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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends
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Miles Davis Works
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Take George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess, add Miles Davis and arranger Gil Evans, and what do you get? A classic jazz album that--despite the fact that the material has been rendered almost overly familiar due to countless interpretations--still sounds remarkably fresh four decades after its initial release. Miles' soft yet piercing trumpet style is perfectly suited to Gershwin's melancholy melodies, Evans' musical direction of his 18-piece orchestra is impeccable, and their version of "Summertime" may well be the finest ever waxed. Davis and Evans teamed up for several recordings after this one (including the
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Manufacturer: Sony
Release date: 25 March 1997
EAN: 0074646514122 UPC: 074646514122
Release date: 25 March 1997
EAN: 0074646514122 UPC: 074646514122
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1787 music items)"PORGY AND BESS (1959) MILES DAVIS Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)"; "Gone"; "The Buzzard Song"; "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"; "My Man's Gone Now"; "Here Come de Honey Man"; "Gone, Gone, Gone"; "There's a Boat That's Leaving Now Soon for New York"; "Oh Bess, Where's My Bess?"; "It Ain't Necessarily So"; "I Love You, Porgy"; "Summertime"; "Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab" "
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