)
Johnny Hartman (Crown)
Sallie Blair (Serena)
Frank Rosolino (Jake)
Joe Derise (Honey Man)
Loulie Jean Norman (Strawberry Woman, Lily)
Bob Dorough (Crab Man)
Pat Moran Quartet (Pat Moran McCoy, John Doling, Johnny Whited, Bev Kelly)

Duke Ellington Orchestra:
Duke Ellington - piano
William 'Cat' Anderson, Willie Cook, Clark Terry - trumpets
Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman - trombone
Russell Procope - clarinet, alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
Jimmy Woode - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums

Australian Jazz Quintet:
Dick Healey - alto saxophone, flute
Erroll Buddle - tenor saxophone, bassoon
Jack Brokensha - vibraphone
Bryce Rohde - piano
Jimmy Gannon - bass
Frank Capp - drums

Stan Levey Group:
Conte Candoli - trumpet
Frank Rosolino - trombone
Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone
Sonny Clark - piano
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Stan Levey - drums

Recorded in May 1956.